The Real Reason for the Financial Meltdown

This is a Bottom-Up Problem as much as a Top Down problem. It’s interesting to blame Wall Street and the exotic derivatives for the economic issues we face, but I see the problem stemming as much from something much more bottom up and basic- fuel costs and high...

Niche Politics

I’ve just started a book called Niche Envy- Marketing Discrimination in the Digital Age by Joseph Turow.    Even the introduction has me thinking and generating new ideas and questions I hope will be answered, in some way, as I go further through the book.  I...

The Next New Media- We need the Library Shelf Effect

Chris Brogan had an interesting post today on the Next Media Company, talking about what the future in media might look like, or how you might design one from scratch, assuming unlimited funds and what problems currently exist, causing economic problems for media...

What’s Your Friendship Worth?

There’s a really interesting article in this past week’s Business Week about the value of friendships on Facebook and Twitter in a very economic sense.  Companies are looking at everything from whether your friends are more likely to click on ads served to...

Understanding People- Understand Motivation Theory

My project, The LD Podcast, is all about learning, and how we can help kids learn better and more effectively. This has meant I’ve done a lot of reading and research on subjects like attention and motivation- because if you can’t capture a kid’s attention, or help...