Adam Smith, Né George Goodman, Call Name, Jerry (In Memoriam)


“Desuetude,” Jerry enunciated on the phone. “I like how you used desuetude in your last column. Nobody uses that word anymore. Bill Buckley woulda used desuetude, but not a street kid from the Bronx...
    






The Media Startup Getting 20 Year Olds To Talk About More Than Cat Pictures


The newsroom of the future will probably resemble the three airy, wood-floored rooms PolicyMic rents in Midtown Manhattan. On the ninth floor of a nondescript office building, 14 editors and writers...
    






Can A Latin American Entrepreneur Help Disrupt Social Media Marketing In 2014?


@giorodriguez  Maybe.  Keep an eye on Lance Rios, parallel entrepreneur, and first to be profiled in the new blog series, “150 Puerto Ricans” Several months ago in this column, I had a announced a...
    






The Best Disruptive Writings Of 2013 — Health Care Edition


Clayton Christensen famously coined the term “disruptive innovation” to describe “simple business applications that relentlessly move up market, eventually displacing established competitors.”...
    






How To Double Your Content Marketing ROI In 2014


December brings many traditions: enjoying the holidays, wrapping up projects from the year that’s ending, and gearing up for the year ahead. One piece of the process is evaluating how you did in...
    






Outrageous, Ridiculous, Puzzling and Just Plain Dumb Things Spouted By The Technorati In 2013


As the year draws to a close, let’s take a moment to reflect on some of the less profound statements made in 2013 by technology industry CEOs, entrepreneurs, insiders and other folks who should have...
    






Review – ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ Packs Emotional Wallop


My father died in September of this year. I was in the air somewhere over Texas, desperately hurrying to get there before time ran out, when he drew his last breath. Walking into that house, only to...
    






Book Signings to be Held at the 2014 International CES by Top Tech Authors


As part of the latest 2014 CES attraction called Gary’s Book Club, the book signing event will introduce most influential technology industry authors of the year.  The 2014 CES is the world’s...