The Real Blind Influence

About a year ago the big prediction was that mobile platforms were going to break out in 2009.  Their influence grew, but outside of Asia, the world is still way behind in utilizing the full potential of what’s available now for mobile computing much less what’s around the corner.
The latest 2010 breakthrough prediction is that [...]

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Today I made a knucklehead move.  It’s not a horrible life threatening condition, but it’s annoying when the symptoms flair up.
This morning I was  sitting at Denver International Airport, home to the demonically evil blue horse.
Why was I sitting there?  Because I was attempting to fly on the second busiest air traffic day of the [...]

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One of the decisions that has consistently altered my life to be better was the choice to surround myself with people that are smarter and more interesting than myself.
I’m fortunate to live in a city full of smart, fun and creative people. This makes it easier to never be the smartest person in the room, [...]

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Yesterday at about noon my business partner, David Oxstein, said, “It’s raining in LA all weekend, do you want to go to Palm Springs and work out of The Lucy House instead?

The Lucy House is where Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz would stay every weekend.  After a week of shooting the I Love Lucy TV [...]

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There was a New York Times article a week or so ago profiling a guy who made $300 in a hour by tweeting about M&Ms.  Since I waited to write this, I can’t find the article, but he has was averaging $3,000 a week doing promotions like this.
So is it wrong to get paid to [...]

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In 1990 I was 22 and hired as the National Promotion Director for Radioactive/MCA Records.  We had just signed a band called Public Affection.  Soon after a name change to ‘Live,‘ the release of a single called “Pain Lies on The Riverside,” and the video making an impact at Mtv (yes, kids, Mtv actually had [...]

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