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08.02.2010 - 03:22
“Fantastic effects, but come on, my dude, this isn’t going to get shown in Iran with a bunch of naked blue women running around in a jungle. Beyond that, the story is so trite I couldn’t believe it. And this dialogue — don’t even get me started, my man. What the fuck wi [...]

Just for the record,I am not running around New York in a top hat

05.02.2010 - 21:44
That’s what got reported in New York mag — that I was wearing “a very funny hat — a big top hat kind of thing.” Then it got re-reported all over the place, like on the fanboy sites. Just so you know, this was one of our “marked fiver” tricks where make up a [...]

Scoble top choice for MLP replacement

05.02.2010 - 14:50
That’s the current verdict of our poll (right). Please vote early and vote often. Scoble needs a gig.

Five from Katie

05.02.2010 - 03:23
1.Chief resignation,not at all unexpected,wuz LOL tweet.2.Next: run for office'Bask in golden parachute'Or drive zamboni3.CEO bloggingWhen he should have been loggingMore profits in books.4.My Little PonySat on his mo-ney,Leading his corp astray;Along came The LarryWho’s a little bit scaryAnd [...]

MLP haikus

Suck on it,AT&T

05.02.2010 - 03:11
Yes, AT&T is our valuable partner, and we have great confidence in them, blah blah blah. Nevertheless, we are all secretly loving these new ads from Verizon:

Every time I go to New York,I’m reminded how lucky I am to live in California

04.02.2010 - 23:01
So the news is out that I’ve been in New York spending time getting closer than I’d like to be with people in the newspaper business, including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Of course the status-obsessed New Yorkers are commenting on the fact that I ordered off the menu, as [...]

This whole bash-a-Mac-to-drive-traffic thing is getting so old

04.02.2010 - 20:35
Nevertheless, the folks at The Inquirer give it their best shot, with an incredibly lame piece that claims Macs are much less secure than PCs and that Apple is a “cappuccino company.” Just in case that flame bait wasn’t enough to drive traffic from angry fanboys, the Inquirer descr [...]

Google is trying to poach our engineers

03.02.2010 - 17:04
Just got an email from one of engineers in the OS team warning me that they’re all getting hit with calls from recruiters trying to lure them to Google. Which is strange because I’m pretty sure Eric and I had a gentleman’s agreement about not poaching from each other. Although, as [...]

Worth noting:Eric never recused himself from our iPad discussions

02.02.2010 - 19:29
And now they’re working on a tablet too, according to TechCrunch, which ran the above video today. It’s a Google demo of how Chrome OS might work on a tablet. TechCrunch also ran pix of some Google tablet mockups, which it found on a Chromium OS site. (See mockup photo below.) Funny thin [...]

How our NLP embedding works

iPad first invented by Arthur C. Clarke

01.02.2010 - 18:40
Apparently something called the Newspad was mentioned in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Whatevs. I never even read that book. I tried to watch the movie once but it was like so fucking slow and I just zoned out.

Mosspuppet flubs his lines

01.02.2010 - 18:11
Check out this video. We rehearsed this “impromptu” interview at least 50 times before the show. We gave Mossberg three questions:Will books cost more on iPad than on Kindle'How long can iPad play music'Can I write my review on it'So we get there, and Kara fires up her stupid Flip camera [...]

This is why people love working for me

01.02.2010 - 17:48
Simple reason. Because I get up at Town Hall meetings and say things that are obviously true but that for some reason CEOs aren’t supposed to say in public. Maybe you’ve heard about this post on the Wired blog about our Town Hall meeting last week where I said that Google’s “ [...]

Funny or Die' I vote "die”

01.02.2010 - 17:17
The iPad – watch more funny videos

A TED responsibility

08.02.2010 - 08:09
The TED conference has given me a huge responsibility. They’ve handed me one of a small handful of press badges (as I understand it fewer than 10 are handed out every year). Regular tickets are $6,000 each and the conference was sold out more than a year ago (next year’s TED is already s [...]

Why if you miss Siri you’ll miss the future of the Web

08.02.2010 - 07:42
Siri is the most useful thing I’ve seen so far this year.But after playing with it, getting an interview with its CEO (video here on building43) it’s even more important for you to pay attention to.It is the best example of what the web will be.Let’s go back.Web 1994 was the “ [...]

Google’s two-front war; who are the winners and the losers'

02.02.2010 - 09:53
I’ve now heard from three separate Google employees that Google will release a news feed that will compete with Facebook and Twitter. I expect to see a demo at Google’s IO conference in April. For hints at what’s coming you MUST look at two foundation-level services:1. Google Profi [...]

I’m giving away my Kindle

31.01.2010 - 22:27
I’m giving away my Kindle. Why'1. I have the Kindle app on my iPhone and I use that to read books a lot more than I use my Kindle.2. I will get Apple’s iPad in two months and while that’s a shiny new object I’m sure I’ll use that a lot more to read books (...)

Google +will+ save Flash,a developer who uses it says

31.01.2010 - 05:30
I just recorded a 45 minute conversation on my iPhone while we sat on the deck at the Half Moon Bay Ritz with Luke Kilpatrick about Flash, Silverlight, Palm Pre, and a few other topics, but mostly focusing on what will happen to Flash.Luke is a developer who uses Flash in his work for Altus (...)

Can Flash be saved'

30.01.2010 - 19:34
Let’s go back a few years to when Firefox was just coming on the scene. Remember that' I remember that it didn’t work with a ton of websites. Things like banks, ecommerce sites, and others. Why not' Because those sites were coded specifically for the dominant Internet Explorer back then. [...]

The Foursquare squeeze:will it survive to check in on 2011'

29.01.2010 - 20:32
Foursquare (info about it on Crunchbase) deserves a lot of credit. It introduced the “check in” metaphor to the industry. It changed location-based services and showed us a new game, one that’s very popular (it has about 300,000 users, and among my friends in the tech industry, is [...]

A 16-year-old’s view of Apple’s iPad:iFail

28.01.2010 - 07:49
Tonight when I picked up my son in Petaluma we started talking about the Apple iPad and he told me he thought it was a “fail.” This reaction was interesting coming from Patrick (he was first in line in Palo Alto for the iPhone and has been an Apple fan for as long as I (...)

iPad reveals Microsoft Tablet PCs as flawed. What about Google'

28.01.2010 - 00:42
First a disclaimer: Apple’s new iPad didn’t meet expectations, either mine, or the folks who I’ve been talking with on Twitter.If my friends who work with or for Apple and in the press hadn’t built it up as mind blowing it wouldn’t have been disappointing, but this was [...]

What comes AFTER the Apple Tablet' Here’s one display

27.01.2010 - 10:36
OK, the rumors are already FLOWING in about the Apple tablet. I’m putting the best news up on my Twitter Favorite’s feed, so you can see the latest photos from Engadget and the latest reports from pundits and others (some of whom claim that they have had the Apple Tablet for a few days n [...]

Ballmer’s tablet bumble

27.01.2010 - 08:10
For a look at why Apple’s tablet, due to be demonstrated in a few hours (watch my Twitter feed for curation details starting at 9 a.m.), is getting so much hype even when Microsoft has had a set of great tablets for years we need to go back to the Consumer Electronics Show a couple (...)

Developers:the Apple tablet press announcements start

26.01.2010 - 08:58
Appcelerator, which is a company that makes a developer tool/platform for developing native mobile and desktop apps by using HTML, Javascript, and its own API library, tonight is announcing Apple Tablet support and has also taken a poll of its 18,000 developers and found that 90% of its developers s [...]

Lessons from Steve Jobs has learned from @BillGates’ purchase of NEC Tablets

25.01.2010 - 21:01
It has been forgotten already, but there have been sexy tablets out for years. In fact, you might not know, but I used to work at NEC when it released their 11mm-thick tablet back in 2003! This was before I worked at Microsoft. I was working the phone lines and I will never forget one (...)

Why I will wait in line again

25.01.2010 - 06:53
Ahh, it seems so long ago when my son and I waited in line to fork over more than $600 each to buy an iPhone. The image above is from the front page of the San Jose Mercury News (I was cheering to many thousands of people who were waiting to get into the store (...)

To create or curate' That is the Apple question

25.01.2010 - 04:52
I’m torn.I really want to be sitting at Steve Jobs’ feet again on Wednesday as he introduces whatever it is he’s introducing. Largely rumored to be not just a slate of some kind, but a new Apple TV, a new iPhone update, and new iLife suite.If you’ve been living under a rock o [...]

Hypercamp,revisited

07.02.2010 - 18:44
David Weinberger asks: "After press conferences, what'"Imho: A hybrid of newsroom and press conference. And it must be open, unlike newsrooms and press conferences of the past. A few years ago I wrote about an idea called Hypercamp, a way of distributing ideas and news that I felt would come into ex [...]

Might be the perfect tweet for all time

06.02.2010 - 14:08
wilshipley: "Is there an iPhone app for adding your own subtitles to that famous Hitler scene on YouTube™, yet'"Sums it all up.

Bit.ly Pro

06.02.2010 - 06:11
Saw a link this evening in Danny Sullivan's feed to Bit.ly Pro. Not sure when this was announced, there are no references to the product in Google News. Read over the FAQ. This is basically the service I wanted to create with Bit.ly when we started it up in the summer of 2008. But it's apparently mi [...]

Snow stories'

06.02.2010 - 03:04
I'm in California, where it rains a lot but snow is pretty rare.That's why a honkin winter storm is so interesting!If you're getting dumped on in Washington or Baltimore or where ever, how's it going' Any accumulation' Pictures!

Networking Experiment:NYU Computer Science

05.02.2010 - 09:00
This is a networking experiment to see if I can connect with people in NYU's Computer Science department through the readers of this weblog. Me: I'm a visiting scholar in the Journalism Institute for the next year; working with my friend Jay Rosen and his students on several interesting projects. Wh [...]

Google's two-way search is good for the web

03.02.2010 - 19:46
WIthout any fanfare as far as I can tell, Google has unveiled one of the most signficant, far-reaching and basically good features in its core search product. Now, in addition to presenting the pages ranked in order of algorithmic importance, it also shows you what people you know have to say about [...]

If you think you have it bad...

02.02.2010 - 19:51
I can list all the conferences I'm not going to this year because I didn't get an invite. A friend who's going to TED this year for the first time (I've never been) says he's pissed at himself, ironically. I've never personally faced a life-and-death struggle as intense as Dana Jennings describes in [...]

Case study in extending RSS

01.02.2010 - 17:02
My mother, who has a WordPress blog, keeps telling me about posts that I haven't seen. This was starting to irk me, so I looked into River2 to see what's going on. Yes, it is finding her posts, but it thinks they're pictures. Why' Because the feed says they're pictures. Oy. Digging in a little deepe [...]

What if Flash were an open standard'

31.01.2010 - 18:50
Interesting collaborative post betw Gruber and Scoble. I'd like to get into the mix with a 90-degree turn -- in the form of a question.1. Okay, Apple seems to be forcing a question. Can they force web site producers to kill Flash' 2. It's kind of hard to defend Flash because it's a company-owned thi [...]

More iPad thoughts

30.01.2010 - 20:15
One recurring theme in defense of the closedness of the iPad is that it gives you access to the web and that's the most open thing around. Maybe, but if I want the web there are much better and less expensive ways to get it that don't compromise on flexibility and the ability to run other software. [...]

Attn Joe:Should we trust iPad'

29.01.2010 - 08:15
Brent Simmons, Joe Hewitt and Miguel de Icaza all write that they look forward to developing on the iPad. I found their essays surprising, especially Joe's -- given his decision to stop developing for the iPhone because of the review process that Apple imposes on developers. I totally supported him [...]

Apple's jumbo Oreo

28.01.2010 - 09:09
It may just be a temporary thing, hardware development pipelines are long, and Steve was out of commission getting a liver transplant while the iPad was being birthed at Apple. Presumably. Hopefully. If that's not true, and this is the result of a careful gestation, then Steve is no longer the maste [...]

Getting NYized

27.01.2010 - 09:00
Well, I'm very close to getting my apartment in NYC -- in the West Village.I've also noted that a bunch of people don't know that I'm becoming bi-coastal, splitting my time between Berkeley and NY for the next year.I also have recently been appointed a Visiting Scholar at the Arthur L. Carter Instit [...]

Reading tea leaves in advance of Apple's announcements

26.01.2010 - 21:49
Tomorrow's Apple announcements:0. This is 100 percent speculation, not in any way based on actual information.1. Of course like everyone else I assume Apple is unveiling their tablet.2. AT&T will either lose exclusivity or will be dropped altogether by Apple. 3. The biggest innovation will be the to [...]

NY Public Library

26.01.2010 - 21:15
I made a stop at the main NY Public Library on 5th Ave and 42nd St.Three notable things. 1. Free wireless Internet. 3.13MB/s down, 9.24MB/s up. (Not a typo, it's asymetric, not the usual way. Probably because there are hundreds of people using the free Internet and most of them are downloading, not [...]

