In November of last year, Emily Hare wrote an interesting, far-ranging piece for contagious.com under the same title as this post (which I obviously borrowed from her). The relentless progression of artificial intelligence (AI) development is both fascinating and frightening. For me, fear isn't born [...]
The article you just knew was coming to the mainstream marketing world arrived last week: The Buying And Selling Of Fake Followers. [1] Yes, there are multiple online sources for buying social media likes, fans and followers. And it’s cheaper than attracting them the old-fashioned way. [...]
Last weekend I had an unsettling afternoon visit with my usually delightful Auntie E. I introduced her to you a while back (THE GRACIOUSNESS OF "NO"). She turned 94 this spring, and it is with real sadness that I must admit she is slipping. We [...]
Reading Walter Isaacson’s best-selling authorised biography of Steve Jobs, released just after Jobs’ death in early October, 2011, was a surprise for me. Over the years, I’d had heard through the media (like everyone) of Jobs’ arrogance, but I figured he certainly earned some bragging [...]
My answer to this question started off as a tweet, but once again, the density of thought (see MW post DENSITY OF THOUGHT) required by the twitter medium escaped me. Forgive me. First of all, some perspective. We should acknowledge that very successful companies often experience [...]
What do Facebook, YouTube & Twitter all have in common? Quite a few things, actually: All three are hugely popular Internet-based social media (admittedly, YouTube doesn’t usually get called social media, but based on the next point, it is) All depend on their users/members for [...]
