for too long too much money and talent has been poured into low-risk digital-only businesses that aspire to little more than leeching off of value creators that already exist, or at best cut them off at the knees with low prices, with the assumption that someone else will pick up the pieces Ben Thompson, A Startup Worth Emulating

Inspired by three of our favorite things — history, the downtown area we call home, and our new obsession with Pokemon gaming, we decided to build a PokemonGo powered walking tour of our ‘hood. …

Incredibly thought provoking series of articles by Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile discussing the impact of social media on the media publishing business. …

Brands and algorithms are both trying to do the same thing: reduce the cognitive load of making decisions. Brands do this by earning our trust in their quality versus the competition, while algorithms do this by convincing us we don’t need to worry about brands at all. Algorithms are making…

As Mobile World Congress Gets Started, Mobile Innovation Is Far From Over — Note: This article was initially published as editorial in AdAge: Digital Next At Mobile World Congress this week, industry leaders are gathering to learn about the hardware and software advancements that will change phones this year. But while Samsung and LG compete for headlines with new screen, camera and payment…

Twitter has taken a beating in the markets and the press the past few weeks. I agree with Ben Thompson’s analysis that the big problem isn’t ease of use or feature set, it’s that the vast wealth of attention unlocked by mobile phone has now been swallowed up by Facebook…

The annual Consumer Electronics Show never ceases to amaze me. This year it wasn’t just insanely high-def TV’s from tech titans, It was exciting innovations from startups like Wiiv, a company that will 3D print custom shoe insoles based on photos you capture via mobile of your own feet, or…

One year ago I posted a list of my favorite podcasts. Since then, podcasting has continued to grow like crazy — money flowing into podcast companies and new shows popping up every day from all sorts of unexpected new hosts. A year later my general taste in podcasts has stayed…

Last night closed the books on an enduring year that centered around two major life events: my wife Angela discovering she has early stage rheumatoid arthritis, and our decision to buy an apartment. …