The least I could do

What's expected vs. what's amazing

Hunters and Farmers

Who will save us'

Modern procrastination

Modern procrastination

Upcoming events

Ogori (and generosity)

Strangers,Critics,Friends or Fans

Finding people who make a difference

Upcoming events

Strangers,Critics,Friends or Fans

Finding people who make a difference

Quieting the lizard brain

The difference between a bonus and free

Dell Swarm - buy in a group and save! [del.icio.us]

The Unofficial SXSW Survival Guide

Why I'm Not Writing a Book (Right Now)

Six Ways to Find Social Media Talent

GrouponWorks [del.icio.us]

Why I'm Not Writing a Book (Right Now)

Six Ways to Find Social Media Talent

The 5 Reasons You're Failing In Social Media

The 5 Reasons You're Failing In Social Media

AT&T's New iPhone App Lets You Complain About AT&T [del.icio.us]

10 Ideas For The New Decade

10 Ideas For The New Decade

The Listorious 140 - Top Lists on Twitter [del.icio.us]

Top 50 Twitter Tracking and Analytics Tools [del.icio.us]

Do You Live Social'

Register For Webinar:Developing a Social Strategy by Objectives

08.02.2010 - 19:11
Left: There are four main categories of social strategy, yet with over 20 subset objectives, which we’ll discuss at a high level.Organizations that focus on social technologies suffer from the symptom of ‘Fondling The Hammer‘ .  True social strategy stems from business objectives [...]

People on the Move in the Social Media Industry:Feb 4,2010

05.02.2010 - 05:31
The submissions are defintly picking up, I’m seeing more submissions than before. Why' I attribute this to the start of the new year when many folks change up jobs, and the slight uptick we’re starting to see in the economy.In an effort to recognize the changes in the social media space, [...]

Matrix:Companies Should Factor ‘Social Influence’ into Total Customer Value

03.02.2010 - 15:00
Case Study: An Influential Mom Blogger Caused Mainstream Crises Popular blogger, Heather Armstrong (@dooce) was dissatisfied with her non-working Maytag appliance.  Following protocol, she called their support number, yet her issue was not solved.  Stonewalled, she argued/warned the support staff [...]

List of Corporate Social Media Strategists,Corporate Community Managers in 2010

30.01.2010 - 18:36
As an industry watcher, I look at trends, data, spending, technologies, yet what’s really important is watching the trend of professionals as they grow into these roles managing disruptive technologies.About this ListThis list is an update from the list I started in 2008, almost two years ago, [...]

O’Reilly Webcast Social Business:Taking "Social” to the Core of Your Organization

29.01.2010 - 15:30
A few weeks ago, I was invited to join a discussion with Joshua-Michéle Ross (O’Reilly ), Stowe Boyd, thought leader, and Peter Kim (former colleague at Forrester, now at Dachis Group) on the topic of social business.  Listen in, as there’s not really a lot of content on the slides [...]

Expect Rapid Evolution of the Branded Support Community

28.01.2010 - 14:17
Companies With Support Communities Not Ready For Changes To ComeFor over a decade, with simple BBS systems to community platforms, support communities haven’t undergone much innovation.  Often a silo and tucked away in a website, these communities are going to take center stage.  With social [...]

Growth at Altimeter Group:Supply Chain Management,Government Innovation

26.01.2010 - 19:04
Two Key Additions In Growth Areas: Lora Cecere, Alan WebberWe’re pleased to announce that we’re expanding two new partners Lora Cecere (full bio), Supply Chain Management and Alan Webber (full bio), Government Innovation. Founding partner, coauthor of Groundswell, Charlene Li discusses t [...]

Community Manager Appreciation Day #CMAD (Every 4th Monday of Jan)

25.01.2010 - 09:01
Every fourth Monday of January, let’s take the time to pause, recognize, and celebrate the efforts community managers around the world to improve customer experiences.Passionate About CustomersThe title matters not, whether it’s online customer advocate, online customer support, company [...]

Slides:Four Social Media Trends for Business in 2010

22.01.2010 - 14:48
Companies Must Approach Social Programs In A Coordinated EffortMany companies are enthralled by the opportunity to use social technologies to connect with customers, yet many lack a plan or coordinated effort. Additionally, things are going to get more difficult as they don’t realize that as c [...]

Socialgraphics Help You To Understand Your Customers:Slides and Webinar Recording

21.01.2010 - 14:09
Companies should have a ‘Customer Strategy’ not a ‘Twitter or Facebook Strategy’. To start, first understand your customers social behaviors, below are the slides and recorded webinar featured yesterday by Charlene Li and myself.We know that customers are adopting new technol [...]

Microsoft Makes Work Fun:Office Launches "Ribbon Hero”,A Social Game

19.01.2010 - 20:13
Forget Farmville or Mafia Wars, Microsoft wants you to play Excel –pivot tables FTW.Most software training and help resources are painful experiences written by technical publication editors.  We know that most tutorial and help sections within applications are horrible to work with (I’ [...]

A Collection of Social Network Stats for 2010

19.01.2010 - 16:57
For the third year running (see 2008, 2009) I’m going to aggregate stats in the social networking space on a single blog post, and update it through the year.  Data fiends should bookmark this post for future reference.Stats are important -but on their own, they don’t tell us muchStats on s [...]

People on the Move in the Social Media Industry:Jan 16,2010

16.01.2010 - 19:11
From an industry perspective there were significantly more hires this month, than last. This is due to two pieces: 1) It’s traditional for new roles to be filled during the new year, 2) An uptick in the overall financial space and a continued focus on the social and open web.In an effort to re [...]

Ongoing List of Social Marketing Efforts from Vacation Destinations,Convention,and Tourism Bureaus

13.01.2010 - 13:16
Above: A photo I took on a recent trip to North Shore Oahu, inline with my plans to fulfill operation bluewater.Recent data around interactive marketing spend indicates that the hospitality industry was ripe for spending on social marketing above all other industries.  Why'  This form of consumer [...]

Webinar: Socialgraphics Provides a Customer-Centric Approach to Social Strategy.

12.01.2010 - 01:41
Charlene Li and I, Jeremiah Owyang, of The Altimeter Group are hosting a free webinar to understand how companies can understand their customers through socialgraphics.Register for Free Webinar:Understand Your Customers’ Social Behaviors, Hosted by Altimeter GroupWednesday, January 20, 2010 11 [...]

Wilshire & Washington:The Politics of Health Reform,the Big Gay Rights March,and What’s Joy Behar’s Deal Anyway'

Wilshire & Washington:FISA,Rape Apology and WaPo’s Next Great Pundit

Wilshire & Washington:Values Voters & Documentary Films

Wilshire & Washington:Capitalism,an overexposed Prez,and the dumb “You Lie” distraction

Wilshire & Washington:Government 2.0 Edition

Wilshire & Washington:The Conservatives Strike Back,Twitter Edition

Houston Schools Ban “Sexting”

It’s Time For Across The Board Reconciliation

Unpacking Kourtney Kardashian’s Statement on Carrying Her Unplanned Pregnancy to Term

Wilshire & Washington:Post-Health Care Politics with ABC News’ Rick Klein

Sense of Entitlement was to Blame in George Sodini’s Hate Crime

Wilshire & Washington:From Campaigns to Governance

Wilshire & Washington:Skip Gates,the NAACP and Obama’s “Blackness Backlash”

This Girl ROCKED Jesus of Suburbia

Update on the Nose:Traumatic Septal Deviation (a.k.a. I need Surgery)

HUGE! Wsj:google to launch twitter/facebook competitor in GMail!!! #wow

08.02.2010 - 20:12
Technology Alert from The Wall Street JournalGoogle is set to unveil a new feature to Gmail designed to make it easier and faster for users to share media and status updates with friends, according to people familiar with the matter. These people said Google could launch the new feature, which aims [...]

Crazy looking apartment building 23rd street

08.02.2010 - 19:08
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

BEST SUPERBOWL AD SO FAR' Leno,Letterman & Oprah! http://bit.ly/92yleu

08.02.2010 - 02:44
David Letterman Super Bowl Ad http://bit.ly/92yleu

TOO SOON or NOT' Tiger Woods & Google SuperBowl Ad http://bit.ly/aF34n8

08.02.2010 - 01:28
From a friend….  "Google's Superbowl ad apparently features a Grandmother searching for "newbie" Internet stuff. This fake Google ad is identical except it features Tiger Woods searching for things that concern him. http://www.mahalo.com/tiger-woods-google-super-bowl-ad htt [...]

Thoughts on Betty White Snickers Superbowl Ad' http://bit.ly/byMGcF

08.02.2010 - 00:48
Thoughts on Betty White Snickers Superbowl Ad' http://bit.ly/byMGcF

Thoughts on banned GoDaddy "Spa” Superbowl Commercials: http://bit.ly/1boDPH #superbowl

08.02.2010 - 00:43
Banned GoDaddy Superbowl Commercials: http://www.mahalo.com/go-daddy-super-bowl-ad

All the Superbowl ads are on Mahalo’s home page:www.mahalo.com #superbowl

Open Angel Forum New York,April 8th http://bit.ly/9UtMUG

08.02.2010 - 00:31
Right off the heels of the LA and Boulder events we’re stoked to be kicking off  OAF New York  April 8th with Brian Alvey and Charlie O’Donnell as the NYC chapter heads. As usual, this event will each bring together five great startups (apply here), a handful of great angels (apply here), an [...]

3rd chapter of Open Angel Forum,San Francisco,March 4th http://bit.ly/9GC3jI

08.02.2010 - 00:16
Very proud to announce that the Open Angel Forum will host it's third chapter, Los Angeles and Boulder being the first two, on March 4th in San Franciscoa. There are five sponsor tickets available to non-angeles (think law firms), and we are accepting applications for startups and angeles. De [...]

Is Google doing a Super Bowl Commercial'!!' http://bit.ly/bL8fuF #nexusone'

07.02.2010 - 01:19
whoa! looks like Google is changing their advertising stagey….. I'm betting they are doing a commercial for Nexus One.  http://www.mahalo.com/google-super-bowl-commercial

LIVE BLOGGING:2010 Super Bowl Commercials http://bit.ly/dvJI3V

06.02.2010 - 23:35
2010 Super Bowl Commercials http://bit.ly/dvJI3V

VIDEO:Coke Super Bowl Ads http://bit.ly/4hdvMe #superbowl #superbowlads

06.02.2010 - 23:14
Coke superbowl ads are out!  http://www.mahalo.com/coke-super-bowl-ad

Open Angel Forum was amazing! http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=H2mHe4chO_c

VIDEO of Open Angel Forum! http://www.youtube.com/watch'v=H2mHe4chO_c&feature=player_embedded

Open Angel Forum in Boulder has started!!!! #oaf

04.02.2010 - 03:51
Sent from my iPhone, but I’d rather be using my blackberry frankly.

A Day In Our Lives At TechCrunch

06.01.2010 - 10:06
Sometimes we get into it a little bit on our Yammer account at TechCrunch. It’s usually me and MG, and every once in a while I like to post the exchanges. See this one for example. Tonights fabulous discussion – embargoes and the frustration they cause.

Choosing between Buddy and a buddy.

15.11.2009 - 20:54
A couple of weeks ago Loren Feldmen put on the Audience Conference in New York. We supported the conferece, first announcing it and then writing more posts and tweets to help with ticket sales. I also committed to speaking at the event. About a week before the event I was asked if I could foster (.. [...]

A Day In Our Lives At TechCrunch

06.01.2010 - 10:06
Sometimes we get into it a little bit on our Yammer account at TechCrunch. It’s usually me and MG, and every once in a while I like to post the exchanges. See this one for example. Tonights fabulous discussion – embargoes and the frustration they cause.

Choosing between Buddy and a buddy.

15.11.2009 - 20:54
A couple of weeks ago Loren Feldmen put on the Audience Conference in New York. We supported the conferece, first announcing it and then writing more posts and tweets to help with ticket sales. I also committed to speaking at the event. About a week before the event I was asked if I could foster (.. [...]

Foo Camp 2009

31.08.2009 - 13:23
Just back from Foo Camp 2009. You don’t see a ton of stuff on the Internet about Foo because it’s mostly off record. Here are my notes From Foo Camp 2008. This year I decided to do something a little different and created an Animoto show with their new video product. Cool stuff.CrunchBas [...]

Paul Carr:An open letter to Sam Sethi,on the occasion of him completely losing his mind

05.08.2009 - 19:26
If you’ve been following the whole Sam Sethi/TechCrunch lawsuit debacle (see here and here and here), you’ll want to read this post by Paul Carr as well, where he prints emails from Sethi sent on record.I’m also reprinting below, these things have a tendency to disappear when lawsu [...]

Enterprise Hacks Opining On The Law,And Other Blogging Tragedies

04.08.2009 - 10:04
Ok, the reasoned low key approach didn’t work. Now it’s time for some more truth.The ridiculous Sam Sethi dispute has gone on for far too long, and far too many have continued to be sucked into his web of confidence only to be spit back out the other end angry, bitter or worse. The compl [...]

Update On Sam Sethi Litigation:We Decline To Participate

03.08.2009 - 11:58
Update to our June post on the…absurd…Sam Sethi litigation. Our lawyers sent a letter letting them know that we have no intention of submitting the the jurisdiction of the UK courts, although we’d be happy to litigate his claims here in California. Sethi obtained a default judgment [...]

Sam Sethi:The Lawsuit

01.07.2009 - 02:21
Many of you know all about Sam Sethi, the former TechCrunch writer who left after a disagreement and then went on to create BlogNation. Two days ago Sethi filed a lawsuit against us for libel and other issues. As we always do, we’re posting the litigation threats and will continue to fight the [...]

