Our Lust for Control
2014 gave rise to technology that helps us seize control of our bodies, minds, space and time. “At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face,” Albert Camus wrote in 1942. We’ve been struck
Our Lust for Control
2014 gave rise to technology that helps us seize control of our bodies, minds, space and time. “At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face,” Albert Camus wrote in 1942. We’ve been struck
Design As Art, Art As Everywhere
In 1966, Bruno Munari wrote the quintessential Design As Art. It’s a book that made me lust over words, laugh out loud, and talk incessantly to everyone (i.e., must read). In it, Munari explores how mass manufacturing catalyzed a transformation
Design As Art, Art As Everywhere
In 1966, Bruno Munari wrote the quintessential Design As Art. It’s a book that made me lust over words, laugh out loud, and talk incessantly to everyone (i.e., must read). In it, Munari explores how mass manufacturing catalyzed a transformation
Know Thy Customer: When to Use Cohort Analysis versus Customer Segmentation
The marketer’s core responsibility is to know thy customer. Who is this person buying this thing I’m selling? Can I get them to buy it again? Are there other people like this person out in the world who might also
Know Thy Customer: When to Use Cohort Analysis versus Customer Segmentation
The marketer’s core responsibility is to know thy customer. Who is this person buying this thing I’m selling? Can I get them to buy it again? Are there other people like this person out in the world who might also
Mo Media Mo Problems
I have a media problem. And it’s not what you think. I’m not a junkie. I don’t have Twitter intravenously streaming into my veins, and I can (happily) sit through a dinner without checking my phone. But I do lust
Mo Media Mo Problems
I have a media problem. And it’s not what you think. I’m not a junkie. I don’t have Twitter intravenously streaming into my veins, and I can (happily) sit through a dinner without checking my phone. But I do lust
Innovative Defense: How Incumbents Can Co-opt Disruption
The story is all too familiar. One day, they’re poster children for business excellence. Markets love them, their CEOs grace the covers of Fortune and Forbes, in pin stripes against regal blue backdrops. Flash forward, and these Adonises are filing
Innovative Defense: How Incumbents Can Co-opt Disruption
The story is all too familiar. One day, they’re poster children for business excellence. Markets love them, their CEOs grace the covers of Fortune and Forbes, in pin stripes against regal blue backdrops. Flash forward, and these Adonises are filing
Companies as People. People as Companies
In the future, it will be difficult to distinguish between companies and people. That is not to predict the demise of the corporation or the end of formalized employment. But the lines are blurring, and fast. Just as companies are
Companies as People. People as Companies
In the future, it will be difficult to distinguish between companies and people. That is not to predict the demise of the corporation or the end of formalized employment. But the lines are blurring, and fast. Just as companies are
Predictions on Reflections: The Year in Review
It’s November, which means it’s almost December, which means we should all brace ourselves for the annual onslaught of resolutions, recriminations, and recollections. It’s the time of year in which pundits big and small bust out of dusty closets and
Predictions on Reflections: The Year in Review
It’s November, which means it’s almost December, which means we should all brace ourselves for the annual onslaught of resolutions, recriminations, and recollections. It’s the time of year in which pundits big and small bust out of dusty closets and
Culture Wars: The Rise and Fall of Word Empires
What Google Books can teach us about hummus, God, and the Internet. I recently discovered Google’s Ngram Viewer, which graphs the historical frequency of words in the corpus of books. It’s similar to Google Trends, a tool to explore search volume
Culture Wars: The Rise and Fall of Word Empires
What Google Books can teach us about hummus, God, and the Internet. I recently discovered Google’s Ngram Viewer, which graphs the historical frequency of words in the corpus of books. It’s similar to Google Trends, a tool to explore search volume
The Fifth Best Bartender in Northern Brooklyn
(in the style of Shouts & Murmurs) Who am I? Well, some have called me the fifth best bartender in Brooklyn. Northern Brooklyn, to be precise. I invented the award winning, “The Somewhat New Old Fashioned.” It really captures my
The Fifth Best Bartender in Northern Brooklyn
(in the style of Shouts & Murmurs) Who am I? Well, some have called me the fifth best bartender in Brooklyn. Northern Brooklyn, to be precise. I invented the award winning, “The Somewhat New Old Fashioned.” It really captures my
RIP Google Reader: On the merits of slow reading
I am starting to believe humans will require more processing power and storage soon. Hopefully, that urban legend / 9th grade myth that we only use 10% of our brain is correct. Maybe it’s like a video game: we have
RIP Google Reader: On the merits of slow reading
I am starting to believe humans will require more processing power and storage soon. Hopefully, that urban legend / 9th grade myth that we only use 10% of our brain is correct. Maybe it’s like a video game: we have
Muddled Fairytales: Ruminations on Time, Space and the Digital Underbelly 