A Sociology of Likes

Likes (and other forms of endorsement on social media: hearts, favorites, recommendations) is often portrayed as empty…

Beginner’s Mind

“If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many…

The iPhone 5C is not a bridgehead to China. 

It’s a tax on being adult.

The similitude of the Technorati 

Betapost - feel free to suggest improvements and additions.

I’m heavily into Internet culture- that’s is, foraging the web for patterns and emergent phenomena, trying to figure out what is going on and…

The Next Big Thing

During my work in the business of futurism, I started to wonder about its nature – what business was I in? A broader look, including trendspotters and coolhunters over tech writers to policy developers, points to a common pattern: I’m in the business of novelty. Whether it’s a new gadget or…

Why doing great things is the best advertising money can buy