My First Selfie

My First Selfie

One of the more superficial revelations of my recent trip to New York was that I’d never taken a selfie. This realization was driven home by the fact that I saw people who’d come from all over the world seemingly for the sole purpose of taking pictures of...
Do the Herky Jerky

Do the Herky Jerky

When it comes to topics for blogs posts, I tend to have a fair degree of fortitude (or at least I imagine I do). But I have to admit this one made me a little squeamish: “Jerky Juggernaut and the Power of Protein”. This part was unsettling enough: Sales...
Market Karma

Market Karma

I don’t want to sound vindictive. But there are very rare moments at which the market’s disinclination to tolerate garbage dovetails harmoniously with karma’s disinclination to being denied. And when they come along, you have to take notice. Case in...
Contagious Human Characters

Contagious Human Characters

Forbes has introduced something called BrandVoice, which it describes thusly: Forbes BrandVoice allows marketers to connect directly with the Forbes audience by enabling them to create content – and participate in the conversation – on the Forbes digital publishing...
Web Advertising: DOA

Web Advertising: DOA

In the two weeks since this post was published — “It’s the End of the Line for the Ad-Supported Web” — the crying has been conspicuous by its absence. Who could have been surprised, let alone despondent? We, in fact, did this to ourselves....