ETA Bombs Spanish Newspaper

10.06.2008 - 12:30
The ETA may or may not have a legitimate goal in demanding Basque independence, but bombing a building full of journalists is no way to win karma points or influence people.

Sarah Lacy Book Tour - I’m In

07.06.2008 - 23:35
Sarah Lacy, the author of the book "Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good,” is thinking of doing a book tour. Start things off here in Atherton, Sarah. I’ll do the first one at my house.See my interview with Sarah on the new book here.

We Don’t Do Reprints

I’m going with what Mathew Said

08.03.2008 - 21:47
I already picked one blog fight today. So on the other issue, I’m going with what Mathew Ingram said.

Dare Obasanjo Quits Blogging

05.03.2008 - 20:44
As much as it pissed me off when Microsoft’s Dare Obasanjo defaced my wikipedia page to prove some point (what he was really doing was hitting me back for criticizing Microsoft the day before), I’m sad to see him leave blogging. When he wasn’t being a total asshole he had some smar [...]

Foo Camp 2009

31.08.2009 - 13:23
Just back from Foo Camp 2009. You don’t see a ton of stuff on the Internet about Foo because it’s mostly off record. Here are my notes From Foo Camp 2008. This year I decided to do something a little different and created an Animoto show with their new video product. Cool stuff.CrunchBas [...]

Soliciting entries for the Forrester Groundswell Awards 2.0

22.07.2008 - 23:41
by Josh Bernoff One year ago, we began asking for entries for the Forrester Groundswell Awards, which recognize excellence in accomplishing business goals with social applications. We received 78 fascinating submissions and recognized the winners at the Forrester Consumer Forum...

Two days in Stepford -- Town Square, Southlake, Texas

18.07.2008 - 16:42
by Josh Bernoff Thanks to Groundswell clients, I got to spend a couple of days at a hotel in the middle of a unique development in Southlake, Texas (near Dallas), a place called Town Square. I found Town Square disturbing...

Groundswell is a bestseller. Thank you. And a few reflections.

10.07.2008 - 16:46
by Josh Bernoff Thank you for buying so many copies of Groundswell. According to the July 3 issue of Business Week, we were a bestseller in the previous week. Number 15 out of 15 spots, but hey, we made the...

Barack Obama vs. my.BarackObama.com on FISA -- When Your Fans Disagree With You

03.07.2008 - 18:23
by Josh Bernoff As you can see from this graphic, the banner at the top of myBarackObama.com, Barack Obama is serious about people's ability to change the world. But we're about to see just what happens when his supporters don't...

Why I'm leaving Forrester

02.07.2008 - 20:25
by Charlene Li I was once asked what was the best career advice I ever received -- and it was to plan for job obsolescence every 18 months, because research showed that people typically master a job in that time...

Fast Company excerpts Groundswell

01.07.2008 - 16:41
by Josh Bernoff While we get a lot of press, this one is special. Fast Company excerpted the book, with a very nice bit from Chapter 12 on wine, shoes, and what your life will be like in 2012. Plus...

Forrester Research is hiring -- become an analyst or researcher on our global social applications team

26.06.2008 - 00:05
by Josh Bernoff If you see how fast corporate investments in social technology are growing, it won't surprise you to learn that Forrester is hiring. We're expanding our team in the wake of all the interest stirred up by Groundswell....

The real business model for Web 2.0: corporate clients

09.06.2008 - 13:21
by Josh Bernoff Everyone seems to want an answer to the question "When will Web 2.0 startups start making money?" The implication is that unless we can answer the question, the "bubble" of Web 2.0 will burst and all of...

Data chart of the week: forums, ratings, and reviews around the world

09.06.2008 - 04:40
by Josh Bernoff More data from around the world -- and from Chapter 2 of Groundswell. As a companion to our data charts of social networks and blogs and user-generated video around the world, here's a look at forums, ratings,...

Data chart of the week: social networks around the world

01.06.2008 - 22:03
by Josh Bernoff There's a lot of speculation about social networks, and predictions usually go in one of two directions: This is growing and soon everybody will be on one (or more than one) This is a fad and even...

Meet Josh and Charlene in June and beyond

27.05.2008 - 18:43
by Josh Bernoff We're now entering our third month of traveling the country to meet Groundswell enthusiasts (and potential enthusiasts) everywhere. June is packed full of appearances -- and if you're in New York you have no excuse to miss...

Three reviews to help convince your boss about Groundswell

27.05.2008 - 00:41
by Josh Bernoff Last week I asked how we could spread the ideas in groundswell to general business managers who don't yet "get it" -- like your boss. This week it look like we are getting broader business and consumer...

Data chart of the week: social profiles for elements of a segmentation

26.05.2008 - 20:42
by Josh Bernoff So far, all of our Social Technographics Profile examples have used consumer behavior or attitude variables, like a comparison of car owners by brand or an analysis of Alpha moms. But we're finding, increasingly, that clients don't...

How to read a business book (according to Seth)

23.05.2008 - 20:22
by Josh Bernoff Seth Godin, in his post How to read a business book, recommends: 1. Decide, before you start, that you’re going to change three things about what you do all day at work. Then, as you’re reading, find...

Help me get your boss to understand social technology

23.05.2008 - 19:01
by Josh Bernoff Do you ever get the impression that all of us "social media" types are just talking to each other? That we are reinforcing each others' ideas and supporting each other, but that we keep talking to the...

Minding the Gap

02.02.2010 - 18:20
There is much more business can learn from the values driving the growth of online communities than where to target the next generation of buyers.

Would You Sacrifice Love for Greatness'

02.02.2010 - 07:34
Do you have to sacrifice love for greatness' And, if so, what would be your choice'

Power to Change the Broken System

07.01.2010 - 22:10
Now is the time for us to use all of the power we have to move business in the direction of customer-centric thinking. It's good for everyone.

Guest Post:Washington Forgets Best Case for Immigration Reform

06.01.2010 - 16:40
To succeed in a knowledge-based economy, America needs an advanced-degreed, entrepreneurial, and globally-connected population. Today's immigrants bring these skills to the table - with aces.

The Hegemony of Proper English

04.01.2010 - 02:39
We still need basic pieces of the structure of language to be able to understand one another, but we can certainly stop being so damned uptight about it.

Emerging organically

02.01.2010 - 21:32
I love how the relationships I form online are pretty much exactly the same as the relationships I form offline (even before the internet). It begins with someone appearing here and there. They retweet me, @ me and are included in some of my friends’ conversations. At first, I don’t noti [...]

15 Things You Can Do Every Day to Disrupt the System

02.01.2010 - 07:35
Disruptions are unlike movements or protests or even flashmobs. They don't require a great deal of organizing and you can't really plan when you are going to perform them. The one thing they DO require is courage.

My Themeword for 2010:ACHIEVE

29.12.2009 - 22:46
As Erica D., Erica O and Ruth have pointed out, we have been picking #themewords instead of (or in my case in addition to) setting down resolutions since LifeCamp2007.When chosing a themeword, one needs to be incredibly careful. My first year, I chose the themeword TRANSITION, which turned out to be [...]

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. And so is Power.

23.12.2009 - 18:36
...or so my recent experiences would demonstrate. The awful stereotypes that rotate through our culture that women are emotional, dramatic and needy while men are jerks who just want sex and space fall apart when we shift overall power dynamics.

Who Am I' Identity in the Post-Branding Era

15.12.2009 - 23:18
I don't have a personal brand, I have a personality - complete with crazy moments and drunken nights, super highs and heartbreaking lows. And every single one of those moments define who I am. We do a disservice to ourselves by missing the parts where we are less than consistent.

Le Web Overview

13.12.2009 - 20:44
Le Web could use a few tweaks to maximize the experience, but it's pretty darn awesome anyway.

Women Women Blah Blah Blah

11.12.2009 - 05:09
Yes. The repeated bringing up of the lack of women at tech conferences is boring. I would love us to move onto another subject. But the fact of the matter is that these boring complaints actually lead to action.

Le Web:Bright Spots in the Afternoon

09.12.2009 - 19:59
I’m happy to say that the afternoon of Le Web picked up and was less of a back-patting fest and more of a focus on the web…even the future of it!It was kicked off nicely with Chris Pirillo of Lockergnome (and Gnomedex) fame, who brought humanity to the discussion with his ‘Communit [...]

No comment Is this Le Web or Le Clique'

09.12.2009 - 10:44
I was taught that if I can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all. This applies to my official blogger position at Le Web 09 thusfar.I can be constructive about this.One of the reasons I left Silicon Valley area this summer and moved to Montreal is because of the growing sadness [...]

Some of My Best Friends Are Robots

02.12.2009 - 01:46
Some of my best friends are robotsView more documents from Tara Hunt.The presentation I gave at nextMEDIA in Toronto today. Basic premise, let’s put human stuff first when using the ‘new’ media (and in every case, in fact). Stuff like personality, quality, relationships and taking [...]

Blog relocation

08.05.2008 - 23:19
Starting today, this blog is moving to http://dilbert.com/blog/. There you will be able to vote on comments, and the best ones will float to the top. Scott

The Economics Party

08.05.2008 - 09:33
My jaw dropped when I heard that presidential candidate Clinton dismissed the unified opinion of every economist on the planet and supported the gas tax rebate. The rebate is John McCain’s proposal. I think that proves both of them are...

Why Your House Isn’t Energy Efficient

06.05.2008 - 16:34
I ran into a friend the other day who is a home builder. He had been planning to build several homes that would be extra-green, both because he wants to help the environment, and because he figured buyers would want...

Youth in Asia

06.05.2008 - 05:33
Yesterday I was updating my retirement plan through age 110 and wondered if it was long enough. It seems to me that medical science is progressing so quickly I have a good shot at reaching 140. This got me thinking....

Gravity Battery

05.05.2008 - 10:48
In yesterday’s post I mentioned two Israeli companies that allegedly made big breakthroughs with solar power. Many of you noted that solar power is limited if you can’t store the energy in a cost-effective way for night use. I did...

How Much Water?

05.05.2008 - 10:48
Regarding my previous post, how much water would a typical home have to pump into its own virtual dam in order to provide energy during a typical night while the water flows back out and through a generator? Are we...

Israel Defeats the Entire Middle East

01.05.2008 - 15:04
Yesterday I had one of those oh-my-God moments, the kind where I thought I could see the future. It started by reading some articles about the lack of a serious energy policy in the United States. The problem is that...

Evolution DMD

30.04.2008 - 16:33
Let’s stipulate for this conversation that everything the experts say about evolution is true. Creatures that are the most successful at reproducing pass their traits to the next generation, and so on. But I have another hypothesis that I think...

President McCain

29.04.2008 - 17:23
Last night I saw some pundits on the news discussing the results of a poll. When Americans were asked if they would vote for an African-American for president, more than 9 out of 10 people said yes. But when asked...

America’s Favorite Pastime

28.04.2008 - 16:18
Yesterday I went to a Giants baseball game. It was Little League Day, so there were about ten thousand young boys running wild in the stands. It was also free bat day, courtesy Bank of America. I will pause while...

Dilbert.com Redesign

25.04.2008 - 14:18
Recently we redesigned the Dilbert.com web site and added a ton of features, such as animation, deeper archives, mash ups, and more. The reaction from readers has been fascinating. www.dilbert.com Let me get this out of the way: I realize...

Penis Thefts

24.04.2008 - 16:03
In Congo there is a wave of penis thefts. http://au.news.yahoo.com/080422/15/16ktt.html Well, add that to the list of reasons for not visiting Congo. My first reaction to the story was to dismiss it as a bunch of superstitious simpletons caught in...

Gone With the Wind

23.04.2008 - 16:03
Did you hear about the priest who tried to set a record for balloon powered flight? This might come as a huge surprise to you: He’s missing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7360416.stm When I first heard about the incident I figured it was some...

New Movie Reviews

22.04.2008 - 16:02
Recently I got tricked into seeing a movie that won the Oscar for Best Picture. It left me feeling confused, anxious, and pissed off. By the closing credits I hated everyone involved with it. I actually paid good money for...

APR for Houses

21.04.2008 - 17:03
One of the great banking laws in this country is the mandatory APR for loans. That’s a calculation that allows consumers to easily compare loans that have different fees, terms, and rates, making it all apples to apples. We need...

Dats love

08.02.2010 - 21:27
Sez Dave (now back in Metsland), “As the 1969 Mets undid the betrayal of NY fans by the Dodgers, the Saints give hope to a city that was betrayed in so many ways.” Exactly. And let’s not forget the betrayal of NY fans by the Giants too. Losing both was a double-whammy for me as (.. [...]

Heavy Whether

03.02.2010 - 22:57
Chris Daly posts a 1995 essay he wrote for the Atlantic, recalling almost exactly the experience I had as a kid growing up and skating on ponds in the winter. An excerpt:But before we could play, we had to check the ice. We became serious junior meteorologists, true connoisseurs of cold. We learned [...]

Ice stories

02.02.2010 - 00:53
For most of Winter in the Northeast, skating is possible only during the somewhat rare times when the ice is thick and the surface is not covered with snow or other unwelcome surface conditions. And bad skating has been the story, typically, for most of this Winter around Boston. After an earlier sn [...]

