Great op-ed from Thomas Friedman today in the NYTimes.
Loved this part:For all these reasons, our present crisis is not just a financial
meltdown crying out for a cash injection. We are in much deeper
trouble. In fact, we as a country have become General Motors — as a
result of our national drift. Look in the mirror: G.M. [...]

Receive, Hunt, Do
The history of the Web is a transition between these phases:
Back in the mid-1990s, most people were happy to “receive” information on the Web. Content (meaning Web sites) was king, and so AOL, EarthLink (ELNK), and marketers responded by trying to create “sticky” Web portals where people would spend long stretches, returning often. [...]

After a full work day in front of the computer, the last thing I wantto do when I get home is use the laptop. Bet you often feel the same.
In our intense digital world we need to be able to disconnect, atleast a little bit, at least sometimes and computers can beused for fun and [...]

[Image via Flickr of a Beck fan]
When I subscribed to Portfolio magazine I never thought I would enjoy it as much as I am loving the current issue. Here are a couple of great quotes on the future of the music business:
“For-profit culture will move toward the nonreproducible, more thrilling aspects of music,” says economist [...]

Excellent series of articles from The Economist on the impact that technology has in our lives:
Humans have always migrated and travelled, without necessarily living nomadic lives. The nomadism now emerging is different from, and involves much more than, merely making journeys. A modern nomad is as likely to be a teenager in Oslo, Tokyo or [...]

Last weekend I noticed that a couple of vacant commercial spaces in my neighborhood (Manhattan Upper West) were now taken over by banks.
Kind of dissapointing actually as I would have liked to see more restaurants/bars making this area more interesting and lively.
In any case, this got me thinking about how, even as online grows, you [...]

Yes, it is that Nostradamus time of the year when experts, pundits and amateurs enjoy looking into a crystal ball and venturing what the next year will bring to New Media.
It’s fun and it’s silly, so following from my somewhat successful forecast of 2007 ( here and here), these are some initial thoughts on what [...]

I guess I came across flightstats.com around the time of the infamous JetBlue Valentine’s Day debacle earlier this year.
I was looking for a place to check flight departure status and was not satisfied with JFK’s website. Through a Google search I landed at flightstats.com (no pun intended) and found three features that really got me [...]

Does anyone these days still subscribe to Newsletters?
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This weekend, I went through the tedious process of consolidating my list of contacts into Outlook from my multiple email addresses.
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