A Year Without Blogging: What Happened

A Year Without Blogging: What Happened

It’s been about a year since my last blog. I feel I owe you an explanation, especially since I suggest that many of you blog. First, I do write. This year, as Research Director for IDC, much of the analysis I write now sits where corporate subscribers can get to...
Social Media is a Team Sport

Social Media is a Team Sport

“The internet is a place”, Jeff Jarvis said some time ago. The web has become a place where people learn, act, react, transact and affect transitions in real time, and often as a group.  Social media tools make that collaboration possible. If you are just listening...

Prepping for SXSW 2015

The South by Southwest (or SXSW) Festival and Conference is still unlike any event you’ve attended. There are three tracks: film, music and interactive. While over 100,000 people will head to Austin for the music, the conference for all three is made up of...