Up the creek without an iPaddle

28.01.2010 - 06:09
In response to Dave’s Reading tea leaves in advance of Apple’s announcements, I added this comment:Steve loves to uncork constipated categories with the world’s slickest laxative. So I’m guessing this new box will expand Apple’s retail shelf space to include newspapers, [...]

Hospitality story

25.01.2010 - 15:27
We tested Santa Barbara before moving there, by taking a small apartment near the beach. The apartment was a the uphill (northwest) end of Burton Circle, on Natoma, on the second floor of the keystone-shaped building in the center of this map here. At the time we had no idea that we had plunked ours [...]

Passive Assistance

23.01.2010 - 17:33
Four more of my aerial photos now illustrate their subjects in Wikipedia: Nebraska National Forest and the nearby town of Thedford, both in the Sand Hills region; and Morgan Hill and Dunaliella Salina (a micro algae that colors salt ponds), both in the Bay Area.There are now 120 of my shots in Wikim [...]

GTFO

22.01.2010 - 00:50
Anybody who chooses to stay in a mudslide evacuation area needs to watch this videoIt’s a live recording of the slide that killed ten people in LaConchita, California, on January 10, 2005. And this wasn’t even an especially big slide, either.I’ve been listening to KNX, which has be [...]

Los Angeles vs. Nature

20.01.2010 - 18:50
John McPhee is the best nonfiction writer alive. My opinion, of course. But I happen to be right. Nobody describes anything better. No writer does a better job of digging into subjects most would find dull (rocks, pine barrens, river levees, minor species of fish) and making them not only interestin [...]

Wintry mixing

19.01.2010 - 11:25
I grew up on our town’s best hill for sledding. After a good snowfall, the town would sometimes block the steet so kids from all over could ride down the hill. The top was steep, but there was a long flat straight-away at the bottom. We used to compete to see who went fastest, and (...)

What’s wrong with this picture'

19.01.2010 - 02:26
Why is Steve Jobs taller than Eric Schmidt in this picture' I’ve met both guys, and I’m sure Eric is taller than Steve. But maybe I’m wrong.I’m having trouble (must be my night for that) finding believable height information on either of them. (WikiAnswers says Steve is 6R [...]

Can we have some first sources,please'

19.01.2010 - 01:26
One of the things that drives me nuts about stories on the Web is absent links to first sources.Two examples: this piece by Nate anderson in Ars Technica and this one by Greg Sandoval in BX.BusinessWeek. Both report on briefs filed by the MPAA and the RIAA with the FCC. Both quote from the briefs, ( [...]

How the Internet becomes the Content-o-net

19.01.2010 - 00:54
The Cinternet is Donnie Hao Dong’s name for the Chinese Internet. Donnie studies and teaches law in China and is also a fellow here at Harvard’s Berkman Center. As Donnie sees (and draws) it, the Cinternet is an increasingly restricted subset of the real thing:He calls this drawing a  [...]

On the Continuing End of Business as Usual

16.01.2010 - 01:28
How’s this for coincidence: I’m sitting here reading Cory Doctorow’s book Content: Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, copyright and the Future of the Future when I pause to check Twitter for a message I’m expecting, and see a tweet pointing to Cory’s review in B [...]

Fun with Infrastructure

15.01.2010 - 18:36
Last month The Kid and I went to the top of the Empire State Building on a day pilots describe as “severe clear.” I put some of the shots up here, and just added a bunch more here, to share with fellow broadcast engineering and infrastructure obsessives, some of whom might like to help i [...]

Hanging with Haiti

13.01.2010 - 23:10
I posted a lot today, but nothing matters more — or has been more on the front of my mind — than Haiti. What hell that such an already troubled country should be hit by an earthquake so bad, and so close to its most dense population centers.So, as I try to get my head around (...)

A Google Twitter Killer' Not Till Google Mutates

08.02.2010 - 22:02
That's the rumor (BI via WSJ). The idea is to let Gmail become your portal into status update.   It won't work, period, unless it connects to Facebook and Twitter. And so far, as I've pointed out before, Google won't do that, at least, not yet, and and certainly not in...

The Friday Signal:It's The Platform,Not the Bowl

05.02.2010 - 19:01
Friday is all about the biggest event in television marketing - the Super Bowl. This year (as I've noted here before) I'm struck by how many campaigns are integrated with longer term social marketing platforms. That's putting the investment to good use - promoting what I call a media annuity...

Thursday Signal:Are You Checked In'

04.02.2010 - 23:32
Today is all about checking in. Not so much driven by anything in today's news, but every week or so I'll just go off based on what's on my mind - driven by the news, to be sure, but also by the bricolage of a lot of inputs over...

Tuesday Signal

02.02.2010 - 19:02
A quick set of headlines today, more coming later, after a morning PTA meeting.... Google Is Wrecking DoubleClick, Says Unhappy Client (GOOG) (Business Insider) I'm a DBCLK client and this does not ring true for me, though of course there are always issues with any major business relationship. Forge [...]

The Friday Signal:Will Apple Flash Us,or Not'

29.01.2010 - 20:01
The news today was still iPad driven, for the most part, with the question of whether Flash will be supported at its core. So far, the answer is no, and Adobe semi-officially chastised Apple in this post: Apple's iPad -- a broken link'. However, a site called 9to5Mac studied the...

Google Rolling Out Social Search:But Does It Leverage Facebook'

28.01.2010 - 01:08
Forget the iPad, today Google is taking another step toward its stated goal of "making search more social." There's a lot of goodness in here, in terms of features and approach, but it's just silly to pretend you can do any of this without directly addressing the 400 million-person...

The Weds. Signal

27.01.2010 - 19:00
A brief Signal today till I can write later in the day, running to an early meeting: 20 Metrics To Effectively Track Social Media Campaigns (SEL) Supreme Court's Devastating Decision | Ronald Dworkin | NYRB | 26 January 2010 (Off topic, but I found this take interesting) Social Is the...

The Monday Signal

25.01.2010 - 18:30
Quite a weekend in marketing land, with a blast from Jason C. directed at Comscore. Sunday's feeds were alive with responses (I think this summary from TheNextWeb is a good place to start), but it boils down to this: Jason fired off an angry shot at a easy target, but...

Search On:Google Does Pure Branded Advertising...

25.01.2010 - 06:01
...for its core property, search. And it's pretty good (it's a series of well produced ads, on YouTube, natch). I've predicted for some time that Google would have to start brand marketing itself, but so far I've only seen product marketing for Adwords or Android. This is the first...

Twitter Finally Begins to Address It's WTF Now Issue:

22.01.2010 - 03:31
Twitter today killed its "suggested users" feature (which Ev said he'd do way back at Web 2 in October), and replaced it with a more sophisticated approach. In a blog post explaining the move, the company elaborates: We've found that the power of suggestion can be a great thing...

An Apple Search Engine'

15.01.2010 - 19:00
....driven by the need to kick Google off the iPhone' An interesting idea. Worth thinking about.... From a Businessweek article: Some analysts believe the Apple-Google battle is likely to get much rougher in the months ahead. Ovum's Yarmis thinks Apple may soon decide to dump Google as the default s [...]

Oh,the Humanity:The Database of Intentions At Twitter Is Empty (After Two Weeks)

15.01.2010 - 05:31
I was stunned to learn, via Danny, that our collective tweets seem lost to eternity (or at least, to search). While the data exists, tweets can't be found via search, which means they can't be found via the search API, which means...well, they can't be found. I hope this situation...

Google's Tortured History With China

13.01.2010 - 19:01
Google yesterday surprised Wall St. and its partners with the announcement that it may pull out of China (most expect it will, given the politics of making such a statement, the move is most likely assured). Google said that "hackers" had leveraged its infrastructure to target Chinese dissidents. To [...]

Fred Dictates a Blog Post

11.01.2010 - 07:00
And while it ain't pretty, it's pretty important. Recall my prediction way back ten days ago about a new interface' Here's the glimmerings.......

Privacy:Is Zuckerberg Misreading' Or Is This a Story at All'

11.01.2010 - 06:00
Reading coverage of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's recent commentary on his company's newly changed privacy policies, I was struck with the urge to ask all of you a question: Do you think this is a big deal' Or is this simply the evolution of our society's ongoing contract with the...

End Game

17.12.2008 - 04:00
This is my 603rd and last column for pbs.org. If you want to continue reading my work, please visit http://www.cringely.com, which is also in this week's links. Thanks for your support. Everybody in my line of work writes prediction columns for the coming year, but I wonder how many we will see this [...]

Insanely Great

07.12.2008 - 16:21
Looking for improved business models for the personal computer business, Apple CEO Steve Jobs often used to cite automobile makers, though never American car companies. The examples were invariably German. Whether it was the design aesthetic of his Mercedes sedan or Porsche's success at selling high [...]

Saving Detroit

27.11.2008 - 05:08
My first car was an Oldsmobile, a red 1966 convertible I wish I still owned today. It was big and heavy yet somehow managed to average 18 miles per gallon in an era when gasoline cost 35 cents. Detroit and the U.S. automakers ruled the world when that car was built, yet now the companies say they ar [...]

Not Enough Indians

19.11.2008 - 01:45
There is no joy at Yahoo, for mighty Jerry has struck out.This week Yahoo cofounder Jerry Yang announced he was stepping down after 17 turbulent months as CEO of the big Internet portal -- a time in which the company rebuffed a buyout offer from Microsoft, flubbed an ad sales agreement with Google, [...]

Now For Something Completely Different

15.11.2008 - 00:43
President-Elect Barack Obama has announced that when he’s in office he’ll appoint a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the whole darned USA. Though Google CEO Eric Schmidt already said he isn’t interested in the job, I am. I accept, Mr. President. And while the idea of Cringely for CTO may see [...]

Love-Hate

10.11.2008 - 23:25
Steve Jobs is not like you and me. He has millions of customers, 32,000 employees, and a board of directors who think he can do no wrong. Running a company that is immensely profitable, gaining in market share, has no debt and $20 billion in cash, he can afford to make bold moves, the most recent of [...]

Love-Hate

07.11.2008 - 22:42
Steve Jobs is not like you and me. He has millions of customers, 32,000 employees, and a board of directors who think he can do no wrong. Running a company that is immensely profitable, gaining in market share, has no debt and $20 billion in cash, he can afford to make bold moves, the most recent of [...]

Love-Hate

07.11.2008 - 22:42
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Azure Blues

30.10.2008 - 20:43
It isn't very often I get to apply Moore's Law to a non-Information Technology business and rarer still that I can then relate the whole thing back to Microsoft, so I'm going for it. Here's what the solar power industry can teach us about Microsoft:The wonderful thing about Moore's Law is what the l [...]

Collateral Damage

23.10.2008 - 21:21
I am not a very sophisticated mobile phone user. I don't use most of the bells and whistles on my phone, probably because I don't know what they even are. But just because I'm an idiot about USING mobile phones doesn't mean I don't understand the emerging mobile market, to which I have been paying a [...]

Ctrl-Alt-Del

21.10.2008 - 00:44
Apple last week introduced a pair of very nice notebook computers that, not at all surprisingly, looked like riffs on the MacBook Air. The company in a separate announcement released 600 high-definition television episodes through the iTunes Store. This week Apple will reportedly release new 20-inch [...]

Cool Threads

14.10.2008 - 06:42
A couple of columns ago we touched on the practical rebirth of parallel computing. In case you missed that column (it's in this week's links), the short version is that Moore's Law is letting us down a bit when it comes to the traditional way of increasing the power of microprocessors, which is by r [...]

Off With Their Heads!

08.10.2008 - 18:22
My promised column on threads will appear in this space on Friday. It would have appeared here today but the crumbling global financial system suddenly seemed a more appropriate topic.We're in trouble and by "we" I mean the whole darned planet. What started as a mortgage problem in the U.S. has blow [...]

Data Debasement

07.10.2008 - 00:22
Last week I was in Boston to moderate a panel at the MIT Technology Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference — one of those tech shindigs so expensive I can only attend as hired help. My panel was on parallel computing and it produced this column and another I’ll file early next w [...]

Test Headline

06.10.2008 - 23:20
Test Body

Scope a variable to a block in your template code

08.02.2010 - 19:38
Sometimes you are coding a template and you need to refer to the same method chain over and over. For example, you’re coding a template that summarizes activity on recent messages. You iterate through a block of messages, and for each message you want to display some information pertaining to [...]

Descriptive words and phrases found on a $6 bottle of hand soap

08.02.2010 - 18:38
Extremely mildRichly foamingNaturally gentleDeeply cleansesNourishesPure and soothingSynergisticallyRefresh and restoreSkin radianceCool soothingProtects and restores balanceHarmonize and replenishAdditional moisturizing benefitWhat doesn’t this stuff do' Lather up and this naturally gentle, r [...]

INSIGHT:When debating UI,a picture is better than

08.02.2010 - 18:03
When debating UI, a picture is better than a description. And a functional mockup is better than both. But debating UI without being able to look at something is a waste of time.

Basecamp turns 6

04.02.2010 - 21:58
Today Basecamp turns 6. We launched Basecamp in February 2004 – here’s the original post on SvN that launched it all.StatsBirthday stats are always fun. Here are some of our favorites:55,700,000 comments53,000,000 megabytes of uploaded files (that’s 53 terabytes)38,000,000 to-dos24 [...]

