Why Innovation is Invisible

In late May, I had the good fortune to lead a team of volunteers who captured images of some of the most creative kids in the world. During out  “volcations”, it was our job is to bring the story of Destination ImagiNation Global Finals to the hundreds of...

Facebook’s Stupid Adventure

Facebook has been responsible for more people keeping connected in meanful ways than ever before. We reconnect, disconnect and find new connections through friends that more often than not has a positive impact on our lives. I was torn to write this column, but many...

Ignoring Mom & Dad

Where are you going? Who are you hanging with? Put that down, you’ll poke someone’s eye out. And never tell a stranger where you are going are where you are. And now there is social media allowing us to tell not just a stranger where we are, but every...

The Internet Is Not A Medium

Nor an XL, but that’s not what I’m talking about. The feeling that the Internet is a medium may be in the behavior of the user. If it is replacing newspapers, that it is a medium, but what if it something different? I take this up in my MediaBullseye.com...

Pouring Mobile Web Concrete

Robert Spier of National Public Radio (NPR) speaking at the ThinkMobile conference in New York this week said that “We are pouring a lot of concrete that cannot be repurposed.” What really concerns me is how many people haven’t placed their order for concrete yet....