Renting is the New Owning
Home ownership is still (mostly) in vogue. According to a recent Pew Research Center survey, 81 percent of current home renters still plan to buy a house one day – though the number of individuals who “strongly agree” home ownership is the best investment a person can make is just 37% compared to 49% when the question was […]
6 Rules of Life
One of the books I’m currently reading is Kiss It Good-Bye: The Mystery, The Mormon, and the Moral of the 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates by John Moody. The Pirates were a perennial cellar-dwelling team. They finished last in 1954, last in 1955, second to last in 1956, and last again in 1957. In 1960 they would make it […]
Understanding Diffusion – Where Major Research Firms Fail
I think a lot about how technology diffuses through a society. The implications of technology diffusion are more pronounced today than ever before. Not enough diffusion of innovation modeling goes into the current thinking on device ownership and unit volume. More, large research vendors need to sell reports so they frequently release reports touting large estimates. It […]
On Parenthood – Money
We are still stumbling through this thing called parenthood and I wanted to reflect briefly on the topic of money. I find myself reflecting often on allowance, money, investing, delaying gratification, and entrepreneurship. Some of the most important life lessons I learned from my parents covered these topics and I’m keen on passing on similar traits to my boys. As a kid I use […]
Deficit Reduction
Deficit reduction is all the rage these days and as a result there are a plethora of (formal and informal) plans on how to address the rising national burden. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently published a comparison tool to help us mere mortals navigate 30 different plans. You can also look here for a printer-friendly […]
The Intelligence of Things
At its root, the Internet of Things is about being about to uniquely identify devices. Over the last year I’ve been talking more about the Intelligence of Things. The Intelligence of Things is spawned by devices and objects being uniquely identifiable and addressable, but more it is able machine-to-machine communication performing tasks on my behalf based upon pre-established […]
Are Oil Prices a Concern?
My most recent Vision Magazine article on oil prices can be found here.
Is the Future of Reading Social?
The role of social in reading is becoming more pronounced. I’m not talking neighborhood book clubs here (no offense). The social aspects of today’s reading leverages the digital environment where both reading and the sharing of content (and consequently content discovery) is taking place. In Kindle for example, Amazon shows sections of texts highlighted by […]
When eReaders grow-up to be Tablets
What happens when eReaders grow up to be tablets? This morphing is already well underway. Barnes & Noble has always referred to the Color Nook as a tablet eReader – with tablet being the operative word. At their event this week. B&N claimed the Color Nook is the top selling android tablet in the market. […]
Yes, believe the hype about the National Debt
Sally Kohn’s recent prose in USA Today was right in spirit, but nowhere else. Yes, we should worry about innovation. Yes, the future of the US economy is innovation. And yes, we should be making strategic investments into innovation. But it is ludicrous to suggest the national debt discussion is some “ideological attack.” Kohn inaccurately […]
