by Mark O'Brien | Sep 22, 2015
I received an email the other day, the headline of which — “No More Glasses” — reminded me why I love technology. As a card-carrying Irishman, I’ve always admired, and (at times) have been, a two-fisted drinker. This email brings the promise that,...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 18, 2015
I got the scare of my life this morning. While reading through my various feeds, I saw this headline: “5 Ways Cloud-Based EPM is Altering the Landscape of the Business World”. I suddenly imagined the business world being decimated by equine protozoal...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 17, 2015
People are coming back into vogue, at least in marketing. And I can prove it. Since I’m a believer in the cyclical nature of all things, I knew people would reappear in marketing. I didn’t know when. But I did know why: Data doesn’t buy anything....
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 16, 2015
As Victor Frankenstein discovered, sometimes you don’t know you’re creating a monster until it’s been on its feet for a while. And, as young Vic also found out, once it’s up and around, getting rid of it might pose something of a...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 15, 2015
If you read as much as I do, you can be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of content being pumped out daily. But if you’re anything like me, you’ve discovered that, like the effort required to find the figurative needle in the proverbial haystack,...
by Mark O'Brien | Sep 11, 2015
In his book, The Life of Reason, the American philosopher, poet, novelist, and critic George Santayana (1863-1952) wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to fulfill it.” Fourteen years after September 11, 2001, the matter is not whether...
