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Mobile Media is Meatier

in Marketing, Social Media, mcommerce on June 18, 2010 9:10 pm | no comments

I am standing on a table to tell you this. I will yell the next sentence, but will not use capital letters. But I’m yelling: The desktop and notebook are dying....

Why Innovation is Invisible

in Innovation, education on June 18, 2010 9:03 pm | no comments

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”,...

Facebook’s Stupid Adventure

in Marketing, Social Media on May 16, 2010 8:46 pm | 1 comment

Facebook has been responsible for more people keeping connected in meanful ways than ever before. We reconnect, disconnect and find new connections through friends...

Ignoring Mom & Dad

in Social Media, Web 2.0 on May 10, 2010 10:27 pm | no comments

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...

The Internet Is Not A Medium

in Feature, Innovation, Social Media on April 27, 2010 9:18 pm | no comments

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,...

Pouring Mobile Web Concrete

in Marketing, eCommerce, mcommerce on April 16, 2010 11:28 pm | no comments

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...

The New Sphere of Influence (To Go, Please)

in Content, Marketing, Social Media, eCommerce, mcommerce on April 3, 2010 3:30 pm | no comments

How far would you follow a brand you like? How far would the brand go to appeal to you? Dunkin Donuts, Kodak and Comcast are three brands that reached out to me...