Dec 21, 2012
Today, as I was making my holiday list, it occurred to me that giving gifts is a lot like creating good content. Sure you can dash it off or recycle an old idea. But if you want to really engage people you need to put some energy and imagination into it and not simply...
Dec 20, 2012
If you’re a last-minute shopper like me – hey, there’s plenty of time – at least four days left – you’re probably starting to think about your gift list. So in the spirit of the season, here are two suggestions. One is fiction, the...
Dec 19, 2012
I’m a big fan of shopping malls (as many of you know 🙂 ). And last month, after seeing Jason Konopinski’s post on his transition to reading more ebooks, I realized I’m on a similar path, though I haven’t given up on print completely. Like many...
Dec 15, 2012
It’s that part of the year when we’re inundated with predictions, look-backs and best-of’s, like the recent video Google did on search and Twitter’s report on conversations and trends.  Facebook takes a more personal approach and, in addition...
Dec 13, 2012
Mary Meeker of Kleiner, Perkin, Caulfield and Byers released a new study on the state of the Internet that explores, among other things, how we’re making the transition from an asset-heavy society to one that’s asset-light. What does that mean? Basically,...