Outdoor Tech I think I’m Going to Love – BioLite
I’m an avid hiker, camper, and general outdoorsman. I think over the next few years we are going to see more outdoors-focused tech gear. While I haven’t had the chance to demo it yet, one device I think I could really like is the BioLite CampStove. I like the idea of going on multi-day backpacking trips over […]
What Devices Will Capture Data in the 2nd Digital Decade?
As we make the second digital transition into a decade defined by data, an important facet of this transition are the devices that will ultimately capture the data. Debi Stack, director of industry consulting, telecom, media, entertainment, sports & hospitality at Dell recently suggested data gathered from tablets and other second-screen devices will grow 650% over the next […]
Google Nexus Q: Made in the USA
As was reported by Wired, the New York Times, and the Verge, Google’s forthcoming Nexus Q is manufactured in the United States. In the last few months we’ve definitely been hearing more about an return increase in manufacturing in the US. The most interesting piece to me highlights the flexibility and versatility of manufacturing – Google choose a […]
People to Watch – 2nd Digital Decade
Home Media Magazine put together a great list of those influencing the move to digital content.
Consumers to Store more than 1/3 of their Digital Content in the Cloud by 2016
Gartner is predicting consumers will store more than 1/3 of their digital content in the cloud by 2016. This is up from anestimated 7 percent in 2011 according to Gartner.
Ideas I like: Crowdrise
I often come across ideas/companies I like and while I’d like to write about them briefly I don’t always know where I want to begin. To avoid this obvious hurdle, I’m going to start calling them out. I’ll get back to them later with more thoughts when/if I can. A company/site that caught my attention […]
On Curation – Wedding Photos
I’ve written numerous times about the growing importance of curation (see Curation and Discovery, The future of Curation, and Context and Curation). Wedding Snap is a service available as an iPhone and Android that curations photos taken around a single event but from multiple devices into a single location.
Books that have shaped American Business
The Washington Post recently published a list of books that shaped America. Made me think of writing about books that have shaped American business. Perhaps I’ll follow-up with more rational when I have more time. But here is a start to your summer reading. The first book that comes to mind is Clay Christensen’s classic […]
Cereal Boxes as Platforms
An interview from a few months ago where Mark Addicks – chief marketing officer of General Mills – discusses the future of the cereal box. The line that caught my attention, “the wonderful world of packaging, a cereal box, which a lot of people love some of the most well read print material in the […]
Are Daily Deals Another Bubble?
Daily deals were all the rage in 2011. Groupon – the leader in the daily deal space – went public last year to much fanfare. The November IPO raised $700 million and valued the company at $12.8 billion at the time. It was the largest IPO by a Web company since Google went public. A […]