Computers shouldn't make people feel like idiots

04.02.2010 - 17:16
Predictably, some argue the iPad doesn’t do enough. It needs a keyboard or a removable battery or multitasking ability or whatever.But there’s an interesting backlash to that backlash. (Meta-backlash!) The discussion has people openly discussing an ugly truth that doesn’t typically [...]

VIDEO:Stephen Colbert on Blippy:"This is more

03.02.2010 - 22:21
Stephen Colbert on Blippy: “This is more exciting than going through old receipts. It’s going through new receipts!” (Outside USA' Try this version.)

REWORK Trailer 1:Staying Late

03.02.2010 - 19:20
REWORK is in stores March 9, 2010. Pre-order today from Amazon, Borders, B&N, and others.

It's not a promise,it's a guess

02.02.2010 - 17:38
“When is it going to be done'” is a reasonable question and we as software developers should try to come up with the best answer we can based on our experience and analysis. What we should not do, however, is treat our answer as solemn oath.When you treat estimates as promises instead of [...]

[Podcast] Episode #7:Ryan Singer on the 37signals design process

02.02.2010 - 17:38
Time: 19:24 | Download MP3 Like this episode' Please share it with your friends:  Life as a 37signals project managerRyan Singer, who manages 37signals’ products and leads the design team, talks about the company’s design process. He discusses how the design team works with each o [...]

Launchpad deep links for Highrise,Backpack,and now Basecamp

02.02.2010 - 16:45
We’re really having fun digging into all the useful things we can do now that our customers have 37signals IDs. The Launchpad is one of those playgrounds.Last night we added deep links to Basecamp accounts. Deep links let you jump into an account without having to first log into the account an [...]

PHOTO:Say goodbye to convenience!

01.02.2010 - 23:04
Say goodbye to convenience!

PHOTO:This "too many emails'" downgrade option

29.01.2010 - 20:31
This “too many emails'” downgrade option from chefscatalog.com is a nice way to keep people in the fold (as opposed to merely offering unsubscribe).

QUOTE:Men don’t like appliances. We want things t

29.01.2010 - 17:17
Men don’t like appliances. We want things that can do lots of different things, that we can tweak and fiddle with, and then argue with each other about which one is better. Women aren’t like this, and because of this I have a feeling that it’s women who actually determine the eventual winners [...]

QUESTION:What topics would you like to see us address

28.01.2010 - 22:09
What topics would you like to see us address here at Signal vs. Noise and/or on the podcast'

Interface magazine takes a look at 37signals' "paradoxical" approach to business

28.01.2010 - 00:08
Pages 13 & 14 of the January issue of Interface (PDF) feature an article about Jason and 37signals. Interface is a publication of the Chicago chatper of the American Marketing Association.

In order to leave a comment,you must take sides

08.02.2010 - 22:41
Internet, I need you to be my girlfriend right now, the one who invites me over on Friday night to have a glass of wine and talk about how, sometimes... not all the time... but occasionally... and at times frequently... husbands can be complete idiots. I really appreciate it. When I'm done I'll let [...]

My ears are still ringing

08.02.2010 - 18:22
We had a few party favors left over from Leta's birthday party, and yes, that right there is a kazoo. I included that specifically in the goodie bag because I am INHERENTLY EVIIIIIIILL! And hoo! Have I paid for it already. I'm gonna take that thing and run it over with the car if Leta even looks at [...]

Sunday tradition

08.02.2010 - 17:41
Somewhere in the chaos of the last seven months Jon convinced Leta to try a cinnamon roll. We've tried in vain before, but this time I guess she was feeling more cooperative. Or, you know, LIKE A REGULAR SIX-YEAR-OLD. So we've made a family tradition of eating them on Sunday mornings, and she looks [...]

Newsletter:Month Seventy-two

04.02.2010 - 17:17
Dear Leta,Yesterday was your sixth birthday. That's 72 months if I had been keeping up with the monthly newsletters. Yeah, about that... your father and I severely underestimated the amount of chaos a second child would add to all of our lives. It didn't just double it, it multiplied it by a hundred [...]

A preview...

03.02.2010 - 19:16
Of The Armstrong De-Bearding Celebration.I love how this photo looks like it's straight out of 1975. And you just know Steely Dan is playing in the background.click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Photo© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originallypublished by He [...]

Taking the hint

02.02.2010 - 19:52
Fellow blogger/author Gayla Trail's new book, Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces comes out today, and it's just one of several things that The Universe has directed my way to say, dude, (yes, The Universe calls me "dude") you don't have to be a master chef, but it might be good for you [...]

Getting the soap ready to wash out her mouth

01.02.2010 - 22:34
Our friend Cami stopped by yesterday for dinner, and we purposefully made something other than salmon for the meal. Because the last time we made salmon we neglected to look at the sell-by date on the label, and it turns out that even if you freeze fish it can go bad after two years. I still cannot [...]

An unfortunate cyst

01.02.2010 - 17:07
I feel sorry for the vet who's going to have to lance this sucker.click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Chuck© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originallypublished by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.com as An unfortunate cyst. This postcannot be republished witho [...]

Square meal

01.02.2010 - 16:27
Har, har. Get it' Right, I know. I should be ashamed of myself.Truth is, this thing entertained her for a whole five minutes. Long enough that we could eat dinner with both hands. So the 1980s has served its purpose.click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Photo© Armstrong M [...]

Lil' Donette

28.01.2010 - 18:27
When we were considering names for Marlo and had nailed the list down to a solid four candidates, I always imagined that if we did name her Marlo I'd get to talk about my two kids, Lee and Lo. Maybe that's just the liberal arts major in me, daydreaming about the alliterative qualities of my children [...]

Plungerhead Zinfandel

27.01.2010 - 22:58
Jon keeps bugging me to start a wine diary, and I keep telling him that because I know absolutely nothing about wine it would look like this: WINE GOOD! or WINE BAD! or YOU NOT WANT MAKE WINE ANGRY! But it's definitely something I want to learn more about once I get myself some of that free time the [...]

Tech support

27.01.2010 - 18:53
Oh, the gadgetry. Here Jon is speaking with Ben Brown from XOXCO through Skype about some recent upgrades we made to the community section. Remember when we used to use a phone plugged into the wall' Is this really a simpler solution'click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily P [...]

Early birds

26.01.2010 - 19:10
I have mentioned before that Marlo has an internal clock that goes off at exactly 5:30AM every morning, never a minute before, never a minute after. Here's where I could refer to her as a turd, but hey, that's pretty damn consistent. A good quality in a human being. Add that to her other amazing qua [...]

He spins right round

25.01.2010 - 22:48
Next up: parachute pants and blue eyeliner. And shoulder pads. And J.R. Ewing. OMG, half of you were born AFTER those references.click image above to see the photo on dooce.comby dooce in Daily Chuck© Armstrong Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Originallypublished by Heather B. Armstrong for dooce.c [...]

Mwah!

25.01.2010 - 17:50
Santa brought Marlo this giant plastic contraption for Christmas, something Jon and I refer to as The Babysitter when we need two free hands to make a meal or strangle one another because SOMEONE IS DOING IT WRONG, and her attitude toward it takes one of two forms: 1) LOVES IT! 2) I'M DYING, I'M DYI [...]

Installing Android development environment on Ubuntu 9.04

31.01.2010 - 03:18
I wanted to play with writing Android apps on my home Linux computer, which is currently running Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). These are mostly notes for myself, so don’t feel guilty if you skip this post. - Make sure your system is up-to-date:sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get up [...]

Follow @googlewmc on Twitter

18.01.2010 - 17:28
Okay, we’re starting to release new webmaster videos. Normally you could follow me on Twitter to find out about each new video, but I’m on a Twitter diet until the end of January. So if you want to hear when new webmaster videos or webmaster blog posts come out, go follow @googlewmc on T [...]

Important blog post on Google blog

13.01.2010 - 01:22
This is an important blog post. Go read it from the source.

Looking back ten years

06.01.2010 - 08:02
Ten years ago this month I paused working on my Ph.D., eloped to a courthouse to marry my lovely wife, and went for a hastily organized honeymoon cruise in the Caribbean. Then we packed up everything we owned and drove from North Carolina to California to join a small start-up called Google. That me [...]

Live-blogging the Google Android Event

05.01.2010 - 18:57
I’m sitting in the Googleplex waiting to live-blog the Google Android event today. I’m on a seven day Twitter diet, but Chris DiBona is live-tweeting.

What charities do you donate to'

18.12.2009 - 05:25
Every year I like to ask what charities people are leaning toward.So here we go: what organizations, charities, or good causes are you supporting this year' Lately I’ve been interested in transparency and reform in government, so organizations like the Sunlight Foundation, MAPLight (Money and [...]

Perfect Italian Hoagie'

12.12.2009 - 23:11
When I was a kid and we visited family in New Jersey, I loved getting hoagie sandwiches. I’ve been looking for the best recipe of Italian hoagie for years. Here’s one that’s very good:3 slices Provolone4 slices Genoa salami4 slices cooked salami4 slices pepperoni4 slices Capicola h [...]

Gaping hole costume for Halloween 2009

31.10.2009 - 23:49
This year for Halloween I tried to do a see-through hole in your body costume:It worked okay, but not great. The biggest problem was that I didn’t have a gadget lying around the house that could output live composite video. Both my normal video camera and my digital camera had exhausted batter [...]

30 day challenge for October:No Microsoft Software

04.10.2009 - 21:26
In September I didn’t do a 30 day challenge because, frankly, I had a lot of work that I really needed to crunch through at the Googleplex and I didn’t have much spare time. But October is a new month, and so it’s time for a new 30 day challenge.For October, I’m not going to [...]

Google doesn’t use the keywords meta tag in web search

21.09.2009 - 20:20
We went ahead and did this post on the official Google webmaster blog to make it super official, but I wanted to echo the point here as well: Google does not use the keywords meta tag in our web search.To this day, you still see courts mistakenly believe that meta tags occupy a pivotal role (...)

Chrome Market Share:One Year Later

01.09.2009 - 06:47
Google released the Chrome browser on September 2, 2008. Now that Chrome has been out for about a year and it’s been almost six months since I last looked at Chrome’s market share, let’s take another peek.For the last 30 days, here are my Google Analytics stats for mattcutts.com:Fo [...]

WordCamp 2007 talk:Whitehat SEO tips for bloggers

24.08.2009 - 17:07
By the way, if you enjoyed my Straight from Google: What You Need to Know talk from WordCamp 2009, you might also enjoy my WordCamp 2007 talk: Whitehat SEO tips for bloggers.For convenience, I’ll include the video below:And here are the slides from the 2007 WordCamp talk:Not everyone has seen [...]

Google Reader adds "Send To” feature

13.08.2009 - 05:14
I’ve wanted this forever. Google Reader just added a feature where you can send items directly to Twitter, Reddit, and a bunch of other places:To enable it, click on “Settings” in Google Reader and then click on the “Send To” tab to choose which services to add. Note: m [...]

More info on the Caffeine Update

11.08.2009 - 04:30
Google recently opened up a preview of our new Caffeine update, and I wanted to give a little more background on this change. At the Real-Time CrunchUp a few weeks ago, I joked that the half-life of code at Google is about six months. That means that you can write some code and when you (...)

Who came out ahead in the Microsoft-Yahoo deal'

30.07.2009 - 00:42
MSFT and Yahoo announced their deal earlier today. I’m curious what you think--who did better in the deal'Let me know what you think.

IDEO CEO Tim Brown:"I found it vaguely embarrassing and frustrating to be in an office."

04.02.2010 - 22:13
I have argued in the past that there are a lot of evidence-based disadvantages to working in an open office, as there are many more interruptions, distractions, and other stressors --- and of course less privacy. And there are quite...

What a Mess:The Tenure Appeal Meeting at Ohio University

01.02.2010 - 22:33
I got a comment this morning about the outcome of the the appeal meeting at Ohio University for Bill Reader's tenure case. You may recall that I wrote about this in detail in my post on The No Asshole Rule...

I Am Now Blogging at Psychology Today

01.02.2010 - 20:43
I just started blogging at Psychology Today last week. This page and blog will remain the place where I put the lion's share of my effort. Most of my posts will appear here first, and then I will reprint some...

A Strange Request:Do You Have an Eames Executive Chair I Can Photograph'

28.01.2010 - 19:15
OK, so I know this is weird, but here goes. We are considering different chairs as one avenue for the cover of my next book (more will be coming here soon, but it will be called Good Boss, Bad Boss,...

You Know It Is Snake Oil When They Say That It Explains 75% of Success in Life

24.01.2010 - 21:26
I clearly have strong beliefs about what drives human behavior, and think there is pretty strong evidence to support many of them. At the same time, I believe equally strongly that there are no magical cures for organizational and individual...

The No Asshole Rule Versus Compassion for the Mentally Ill

23.01.2010 - 21:19
I got an email from a colleague who I had not heard from for years, and as often happenbs when people contact me for the first time in a long time, her note touched to The No Asshole Rule. She...

Robert Baird Moves Up to #11 on Fortune's Best Companies to Work For List - And Still Touts It's No Asshole!

22.01.2010 - 00:59
Fortune just released their 2010 list of the "Top 100 Companies to Work For" and I was pleased to see that SAS Institute tops the list this year. In large, part, I was pleased because -- as I have used...

