There was an article in the New York Times a few days ago.  It profiles these kids (mostly out of LA) who came up with a new style of dance called jerking.
Goofy, gentle, nimbly amateurish, jerking was little known outside certain precincts of this sprawling city until a year ago. But in the last nine [...]

Cars run forwards.  And they run backwards.  Whether you’re in drive or reserve, you go somewhere, the car runs the same (assuming it’s not a clunker), and you get to your destination.
Business models should do the same.
If a business model works, it should work when you turn it on it’s head.
Create models like well oiled [...]

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Not to knock social media but we must take a step back.  It’s fantastic for communications, but it sucks for innovation.
Tweet, video blog, blog, and go to event after event after event and meet the same people over and over again.  No new [...]

There is an overabundance of information: I call this information overload.  I used to subscribe to a lot of feeds.  Now I’ve narrowed it down to a few.  (Find them here.)
Information is beautiful. But only if you know how to handle it.  If you can’t, you’re gonna get the wind knocked out of you [...]

It’s a constant puzzle – how to advertise, how to reach your audience, and how to translate eyeballs into dollars.
As a young buck growing up in the digital era, I’m what Chris Brogan would call a “digital native”. I walk through Time Square every single day (twice a day) to get to work and [...]

In the grand scheme of things, how do Twitter Lists change the game?  There are varying views from
the good: huge improvement to Twitter and the way people and information is organized
to the bad: adding to our shallowness and vanity as a humanity
to the ugly: deceiving the whole reason behind lists and gaming it.
Whatchuthink?  Are you [...]

After coming out a particularly tumultuous presidential administration, hopes were down.  Cherry on top?  Entering a deep, dark, scary, recession.  However, haven’t heard much about the bugger in a while.  People seem to be done complaining about the recession (or at least I hope).
In recessions, people love to talk ABOUT the recession – the deep, [...]

It’s 5:30pm at Grand Central Station. It’s buzzing with energy and it’s the type of energy that makes you feel an odd combination of anxious, on edge, and alive. What is everyone doing? Moving, talking, rushing, pushing, hurrying, worrying, and texting.
Last month, I was in Grand Central Station at 5:30pm. I [...]

When you go to a concert, you’re not just paying for a ticket to see Dave Matthews Band play. You’re fronting the capital he needs to produce a Live album, which he will then in turn sell back to you. Genius!
This is quite how Tony Robbins operates. When he gives a seminar, he [...]

Walking to work, I walk past a New York City employee cleaning the top of a trashcan with sanitizer. As a tax-paying and self-proclaimed semi-germaphobe citizen, this made me happy.
Then I remembered the Volkwagen “Fun Theme” campaign – you know the one with the deepest bin ever? It occurred to me – what if every [...]