Since the beginning of the year, I’ve had a working theory that the social media buzz of last year is fundamentally changed. I’m not suggesting that social media is dead – no, it’s here to stay. Rather, there’s an evolution to its usage; it’s something of a maturing market. Over the past week, several news [...]
In the January 18, 2010 edition of Newsweek, there was a great piece entitled “Your Online Brain.” It’s well worth the read as it focuses on the different theories about the Web’s impact on how we think.
The last paragraph really caught my attention as I had just participated in a creativity session [...]
Yesterday’s Meet The Press on NBC showcased the new Shriver Report, entitled “A Woman’s Nation.” The roundtable discussion was lively and focused on American families, how women are often out-earning their husbands in the U.S. (even while still earning less for the same jobs), and the issues the modern family faces (child care and [...]
Before Malcolm Gladwell, there was, among others, John Naisbett. Naisbett’s Megatrends was a must read. My favorite was the “High Tech/High Touch” trend. His theory was that the more technology impacted our lives, the more we would strive to find balance with human interaction. We are social creatures, after all.
High tech/high touch has been going [...]
For a week now, many of us have been keeping up on what we now know will be the closing chapter of the Michael Jackson saga. Like millions, I’ve kept up on the news. One might argue that this really isn’t “news” (battles in Afghanistan, anyone?), but no one can argue about whether this is [...]
