In their greed for profits, major studios are making incredibly shortsighted decisions that jeopardize the entire future of the film and TV industry. Meanwhile, working actors and writers are suffering from the fallout of this corporate mismanagement. With the rise of streaming, studios have focused only on wringing out immediate…

No matter how much AI technology is provided to product and development teams, the hard truth remains: users still need to love and want to pay for what you’re making. An effective way to develop a product is to collaborate with the right group of early users in co-creating the…

Sadly as I read and listen to the state of American politics, I can understand why our government systems are failing. Both candidates haven’t impressed me as leaders. The bully-groper is far worse than cunning-lawyer, but neither express modern leadership that inspires and engenders citizens and government to make positive…

At the center of all great cultural shifts there is music pushing it forward. At this particular juncture, that sound is being created by a ferocious and brilliant hip-hop duo called Run The Jewels. To paraphrase legendary Southern California band The Minutemen when they sang “Mr. Narrator, this is Bob…

Shuffling through some papers I have stacked by my bed side table; I found a letter my daughter wrote for me for Valentines day. For me it’s a letter that changes my life. Reading it stops my day for a minute and it brings focus and clarity on how fortunate I am. How being a father is truly the most important role I have ever had. My daughters love for me is a powerful source of inspiration, excitement and joy.

My daughter's first poem using her new 1964 typewriter

My daughters are learning a machine of the past to master the future. It is amazing to see how thrilled my daughters are about using a 1964 typewriter. It seemed like a magical device to them. It’s manual transparent nature excited them. The easy to use keyboard and print feature made it seem like a toy and tool. Every stroke made something real every time they typed. Unlike the mysterious computer and a WiFI printer.

Accross 110th Street Is A Classic America Story & Song — Your songs and singing have so much wisdom and sole. In particular “Across 11oth Street” told me a west coast punk-rock-skater-kid a vividly different human story of growing up in the streets of NYC. When listening to it over and over again, I would see images of people trying to…

Really? — Beck & Chris Milk Sound & Vision Screen Capture  Google introduced a rather bazaar feature called “Create A Selfie” for Gmail as a background theme (perhaps an April fools day joke). The idea is you can share your theme and all that fun stuff, but what made my skin crawl…