Salt Passage Research:The State of the Art

20.01.2010 - 06:36
I am preparing for my class tomorrow where my students and I discuss the what motivates human behavior -- a pretty hot topic these days given all the focus on whether it really is necessary to pay top talent gobs...

Engineering as a Driving Force Behind the Design Thinking Movement

19.01.2010 - 08:19
One of the most notable and intriguing recent innovations in businesses and business schools is the design thinking movement. A couple weeks ago, the New York Times had a big story how MBA education is being reinvented in many places...

Croatian offer / THE NO ASSHOLE RULE

18.01.2010 - 21:55
That is what just came in my email. The No Asshole Rule has been published in a lot of different languages now, I should compile the list. But the last offer was for a Polish translation, but the market for...

The Floon Beetle Expedition:Don Martin's Lesson For Researchers

18.01.2010 - 19:00
The notion that the process of studying something can change it is an old and useful theme in the behavioral sciences and other disciplines. Perhaps the most famous illustration is the Hawthorne effect, which was uncovered (as the myth goes)...

What Bankers Can Learn From Girl Scouts and First Year Law Students

18.01.2010 - 06:18
I haven't been blogging much lately, but expect to get back in the swing of things this week as the worst of my writing and teaching pressures seem to be slowing down. Meanwhile, my better half, Marina Park, put up...

Work Matters:The Best of 2009

30.12.2009 - 21:45
I tried to resist the temptation to do one of these "best of" lists, but I succumbed as I started looking back at posts from the year. As I looked back at this year versus last, I realized that the...

The Boss's Journey:The Path to Simplicity and Competence

22.12.2009 - 20:37
Being a great boss is a lot tougher than it looks. I realized this a few months back when one of my former students came back to chat. When he took my introduction to organizational behavior class, he routinely ripped...

Workers Who Chew Gum Report Less Stress

20.12.2009 - 23:04
I was disappointed by this study as I have a pet peeve about chewing gum. Everyone else in my family chews it now and then but I have always found it a bit gross. And my dislike for it was...

The blog has moved!

The World of 100

Furniture for White People and Black People

On Susan Boyle

The Dirtiest Hotels in the World

The Worst Name of the Year

Spotty service

From the no-brainer file:Starbucks (RED) Card

Magnetic duct tape!

Talking strategy at Newsweek

The 100 Best Business Books of All Time

Explanation before information

26.08.2008 - 16:47
This American Life recently ran an episode called “The Giant Pool of Money,” which explained the subprime mortgage crisis, and since then it has become the most-downloaded episode of all time. By a margin of 50,000 downloads and counting…Jay Rosen at Pressthink calls it “the [...]

Scenes from American Express

26.08.2008 - 05:45
1. From a letter sent to me by AmEx: “Dear Cardmember, We are pleased to notify Cardmembers that the $1,000,000.00 Prize in the Super Million Dollar XV Sweepstakes presented by American Express Publishing is still available and could be yours to win. The Prize Entry Number that decides the per [...]

The myth of mutual funds

19.08.2008 - 21:45
The evidence says that people who buy mutual funds retire a lot poorer than if they’d simply bought index funds. So why do mutual funds keep growing? In our latest Fast Company column, we explore why it’s so hard to get the truth to stick.

Google and memorization

14.08.2008 - 15:20
Here’s Google CEO Schmidt, in response to a question about whether Google is “dumbing down” kids:Kids use (Google) all the time because it’s a new way of learning. When I was growing up, in Virginia, they made me memorize the names of all the capitals of every county in the s [...]

Google Book Settlement Round 2

Feedback and analysis:the missing ingredients in local's recipe

Four short links:5 February 2010

Apple vs. Adobe vs. Content Creators

What Facebook's HipHop means for developers and businesses

Four short links:3 February 2010

Four short links:2 February 2010

Rethinking Open Data

The iPad is real-life social

Four short links:29 January 2010

The iPad is the iPrius:Your Computer Consumerized

Four short links:28 January 2010

The iPad and publishers:A survey of early reaction

When it Comes to News,Why Won't People Eat Their Vegetables'

Four short links:26 January 2010

Timothy McSweeney,RIP

Right side upside down

Life is but a holographic projection

The auteur's Super Bowl

Products that did well during the recession

US National Archives on Flickr Commons

Not your father's evolution

Vans,vans,vans

Iron-plated snail

Vegetative state not so vegetative

Who makes the most money in Hollywood'

The world's tallest building,out of time

An American jihadist in Somalia

Garry Winogrand interview

Crash blossoms

Engadget Staff’s Initial Thoughts on the iPad

Sling and AT&T

Apple:Core Location Not for Use Solely for Serving Location-Targeted Ads

Movist,Alternative Video Player to VLC for Mac

The Official Microsoft Blog Responds to Dick Brass’s NYT Op-Ed

App Store Previews Now on the Web

Jonathan Schwartz Tweets His Resignation in Haiku

Comcast Rebranding as ‘Xfinity’

James Kendrick Gets Poor Results From Palm Mobile Hotspot

‘Microsoft’s Creative Destruction’

Speaking of Gays in the Military

Adm. Mike Mullen,Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,Tweets His Support for Repealing ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ Policy

More on iPad Widgets

MG Siegler:‘Apple Has Another Tablet in the Works. More Like a Mac Than an iPhone.’

Nexus One Update Brings Multitouch Pinch-to-Zoom to Browser,Maps,Photo Gallery

pain_pack featured in UK's metro!

05.02.2010 - 00:02
link to image :: they chose a very creepy pic of me...maybe because I'm a VAMPIRE!

Sussex Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) - Embrace Life

03.02.2010 - 03:27
click below :: beautifully shot PSA ::

pain_pack ::new project

01.02.2010 - 21:12
really like how this evolved :: pain pack :: zefrank.com

a childhood walk

26.01.2010 - 23:48
here is a gallery of submissions i made from a recent project called "a childhood walk." Give it a try!

still getting fan mail for my 52 to 48 project!

20.01.2010 - 20:43
like this one! "Still feeling magnanimous' I am not. Scott Brown got 52% and I am happy about it... and I still hate you stinking liberals. How do you like being on the shit end of the stick' Sincerely,Joel AlumbaughAxh Air Coolers Human Resources ExecutiveBroken Arrow, Oklahoma"

memari! ::my first iphone app!

15.01.2010 - 22:20
:: click to go to the site!

last challenge!

12.01.2010 - 01:16
Samsung Wow Challenge | Challenge Three :: please play along on this one! last chance to support a charity and help me in creating fun strange and human alternatives to traditional advertising :)

brief history of the US involvement in the afghanistan war

rodney mullen - two videos ::one from 1984,and some more recent footage

challenge #2 ::help a charity win $20K!

auto-tune now officially connects everything to everything...

"whole" - a pain pack song

24.11.2009 - 19:10
here is a song that i made using the sounds form the pain pack. Except for my voice and 8 measures of piano towards the end, every sound you hear comes from the original pain voicemails: the bass, keyboards, percussion, etc.. i have included the self contained reason 4 file at http://drop.io/pain_pa [...]

very cute duet!

pain pack

19.11.2009 - 21:25
if you make music - please consider helping me with this project :: http://www.zefrank.com/pain_pack/

yet again - a stop motion piece that re-invents the medium

Pinker,Round Two

02.12.2009 - 01:11
In Sunday’s New York Times Book Review, Stephen Pinker responds to my description of him as occupying the "lonely ice floe of IQ fundamentalism”: What Malcolm Gladwell calls a "lonely ice floe” is what psychologists call "the mainstream.” In a...

More on Quarterbacks

18.11.2009 - 16:37
A few more thoughts on quarterbacks: There are two separate issues with respect to quarterbacks. The first is whether, historically, NFL teams have done a good job of predicting which college quarterbacks will succeed in the pros. Dave Berri and...

Letting Igons be Igons

18.11.2009 - 21:51
From "Blowing Up," by Malcolm Gladwell, The New Yorker, April 22,2002

Pinker on "What the Dog Saw."

16.11.2009 - 23:37
Steven Pinker reviewed my new book "What the Dog Saw," in the New York Times Book Review this past Sunday. I sent the following letter to the editor in response: It is always a pleasure to be reviewed by someone...

Brooks on Outliers

17.12.2008 - 23:28
David Brooks wrote a very thoughtful column in the New York Times yesterday on "Outliers." Much of what he said was very flattering. I have just two comments in response. 1. Brooks argues that I "slight the centrality of individual...

Teachers and Quarterbacks

17.12.2008 - 00:20
My latest New Yorker piece, "Most Likely to Succeed" is now up. A couple of additional thoughts. In some of the responses to the piece, I've seen some resistance to the idea that choosing NFL quarterbacks and choosing public school...

Outliers update

11.12.2008 - 07:43
In my new book "Outliers," I spend a chapter trying to explain why Asian schoolchildren perform so much better at mathematics than their Western counterparts. The principal source of data on international math achievement is what's called TIMS--which is a...

Outliers!

15.11.2008 - 21:22
My new book, "Outliers: The Story of Success," is coming out on Tuesday, after long last. I'm very happy with it, and I think anyone who liked Tipping Point or Blink will like this book too. I'll be blogging more...

The Uses of Adversity

11.11.2008 - 17:11
My latest New Yorker article on Sidney Weinberg and the benefits of outsider-ness is now up on my website here: here Since writing the piece, I've continued to think a fair amount about this idea of the advantages of disadvantages....

Late-Bloomers

13.10.2008 - 19:23
My latest article, on the work of the economist David Galenson, is now up on the New Yorker website here.

Tall Tales

13.03.2008 - 12:30
A number of people have asked about a story I told at the Moth about my early days in the newspaper business. The Moth is a wierd and wonderful club in New York City founded a few years ago by...

Enron and Newspapers

07.03.2008 - 22:15
Another thought on Enron, following on my New Yorker piece. One of the big points made by Jonathan Macey and others is that the Enron scandal is an example of “receiver failure” as well as “transmitter failure”: that is, that...

Serial Killers

07.03.2008 - 22:15
I'm back! I took a little break from blogging, to work on my new book. But now it's almost finished, and I'm back in the New Yorker this week. I should be appearing regularly in the magazine again in the...

Kenyan Runners

07.03.2008 - 22:15
Here is an excerpt from Alexander Wolff's excellent profile of the marathoner Alberto Salazar, in a recent Sports Illustrated: Salazar ticks off the ironic circumstances that seem to cast the U.S. as a Third World country in distance running: "As...

Race and IQ

07.03.2008 - 22:15
My contribution to the (endless) Race-IQ debate is out in this week's New Yorker. You can read it here. In the meantime, the psychologist Richard Nisbett has also published a rejoinder to the James Watson-Will Saletan foolishness in Sunday's New...

Hiatus

Hiatus

The Long Tail of Travel

The Long Tail of Travel

Is this how the singularity happens'

Is this how the singularity happens'

Netflix data shows shifting demand down the Long Tail

Netflix data shows shifting demand down the Long Tail

A New York Times Bestseller!

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A New York Times Bestseller!

FREE on the Kindle (free); get it while it lasts!

FREE audiobook on iTunes (free,natch)

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Viruses use 'hive intelligence' to focus their attack

22.01.2010 - 06:15
Imperial College London researchers found that Vaccinia viruses hop over cells that are already infected. This allows them to concentrate their energies on previously uninfected cells, accelerating the spread of infection fivefold.Vaccinia is known to spread from cell to cell in a characteristic way [...]

Aerobic exercise grows brain cells

21.01.2010 - 09:25
Aerobic exercise stimulates the growth of new brain cells and improves the memory and ability to learn, neuroscientists from University of Cambridge and the US National Institute on Aging have found in experiments with mice. Running mice grew an average of 6,000 new brain cells per cubic millimeter [...]

Conductive 'Energy Textiles' enable new wearable electronics with better energy storage

21.01.2010 - 09:08
A new process for making stretchable, porous, and conductive "Energy Textiles" using "ink" made from single-walled carbon nanotubes has been developed by Stanford University scientists, according to the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters. These highly conductive textiles can provide new design [...]

Apple Sees New Money in Old Media

21.01.2010 - 08:43
With the new tablet device that is debuting Jan. 27, Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape businesses like textbooks, newspapers and television much the way his iPod revamped the music industry -- and expand Apple's influence and revenue as a content middleman.According to sources, in developing the [...]

Climate Change Authority Admits Mistake

21.01.2010 - 08:16
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has admitted that its alarming conclusions -- that glaciers in the Himalayas could be gone 25 years from now, eliminating a primary source of water for hundreds of millions of people -- is largely unsubstantiated, based on news reports rather than [...]

Big brains for video games

21.01.2010 - 08:02
The size of brain areas in the striatum, a region deep within the cerebral cortex, has a measurable effect on specifc types of video game performance, ten neuroscientists have found. They conducted an experiment in which each subject received 20 hours of training to play a video game specifically cr [...]

Young people spend more than 7 hours a day using entertainment media:study

21.01.2010 - 07:40
Young people (8-18) devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week), increasing by one hour and seventeen minutes a day over the past five years, according to a new study, Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Y [...]

Caprica prequel to Battlestar Galactica premieres Friday

21.01.2010 - 07:01
Entangled in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons 58 years later in Battlestar Galactica, two rival families go toe-to-toe, blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.That's the premise of the new [...]

