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In the past few weeks as the economy has tanked, startups, VC's and pundits galore have taken a new look on what this means for the...

The recent flurry of posts on "the death of blogging" or blogging versus twitter versus are mute. It is the motivation behind the effort...

I have been thinking a lot lately about the impact the 24/7 social web connectedness has on how we connect and behave in personal and...

This is a simple smart and fun. No, it is not scientific - but it does demonstrate that indeed a brand is what people say it is. It is...

I have been chastised by friends, colleagues and confidants for not posting about recent talks past and future, so without further adieu...

I absolutely love the conversation that Umair has started over at his new HBS blog on the Economics of Brands. Umair and I have had...

Thank you Le Monde. A nice reminder of the cultural variances across community.

Some smart posts from smart people this week - all centered around innovative thinking. JP Rangaswami - his take on "weaving" dubbed...

I have never been a fan of the banner ad nor understood why this niche advertising vehicle took off the way it did. Why did the online...

Kevin Marks did a great job of defining the social cloud as oxygen at the recent Lift conference. Nice way to look at the complexity of...

My brain has been popping with random bits and bytes over the past few days. I have also been stuck in front of the keyboard A L0T. So...

There was a little brouhaha this week regarding Lane Hartwell's copyrighted photography being used without permission in a recent...

You know what I mean; the Grand Gesture is represented by the roses you send on Valentines Day or the present you buy on holidays or...

I love how this graphic gets right to the heart of things, doesn't it? I am not sure I agree that branding is the nirvana at the center...

I have been meaning to clean this slide up - but with my of illustrator skills, by the time I do the universe will be radically...

As the pundits, brands and geeks all gush on Facebook's SocialAds, Beacon and the future of advertising: I once again remind you. I am...

Another great video from the team that brought us the "machine is us" - this might be about education--but it really is about the broader...

Here are a few must reads that caught my eye: I am irregular dammit: Brian points out that we need to be careful about using the term...

We access information at greater velocity In smaller bits Requiring a different mode of behavior Learn to weave or die....

John Scalzi is my hero of the day. I have read only one post from his blog and based only on this post entitled, "How to Irritate and...