The Future of Media: Like Fred Wilson Said

Fred Wilson shared some observations on his blog today about his teenage kids and the future of media in light of a Goldman Sachs research report. Other than the fact that his children read books outside of school and mine don’t, his observations are in line with my own. Yes, a small sample size, but… Continue reading The Future of Media: Like Fred Wilson Said

Happy Holidays!

Wishing a happy holiday to all! Love when you can Cry when you have to Be who you must That’s a part of the plan Await your arrival with simple survival And one day we’ll all understand One day we’ll all understand One day we’ll all understand Dan Folgelberg 1951-2007

Forrester Consumer Forum, The Transformation Was Live

This year’s Forrester Consumer Forum personified at least part of the conference theme, Transformed by Social Technologies. Indeed the transformation was everywhere. I say this based upon both the Forrester analysts, invited speakers and panelists who provided enough rock solid data, how-to’s, best practices, advice and experience to forever kill that sacred cow…. but also… Continue reading Forrester Consumer Forum, The Transformation Was Live

The Nikon D80 Blogger Program and My Canon EOS 30D

Photo taken with Canon EOS 30D Picture This, I have had a long term relationship with Nikon. It seems now that it was one-sided. An elaborate invitation for a Nikon D80 did not arrive in my mailbox last April. I was not on the Nikon D80 Blogger Outreach dance card. A Nikon D80 is a… Continue reading The Nikon D80 Blogger Program and My Canon EOS 30D

Skype: The Single Bullet Theory

“On Thursday, 16th August 2007, the Skype peer-to-peer network became unstable and suffered a critical disruption. The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users’ computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted …” OK, well it just sort of had that familiar sound to it…. Other more authoritative… Continue reading Skype: The Single Bullet Theory

Goodbye Typepad…Hello WordPress (Beta)

UPDATE: RSS Feeds are currently being fixed and are expected to be fully working by 12am CST tonight. Sorry for the inconvenience. UPDATE: Most links to this site are now correctly routed. There may still be a few posts that don’t forward correctly so please just search for them on the new blog. Asking Typepad… Continue reading Goodbye Typepad…Hello WordPress (Beta)

Toby Bloomberg’s Diva Marketing Talks: Tonight Blog Analytics

Toby Bloomberg’s live internet radio show at BlogTalk Radio will be discussing blog analytics with Peter Kim, Forrester Research and myself. As Toby writes, “Tonight Diva Marketing Talks focuses on social space analytics. We’re calling this one Blog Analytics A Step Towards Credibility?? Social media is fast taking its place at the grown-up marketing strategy… Continue reading Toby Bloomberg’s Diva Marketing Talks: Tonight Blog Analytics