Smart mud could be the new plastic

21.01.2010 - 05:12
A mixture of clay and 98 per cent water forms thin sheets of a strong hydrogel that is transparent, elastic, and self-healing, researchers at the University of Tokyo have found. (Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527445.600-smart-mud-could-be-the-new-plastic.html)

Brain-cell grid gives references for mental maps

21.01.2010 - 05:01
Evidence for a regular triangular grid of neurons in the entorhinal cortex of the brain that helps us navigate has been found by University College London scientists.They used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to monitor neural activity to detect populations of cells that seemed to fire a [...]

Oerlikon Promises 30% Lower Solar Module Production Costs in 2010

21.01.2010 - 04:51
Oerlikon Solar plans to reach production costs at grid parity by the end of this year, meaning the company is on track to offer its customers an advanced fab design capable of producing solar modules for 70 cents per watt by that time.Oerlikon Solar said that it has driven down module costs by aroun [...]

Bacteria rewired to flash in sync

21.01.2010 - 04:43
University of California, San Diego researchers and colleagues have genetically engineered bacteria that fluoresce in synchronised bursts.Controlling synchrony between cells might lead to implants made of engineered cells that act as a periodic drug delivery devices, or provide new insights into sle [...]

Robots climb up the wall (w/ video)

20.01.2010 - 06:53
Amir Shapiro, a robotics scientist from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, has developed four different kinds of robots that climb up walls. (Source: http://www.physorg.com/news183100876.html)

Tablet computer market to boom:Deloitte

20.01.2010 - 06:36
Industry tracker Deloitte predicts the tablet computer market will boom this year with tens of millions of people deciding the notepad-sized devices are "just right" for their needs.Improvements in graphics, processing power, and wireless broadband Internet availability are making Internet-based tab [...]

Scientists identify molecule that inhibits stem cell differentiation

20.01.2010 - 06:27
Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have identified a molecule, DNMT1, that helps stem cells know whether to self-renew to create more stem cells, or to differentiate into specialized, non-dividing adult skin cells. It's important because too much self-renewal can lead to cancer [...]

I am so disappointed to discover that the Carlyle Group doesn't actually run the world

Life lessons from Client #9

An hour and a half with Barack Obama

ABC thinks you're an idiot

Irony is dead,last gasp of newspaper industry edition

Andy Kaufman lives!

Winning friends and influencing US legislators,Huawei edition

Deutsche Bank CEO:We're screwed,but we're just fine

The Titanic reports on the iceberg

I mean,really,who needs fiction'

Quick blog break update

22.08.2008 - 10:05
The blog break will continue for a while yet, but I'll be back in a little bit with a whole new design and a major content injection.In the meantime, please occupy yourselves with the following, courtesy of Equity Private:

Quick blog break update

19.08.2008 - 02:25
The blog break will continue for a while yet, but I'll be back in a little bit with a whole new design and a major content injection.In the meantime, please occupy yourselves with the following, courtesy of Equity Private:

From Bill O'Reilly's point of view

21.05.2008 - 09:01
[Link: What Bill O'Reilly saw in the teleprompter.]

Department of high irony, Napster edition

20.05.2008 - 10:30
You just can't make this stuff up: ...Napster [is] planning on offering its complete catalog of more than 6 million tracks in the unprotected [DRM-free] MP3 format. Today, with the launch of version 4.5 of the software and store, that...

Bill O'Reilly, the remix

19.05.2008 - 08:16
[Link: Bill O'Reilly, the remix.]

Designing hashtags for emergency response

19.01.2010 - 00:52
I’ve been moved by the devastation wrought by the Haitian earthquake. It’s simply impossible to fathom, with death toll estimates hitting 200,000. In comparison, the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 killed nearly 230,000 people — placing it fourth among the world’s deadliest earthqu [...]

Designing hashtags for emergency response

19.01.2010 - 00:52
I’ve been moved by the devastation wrought by the Haitian earthquake. It’s simply impossible to fathom, with death toll estimates hitting 200,000. In comparison, the Indonesian tsunami of 2004 killed nearly 230,000 people — placing it fourth among the world’s deadliest earthqu [...]

Happy birthday to me! I’m joining Google

07.01.2010 - 10:07
Yes friends, I’m turning 29 and I’ve decided to go work for The Man. In all actuality, I’ve been mulling over such a move for some time, considering a number of compelling opportunities for my next step. After reviewing my options — in light of the progress I’ve made so far [...]

Happy birthday to me! I’m joining Google

07.01.2010 - 10:07
Yes friends, I’m turning 29 and I’ve decided to go work for The Man. In all actuality, I’ve been mulling over such a move for some time, considering a number of compelling opportunities for my next step. After reviewing my options — in light of the progress I’ve made so far [...]

OpenID Connect

05.01.2010 - 00:58
I’ve been thinking about how we make OpenID both easier and sexier for quite a while now. As frustrating as the answer may be to technologists, the problem is not necessarily one that can be solved with more technology. Instead, at some point, you have to move beyond the original constituents [...]

OpenID Connect

05.01.2010 - 00:58
I’ve been thinking about how we make OpenID both easier and sexier for quite a while now. As frustrating as the answer may be to technologists, the problem is not necessarily one that can be solved with more technology. Instead, at some point, you have to move beyond the original constituents [...]

2050

02.01.2010 - 20:40
It occurred to me last night — through simple arithmetic, really — that 40 years from now, we’ll be living in the year 2050.I suppose that realization was just as potent as the high school realization that I’d be entering college one year before 2000, and that a decade after that (i. [...]

2050

02.01.2010 - 20:40
It occurred to me last night — through simple arithmetic, really — that 40 years from now, we’ll be living in the year 2050.I suppose that realization was just as potent as the high school realization that I’d be entering college one year before 2000, and that a decade after that (i. [...]

Clarifying a few things about Twitter typographics like hashtags and slashtags

14.12.2009 - 21:53
Prompted by a post by Karl Long and Aral Balkan’s new Twitterformats initiative, I wanted to clarify a few about hashtags and slashtags — at least as I see them.First: Stowe Boyd deserves credit for Microsyntax. I just pitched in in the beginning and use the wiki to document some ideas I [...]

Clarifying a few things about Twitter typographics like hashtags and slashtags

14.12.2009 - 21:53
Prompted by a post by Karl Long and Aral Balkan’s new Twitterformats initiative, I wanted to clarify a few about hashtags and slashtags — at least as I see them.First: Stowe Boyd deserves credit for Microsyntax. I just pitched in in the beginning and use the wiki to document some ideas I [...]

Designing for the gut

28.11.2009 - 00:09
I want you to watch this video from a recent Sarah Palin rally (hat tip: Marshall Kirkpatrick). It gives us “who” I’m talking about.While you could chalk up the effect of the video to clever editing, I’ve seen similar videos that suggest that the attitudes expressed are proba [...]

Designing for the gut

28.11.2009 - 00:09
I want you to watch this video from a recent a Sarah Palin rally (hat tip: Marshall Kirkpatrick). It gives us “who” I’m talking about.While you could chalk up the effect of the video to clever editing, I’ve seen similar videos that suggest that the attitudes expressed are pro [...]

A status update from 1940

24.11.2009 - 05:50
Brynn and I went poking around Alemeda this weekend and stumbled into Pauline’s Antiques, the kind of place where you can find thick-walled whiskey glasses that were once sipped from by people who wore yellow sweaters unironically. Of course, you can find such yellow sweaters too, but what cau [...]

A status update from 1940

24.11.2009 - 05:50
Brynn and I went poking around Alemeda this weekend and stumbled into Pauline’s Antiques, the kind of place where you can find thick-walled whiskey glasses that were once sipped from by people who wore yellow sweaters unironically. Of course, you can find such yellow sweaters too, but what cau [...]

Don’t make me a target

13.11.2009 - 21:56
The augmented reality view in Brightkite’s mobile app.Brightkite, a location-tracking service, recently launched version 2.0 of their service after merging with Limbo and taking $9M in funding this past April.In recent months I’ve found myself using Foursquare more and more, though I sti [...]

Moving Experience

New Book Title 'Blurring Boundaries'

New Book Title 'Blurring Boundaries'

New Book Title:'Blurry Lines'

TLE Notebook:Intuit's Scott Gulbransen

8 Key Points to my new book

1st notes on a new book.

New Working Title:'Blurry Lines'

TLE Notebook:Intuit's Scott Gulbransen

8 Key Points to my new book

1st notes on a new book.

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NASA announces 2nd 1st space tweet

Martha Coakley,Scott Brown & Conversing with Constituents

SM Global Report InvisiblePeople.TV's Mark Horvath

Where Life Takes Me Next...

Will the Java Platform Create The World's Largest App Store'

Sun's Cloud (4 of 4)

Sun's Network Innovations (3 of 4)

Technology Adoption (2 of 4)

Understanding Sun in Three Easy Steps (1 of 4)

HP Joins Solaris Community (Live Free or Die)

JavaFX Hits 100,000,000 Milestone!

Sun's Q2 Financial Results

(Another) Win for Open Storage...

26.11.2008 - 07:08
Wikipedia is one of the world's most visited web sites (8th in the top 10, in fact), delivering an enormous breadth of content to an audience as vast as the internet. But Wikipedia's evolved to become more than an on-line encyclopedia: they've become one of the world's largest search engines, they'r [...]

You Have to Stop to Change Direction

10.11.2008 - 18:05
The bursting of the internet bubble was good for the computer industry.Many of us didn't like the medicine, but I can't remember a single customer upset at the idea of paying $20,000 for computing infrastructure that used to cost them $100,000. The price compression came from open source software, a [...]

Change Has Come to America

05.11.2008 - 08:07
On behalf of Sun Microsystems, I would like to offer my sincerest congratulations to President elect Barack Obama. What an extraordinary accomplishment.I would also like to extend my congratulations to his web team for having chosen MySQL as the platform behind their election web site, BarackObama. [...]

Understanding Sun's Business - Q1 Results

30.10.2008 - 22:05
We announced our earnings today, and put specifics around our preannouncement from a week ago. We also greatly increased the transparency of Sun's business by providing line item detail surrounding our most important product categories (and we broke out core elements of our Software business for the [...]

Innovation Loves a Crisis

03.10.2008 - 01:02
I thought I'd share a note I sent earlier in the week to Sun's leaders - about the turmoil we're seeing in the markets, and how I want our team focusing their efforts. _______________________________________________________________________________Begin forwarded message:From: Jonathan Schwartz Date [...]

Saving a Fortune in Data Warehousing

25.09.2008 - 09:06
I just wanted to extend my congratulations to the team at Greenplum, and our joint customers at Fox Interactive Media - the folks behind MySpace, Photobucket, IGN, FOXSports.com, and a whole series of web properties that together represent one of the single largest audiences on the web. All three o [...]

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Start Project

04.02.2010 - 03:27
As reported on BoomTown, I’m joining some cool folks including Biz Stone, Chris Sacca, Mike Tatum, and David Liu as an adviser to The Start Project.

WPtogo is now WordPress Android

03.02.2010 - 01:29
We’ve just released WordPress for Android 1.0 which is a continuation of the WpToGo development now under an official WordPress banner, and of course as Free Software. Congrats to Dan and the team on making this happen. Mobile stuff is really starting to come together for WordPress. I’ve [...]

Better Firefox Checker

02.02.2010 - 02:58
After the Deadline, the enhanced spelling and grammar checker, has just released a new extension for Firefox that enables AtD functionality on any textarea on the web, which is really killer. This is one of the possibilities I was most excited about when we acquired AtD. For more check out the cover [...]

Cool Touch Interface

27.01.2010 - 02:12
While reading Michael Arrington’s essay Why Desktop Touch Screens Don’t Really Work Well For Humans I came across this video, which I thought was pretty cool.Hopefully this whets your appetite for whatever comes out of Apple tomorrow. Should be an interesting day for WordPress.com as well: w [...]

Ask Matt:Tips On Public Speaking

26.01.2010 - 09:00
I get asked a lot about tips on public speaking because I do it so frequently. Positive response when I give a talk is generally proportional to how relaxed I was when giving the presentation and on good days I’ll get comments like people were able to relate to what I was saying or that (...)

To Munich for DLD

23.01.2010 - 11:39
I’m heading to Munich, Germany for the DLD conference where I’m going to be on a panel. If you’re there say howdy and I’ll show you my Apple Tablet. (Just kidding. )

WordPress Foundation

22.01.2010 - 06:25
The WordPress Foundation website is now live, and some interesting things coming for it soon.

Stanford Daily

21.01.2010 - 18:11
It looks like the Stanford Daily, Stanford University’s newspaper since 1892, is now on WordPress.

Polldaddy Billion

19.01.2010 - 04:06
Polldaddy just became the second Automattic web service to reach a billion pageviews a month. (I’m not counting Gravatar.) They also just updated their WordPress.org plugin to including ratings. Watch for some other major updates coming up soon.

Tybee WordPress Meetup

13.01.2010 - 09:00
We had a small WordPress meetup on Tybee Island at Huckapoo’s with the Automatticians who were in town for a meetup and some locals from the island and Savannah. Guest photographer: Sheri Bigelow.

