Los Angeles Trip Report: SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills
Introduction SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills Cooks County The Wednesday event was in the beautiful new digs of the United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills. My favorite hotel in Beverly Hills remains the Beverly Wilshire Hotel – though I’ve only stayed there once. I love the location of the Beverly Wilshire as you spill-out onto Rodeo Drive. […]
Los Angeles Trip Report: Introduction
Introduction SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills Cooks County As I previously wrote about, last week I traveled to Los Angeles to support an event promoting Entertainment Matters at CES. As I wrote about in my last post, I’m attempting to get better at (or rather start completely) writing about some of the places I stay […]
Travel
I have always traveled. I grew-up an Army Brat (Horrah!) and it just felt “natural” to move every few years. We often moved from place-to-place with a classic American road trip to our future assignment. My parents (and especially my mother) always wanted (and encouraged) me to take advantage of opportunities. Regardless of where we lived, […]
The Changing Landscape of Entertainment on the Web
Yesterday I was Los Angeles to participate in an event announcing several new additions to Entertainment Matters at CES which is entering it’s third year at CES. In 2013, Entertainment matters will feature a variety of events and conference sessions, including: TweetHouse Presents, Innovations in Social Business, Digital Hollywood, Content in the Cloud, Variety‘s Entertainment Summit: Film […]
Kitto Katsu
While in Japan last week, I happened to notice Kit Kats everywhere. Here’s an explanation of the huge success of Kit Kat in Japan.
Holiday 2012: Part VI
You can start by reading more here: Holiday 2012: Part I Holiday 2012: Part II Holiday 2012: Part III Holiday 2012: Part IV Holiday 2012: Part V Last week Time provided a quick overview – much of which I covered in depth in my previous posts. The article relies heavily on the report from Booz & […]
Another Approach to Gesture
I mentioned gesture in a post earlier this week. Earlier this week, Microsoft Research unveiled the gloveless digital hand interface which uses cameras and gesture. Here is a video: Another approach is the work being done by PredictGaze. PredictGaze wants to take advantage of the cameras (ie sensors) already embedded in devices like smartphones and […]
The Staying Power of Specific Smartphone Models
Google turned me on to some interesting insights culled from Google Trends (formerly Insights for Search). Here is indexed search volume for iPhone 5: You can see searches for “iPhone 5” relative to all other search activity ramp heading towards the launch, peak near the launch, and then trail down relatively quickly. Conversely, here is […]
The Changing Face of Banking
Google, Walmart, Amazon, and others entering into traditional banking. Read more here.
‘Sensor’ization of Consumer Tech: the Lark
Another wearable health and fitness gadget that takes advantage of sensors and a hub device (ie smartphone). Read more here.
