Through the first 90 days of 2017, nine retailers have filed for bankruptcy – as many as in all of 2016. Year-to-date Chapter 11 filings: BCBG Max Azria Eastern Outfitters Gordmans Stores Gander Mountain General Wireless Operations (formerly RadioShack) HHGregg Limited Stores Michigan Sporting Goods Distributors Wet Seal Additionally, J.C. Penney, RadioShack, Macy’s, and Sears…
I stumbled upon “What the Internet cannot do” today. It was published in The Economist on August 17th, 2000 and reminded me how we used to feel about the internet. It was the Internet back then, not the internet. It was still a proper noun so we capitalized it. It was a place we went.…
Family dinner is the goal. And I’m reminded of this every time I read an article hightlighting the value and parental stress imbedded within this longtime cultural ritual. With each article, I always feel the same emotions – an equal and offsetting dose of guilt and hope. Ethel Rohan’s article in the Washington Post is the most…
Ten years ago today (January 9, 2007), I was cutting across the show floor of CES when I heard the news that Apple had released the original iPhone. I remember select journalists travel from CES in Vegas to San Francisco for the press conference, before returning back to CES. CES was on its second day…
I love reflection and especially the reflection that bookends a calendar year. The ruminating, meditating, thoughtful examination of the previous year colliding with the hopeful, optimistic, anticipatory dreams of what tomorrow will bring. I like taking stock, and recommitting to a better me living in a tomorrow that I try to make better. The traditional…
Yes, we’ve had a few years we’ve called “The Year of Video” and yes I think 2017 will be importantly different than those other years. In the past, when we talked about the “Year of Video,” we were primarily focused on existing video content. But I see subtle changes taking place this year not about…
Here’s my annual tech rendition of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. A recording can be found here ‘twas the night before Christmas and in all through the house there were computers a plenty but not many a mouse It’s the end of the year Another one’s done So light the yule log And lets have some…
The New York City Marathon is like nothing else. It is one of the World’s iconic marathons, perhaps the World’s single most iconic marathon. Over 51,000 runners finished this year’s race – putting it almost 10,000 finishers ahead of Paris and Chicago, the second and third largest marathons in the world respectively. The event gets…
We’ve long seen digital platforms utilized to form digital communities that mirror communities in the offline world. Facebook began with Harvard students before spreading to other universities and eventually opening to everyone over 13 with a valid email address. Scott Heiferman launched Meetup in 2002 after seeing New Yorkers come together in the aftermath of…
This morning a friend linked to a talk by Jill Thomas that has me thinking about green. Before moving to SoCal, Jill lived in Northern Virginia for a few years. In the early years of diving deeper into photography and building a budding business, she took some of my favorite family photos when she hauled…