Trying out Nexus One

17.01.2010 - 05:43
This week I’ve taken the SIM card out of my iPhone and put it in the Nexus One, which I’m going to try to stick with for the next week. I love my 3GS, but I’m just hungry for something else as the iPhone has felt a little stagnant lately, and the Nexus has the (...)

Facebook McAfee

13.01.2010 - 18:23
Facebook is offering its users a 6-month free trial of McAfee and promoting it heavily, and even forcing people to run a scan before they can reactivate a hacked account. They’re “not aware of another free Internet service that takes this much responsibility for helping people keep their [...]

WP.com Tips

13.01.2010 - 08:09
My Tips on WordPress.com, a good summary of a lot of the features that launched last year which in hindsight was a ton.

Top Emails and more,2009 Edition

13.01.2010 - 07:25
As I like to do every year, here are the top 10 people who emailed me this year:Toni Schneider — 914Maya Desai — 672Mom — 475Raanan Bar-Cohen — 284Barry Abrahamson — 276Rose Goldman — 256Jane Wells — 193Michael Pick — 185Donncha O Caoimh — 179Alex Shiels — 167Email is my most fre [...]

Google & China

13.01.2010 - 00:40
Google is taking a new approach to China. This is a big deal, they’re basically implying the Chinese government has been hacking Google accounts to compromise human rights advocates. Interesting the note at the end where they say these decisions and investigations were entirely in the US, it&# [...]

Why Have So Many Internet People Lost Touch With Reality '

04.02.2010 - 18:16
Sometimes its hard to tell if people are trying to be funny, mean, interesting, provocative or are just plain stupid or completely out of touch with reality.  I know I get accused of being all of the above all the time.The other day in New York I gave a speech at the AlwaysOn Conference which (...)

Why Google is Bad for the Newspaper Business

03.02.2010 - 20:44
One of the key core competencies of a publication is the process of selecting “all the news thats fit to print”.No one can read every news story.  Instead of even trying to consume everything, we all have a process we go through for discovery of news, information and topics of interest [...]

Why are we condemning Jeff Zucker & NBC over Leno '

18.01.2010 - 22:11
If you want to know why its going to take longer than people hope or expect to get out this great recession, look no further than media and corporate response to Jeff Zuckers move of Jay Leno to primetime.What Zucker and NBC did was the EXACT RIGHT MOVE.Business environments change. When they do, as [...]

Think the Internet Will Replace Cable ' Read this first

14.01.2010 - 05:39
As is the normal way on the internet, people love to read headlines. Of course they rarely read the substance of the article behind the headline. They take the headline and run with it as gospel. This is particularly true of internet video and the presumption by many that the internet will be so vas [...]

Success & Motivation:A Lesson & The Worst Sales Letter Ever..

05.01.2010 - 18:28
I get pitched continuously. Email after email.  99pct get deleted within 10 seconds. Some repeat offenders get filtered directly to spam.The quickest way to get deleted and filtered as permanent spam is to send me an email a 2nd time and comment that you are going to show me some  ”persevera [...]

Success & Motivation:Scatterbrained and in College

18.12.2009 - 05:05
Got this email today, and decided to share it and my response as a message to college kids out there that are pretty much the same as I was. Here you go:Mark, I was in the group  that listened to you speak at the XXXX.  And I need some guidance, dude.I don’t know if you’ve (...)

Should the FCC Reclaim Broadcast Spectrum '

14.12.2009 - 21:36
The premise is very simple.  Over the air broadcasters, the people who bring you TV that you can get with rabbit ears, pay nothing to the government for the allocated digital spectrum over which tv is delivered. Not only do they pay nothing to the government for that spectrum, they are no longer on [...]

The Sport of Business

10.12.2009 - 03:01
I can’t go more than a week without shooting baskets. There is something about the feel of the ball coming off my hand, and the sound of the ball going through the net. It just feels good.If I’m just standing in the gym, I can shoot pretty well. Playing in a game. Well it’s not (...)

Success & Motivation:What Will You Remember When You are 90 '

05.12.2009 - 00:42
Unique opportunities. How many of them will you have in your life ' 1 ' None ' 100s ' The thing about life is that its impossible to know. You never know when something you never even considered could happen, will happen.As something you has been incredibly blessed, let me just tell you that the (.. [...]

So Where is AdSense for Newspapers '

03.12.2009 - 22:48
Google is unquestionably the best at selling advertising on line.  They can sell Text, Display, Video at a level that is unparalleled anywhere.  True 'The Newspaper industry obviously sucks at doing the same. Eric Schmidt said so in his editorial in the Wall Street Journal.So why isn’t Googl [...]

Limiting Free to .edu

02.12.2009 - 22:17
Free ain’t what it used to be. It costs a lot of money.Keeping content free can be very expensive. Just look at the decision process that Hulu is going through. On one hand, the site is an unquestionable success measured in visitors. People want the content. On the other hand, it doesn’t [...]

Time for USA Basketball Team to go Under 21

27.11.2009 - 17:29
There was a note in today’s NY Times saying that European Soccer leaders have unanimously backed a proposal to limit participation in future Olympics to players under the age of 21. (Currently, the Olympics are limited to under 23 plus 3 overage players. ).All I can say is Amen.I have argued w [...]

How To Jumpstart the Economy and Create Millions of Jobs

25.11.2009 - 22:19
More than a year ago I wrote a post (see below) about taxing stock transactions. I suggested 10c per share on both sides. Some of our politicians are suggesting .025pct.  There really is no reason not to do it either way. Spreads have narrowed in the past several years to pennies from nickels, dime [...]

Bing trying to get exclusive on Fox…Smart

23.11.2009 - 04:06
Ok,  I am getting bored talking about fox and google.  But as things pop up, like news in the media saying that MicroSoft is trying to entice Fox to “de-list” from Google, I cant pass up posting on it. Particularly when it makes so much senseHere is why Bing paying Fox to De-list from [...]

Google,Murdoch,Madoff

13.11.2009 - 23:58
Hows that for a title.  Just thought it would be a fun day to rehash some old posts that made me look a little prescientToday the feds arrested 2 programmers that worked for Madoff. I wrote this in January:Jan 18th 2009 10:11AMIm taking a flyer here, but if they were to put me on the (...)

Leadership:The Problem Isn't the Problem

The Fortune Guy Is the One With the Problem

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Swashbuckling:Bo vs Zorro

Personal Responsibility

Hmmm!

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Overkill'(What Can I Say')

FYI(Brand You)

A.W.O.L.

What is Excellence'

Hey SkyMall:pay attention to customer feedback!

08.02.2010 - 18:17
I was alerted on Twitter by a reader about their interesting blog entry Something New To Think About at 30,000 Feet (Flying and Spying). In the article, the writer highlights this product:It's the Stealth iBot PC Monitor and, in essence, it's a simple device that enables you to install spyware on an [...]

It's time for Foursquare (and Web 2.0) to grow up'

04.02.2010 - 19:01
A month or so ago I was approached by the U.S. Navy, invited to join their Distinguished Guest program and spend the night on the U.S.S. Stennis aircraft carrier. Surprised, I said "yes" and planned out a trip to San Diego, California: the embarkation point for the trip. Fortunately, my parents live [...]

Going to CES next week' I'm co-hosting...

30.12.2009 - 08:55
Last year at the massive Consumer Electronics Show, I was privileged to speak at the Social Media Jungle event that Jeff Pulver hosted the day before CES really kicked off.This year, I'm co-hosting with Jeff and we have a pretty amazing lineup of speakers for our half-day event on January 6th, 2010 [...]

Lack of quality control on Facebook ads leads to...

29.11.2009 - 06:53
There's really no nice way to say this. You just need to see the ad:Ayup, spell one word wrong in your ad title and the meaning changes rather dramatically, to say the least.The problem here is that Facebook, for all it has an interesting self-service advertising model, also suffers from the problem [...]

What's the impact of social media on business growth'

24.11.2009 - 04:05
A reader writes to me:"As an empirically-based economist, I would like to know whether there are studies that show the impact of twitter, Facebook and other social networking sites on business growth. I have a client (I do a small bit of consulting) that is pushing hard to get "into" social networki [...]

Interview with PR expert Deirdre Breakenridge

12.11.2009 - 22:51
I recently had the pleasure of listening to Deirdre Breakenridge talk about the future of public relations, and was quite impressed. The co-author of the book Putting the Public back in Public Relations, she's smart, accessible and has a great, pragmatic view of social media, marketing, customer ser [...]

My upcoming speaking gigs Oct,2009

20.10.2009 - 09:29
Me speaking on a panel at SXSW '09 earlier in the yearI can't believe how many speaking gigs I have coming up, really. Wondering what's on my agenda' Here's the list:Aren't we all just wasting our time with social media'Thurs, Oct 22 at 7pmI'm speaking as a representative of Boulder Digital Arts at [...]

Worried about the FTC going after your blog'

17.10.2009 - 01:05
One of the big discussions both here at Blogworld Expo and in the blogosphere in general is the implication of the new Federal Trade Commission's new regulations for online advertising practices from the Bureau of Consumer Protection.The regulations seem to address the issue of disclosure: if I give [...]

Twitter "virus" via video,I don't think so!

14.10.2009 - 18:27
I don't get it. Are people really this clueless in the social media world'I woke up this morning to boldface warnings New virus on Twitter! Don't click on video links in DMs!Of course, it didn't take long for me to get one:Being the reckless tech guy I am (and running on a Mac, not PC, so far, far l [...]

Why DVD rental is such a tough biz:it's a commodity,stupid

12.10.2009 - 18:22
I'm all for supporting local mom-and-pop businesses, and this evening, on the enthusiastic prompting of my girls, we went into a local video rental place (though 95% of what they rent, of course, are DVDs). After much deliberation on their part, they selected the Disney film Tinkerbell.Okay. Last fe [...]

Great presentations at the ESPRIT Innovation Alliance Breakfast

07.10.2009 - 00:08
I've written before about the Technology Transfer Office at the University of California, Boulder, and I attend as many of their events as I can manage with my schedule. They address the greatest challenge that a modern research-based University has, which is how to "get it to market".More interesti [...]

Webinars are great,but face-to-face meetings are better...

25.09.2009 - 16:47
I travel a lot but truth be told, I'm rather a bit of a home body: I like where I live, I like hanging out with my kids, and I have a ton of great friends. Heck, I live in a place where tons of people come on vacation (Boulder, Colorado), and the fact that I can sit in my office and have virtual mee [...]

Join Me at The Social Media Briefing for Executives

22.09.2009 - 23:24
As a professional speaker and gadabout, I get involved with a lot of workshops, seminars and conferences, but it's only the occasional one that really sparks my imagination and has me looking forward to the event, not the late night parties.I am psyched about going to Blogworld and New Media Expo ne [...]

Disney's Blu-Ray Movie Club:The Economics Don't Work

21.09.2009 - 18:08
I'm an unabashed Disney fan so when I get an offer via email from the company, I'll give it more than a cursory glance, though it's rarely an interesting deal. The most recent was the announcement of the Disney Blu-Ray Movie Club, which explained that the offer, as with most 'club memberships', was [...]

Learn about Twitter over breakfast this Friday!

16.09.2009 - 16:45
I'm excited to launch a breakfast training series here in Boulder with three of the smartest people I know in Colorado, a series we're calling Stay Sharp! My co-conspirators are Liz Ryan, Joyce Colson and Jeff Finkelstein and we're offering the series of workshops to help you, our fellow Coloradoans [...]

February 8th Show

08.02.2010 - 18:08
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Shady cam 2

08.02.2010 - 15:53
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AskRo

08.02.2010 - 03:20
Proud Aunt writes: Ro, Ro, Ro....hubby wants me to get help bec/ he says I am obsessed with u blog lol. I've told him ur blogs make my day brighter. Hope you r having a great weekend but come back soon.........:) go to bed (...)

February 5th Show

05.02.2010 - 18:51
Kymatica Christine Ebersole Mia Farrow (...)

AskRo

05.02.2010 - 18:20
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February 4th Show

04.02.2010 - 18:23
A Family Is a Family Is a Family 16 and pregnant Sonicare Toothbrush West Side Story Modern Family (...)

AskRo

04.02.2010 - 04:15
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tik tok

03.02.2010 - 21:47
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February 3rd Show

03.02.2010 - 18:33
Elizabeth Regen Sherri Show (...)

AskRo

03.02.2010 - 06:45
marci Mishler writes: Rosie, are you in love' Side note: A Family Is A Family.....so well done. Oh, those kids.... xxx (...)

February 2nd Shpw

02.02.2010 - 18:00
life unexpected The Trials of Ted Haggard Gayle Haggard Buy the Book (...)

baby boy

02.02.2010 - 00:35
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February 1st Show

01.02.2010 - 21:28
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AskRo

01.02.2010 - 18:57
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AskRo

29.01.2010 - 22:34
Tony writes: U were great on Craig! You brightened my sad day with quite a bit of happiness. Thank you. xx (...)

Are You Customer-Averse'

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The Future Online is Subscription-Based:Why I Joined Third Tribe

We Still Get Things Done Through Search

The Conductor doesn't Make a Sound

Content Needs to Get Most of Your Attention

The Future Online is Subscription-Based:Why I Joined Third Tribe

We Still Get Things Done Through Search

The Conductor doesn't Make a Sound

Content Needs to Get Most of Your Attention

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Apple and Brand Evangelists

Do You Have a Conversation Strategy'

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