• 10 new tech-related thoughts I must share after my trip to San Francisco

    I recently attended GigaOm’s Roadmap 2013 (“The Intersection of Design & Experience) in San Francisco. It featured high level talks with tech leaders, including the founders of Twitter, Tinder and Instagram. I also enjoyed a tour of Facebook HQ and a visit with the company’s marketing leadership, thanks to my former student, Cheryl Lowry, who’s…

  • Behind the scenes with various world changing luminaries…and me!

    Over the span of seven weeks this spring, I interviewed 14 “innovators” from the Seattle region (which you can watch here). Actually, I interviewed them twice — once for our Four Peaks TV show, once for a new exhibit on innovator at the Museum of History & Industry. At the Bezos Center for Innovation VIP…

  • How two keynote presentations now define my “career”

    Ten years ago, I officially ended my career path in television journalism when I started my own company with my wife, HRH Media. After ultimately resigning from two staff positions at NBC (as a producer) and CBC (as a reporter), I saw a 6-month contractual offer from NBC to cover the war in Iraq as…

  • Terms of Engagement: How we connected to Bezos, Schultz, Martinez et. al.

    [UPDATED OCT 21 2013] Last year I promised myself that I would find a way to meet and interview Jeff Bezos. Although I have a number of students, alumni and friends who work at the company he founded, the Amazon CEO is famously sparing in his on-camera appearances. He recently only appeared on TV to…