• Samsung bust, boom!

    We deliberately flew into Las Vegas early so that we could attend the Samsung press conference where they were to “push the boundaries.” We stood in line for 45 minutes with what seemed to be at least a thousand other journalists, only to be stopped at the door. The event was “at capacity.” And even…

  • Presently on a flight full of CES attendees to Las Vegas!  Here’s an excerpt of the chapter I wrote for Storyteller Uprising ahead of CES.  If you’re attending, see me, I’ll have a number of hard copies of the book on hand, plus business cards with the e-book download information. —————————- 27. Inconspicuous, Ubiquitous, Sociable…

  • Packed for CES

    I’ve been reading the horror stories about surviving the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show with some trepidation. There’s Survival Gear for Battling 100,000 Nerds in a Desert. Then I spied our own intrepid Todd Bishop of GeekWire in his lovely fly fishing vest. Me?  Well, I’m in an unusual situation.  I’m there to promote my graduate…

  • As 2011 comes to a close, the economic situation remains bleak. Usually, graduate school applications rise during a depressed job market, but the ongoing uncertainty has discouraged some potential students from pursuing a graduate degree — MBA applications are down 10%, according to The Wall Street Journal. Yet with the rise of social media and the rapid…