• A conflict of Pinterest? Take Evernote (on my Galaxy Note)

    My biggest “wow” from yesterday’s Seattle Chamber Interest in Pinterest event (which I moderated), was how locally-based Allrecipes.com has migrated its social engagement away from Facebook to the new visual platform (which is now the 3rd most popular online social network). That’s even as Bloomberg reports today that Pinterest referral sales on Amazon (via Zappos) are…

  • A Storyteller’s Seven Hard Truths to Manipulation in a Networked World

    This is a major (40+-page) update to Storyteller Uprising. It’s a reflection on the transformative developments that have occurred since I last revised the book in December 2011, including the largest Consumer Electronics Show in that event’s history, the ill-fated Kony 2012 campaign (a 30-minute online ad that over 100 million people watched), and the…

  • Kayaking, crabbing and correcting: my Hero’s Journey?

    I’ve been trying to get out on my kayak this summer. But I’ve spent the last two weeks completing the mammoth final section to Storyteller Uprising. It’s a standalone piece, tentatively titled The Storyteller’s Seven Hard Truths to Manipulation in a Networked World (coming soon!). I finally went out this morning after putting the finishing…

  • Sorry NBC, I’m watching the opening ceremonies live

    NBC’s Olympics coverage has been a decades-long exercise in frustration for me. I’ve never enjoyed their saccharine production values, and have always been annoyed by their tape delays. I know they’re trying much harder this year to make coverage available live online, but once again, NOT the opening ceremonies (to the overwhelming exasperation of the…