At the end of 2009 I told the story of C|Net’s Managing Editor asking me to keep reading his company’s stuff, keep commenting, but not seek attribution. I called him out for that ridiculous request both because I knew his motivation…

Want Proof that Older People Are Smarter Than Younger People? Just read this article from The New York Times. Or ask Louis CK. The dude gets life. And Marketing.

How can The Gorillaz be part of the evil that is the iPad? By using everybody’s favorite tablet computer well, and then watching their music label and bad writing make them look bad.

I’ve told you before about the client who asked me if the world has too many blogs. I’ve pointed out that kids hardly blog at all. And I’ve given my opinion: if you have nothing to say you should stop blogging.

A few months ago, The New York Times instituted a new policy: they made their reporters available for comment. It’s unusual for a large company to put their employees “out there” in that way, and groundbreaking to mandate that…

Do you care which discount-providing item Groupon sells? To my dismay, some people are starting to…

One more run at the wisdom of Julien Smith: Our final “Julien Smith is brilliant” angle? Customer Service.

Last week I wrote about Julien Smith’s common-sense diet plan. Based on a few simple ideas, it’s a great place to start…

Everybody wants a piece of Facebook. Personally, I hate Facebook but I have an account like everybody, and it’s hard to argue with the position the monstrous social networking site now occupies. But now we can add “skirting the…