Category: Stories Worth Watching

  • The first (and last?) social media election: online resources and where to watch on second screen

    After the 2008 election, I hosted a conversation called “The First Digital President.” Barack Obama’s win was partially attributable to his online engagement and fundraising — primarily via a still-novel Facebook platform. But as a German news organization reported today: There are now ten times as many Facebook users and five times as many Twitter…

  • Why I want to help scientists tell their stories better

    “Can girls do that too and stuff?” my daughter Rose asked me, for the second time. We were both glued to the live YouTube feed of Felix Baumgartner’s awe-inspiring freefall jump from the edge of space, even as we were visiting Seattle’s Museum of Flight (which curiously, wasn’t screening the historic event anywhere). My four…

  • What’s a “pro” anyway?

    Microsoft’s freshly announced Surface for Windows 8 Pro; Apple’s slightly-less freshly announced (it was last week after all — almost ancient tech history) Macbook Pro with Retina Display. Both a mouthful of names, both differentiated from their “amateur” brethren with a higher price, higher resolution and of course, the all-important “Pro” suffix. As I consider myself…

  • Internet Week in New York City, Startup City?

    We’ve just arrived in New York for Internet Week. Certainly, it’ll be a fruitful time for us: an MCDM booth at Startup City, a Happy Hour (already near capacity) in collaboration with Shauna Causey and Decide.com, and a tonload of friend-raising on behalf of our graduate program and just-announced Four Peaks Executive Program (June 12, Seattle).…