Two weeks before the election, I traveled to Maine to be at a conference. I picked up a car in Boston and drove through Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. Coming from California which is was mostly “Clinton country”, I had seen very few signs or bumper stickers promoting any candidates, at least here in Silicon … Continue reading What Lessons can the Tech World Learn from 2016 Pollster Failings?
Thanks to the COVID-19 virus, we have seen several events being canceled both in the tech world but also in other industries like fashion, home, and publishing. I am sure more will be announced over the next few weeks, leaving my calendar free from travel but full of digital meetings. There has been a lot … Continue reading Five Things To Remember When Hosting A Digital Event
In a recent column, I wrote about how Silicon Valley Is becoming more vilified these days as the technology we create has increasingly been used to deliver both good and bad things to the market and that a pall has been cast on our tech region. I pointed out that there have been dozens of … Continue reading The Tech Hubs vs. the Rest of the US-Earning Disparity Gap Widens
There have been many stories written recently about Facebookâs CEO Mark Zuckerberg doing a tour of America to try and find out what people all over the US are thinking and are concerned with these days. He called it a fact finding trip and stated it had no political focus. But according to an article … Continue reading Why Tech Execs are Eyeing a Run for Political Office
I recently found myself wondering what an average moment on Twitter would look like if you could take a snapshot of all the tweets being posted at any given point in time. Where would the tweets come from? What would they be about? Would they be mostly just text, or would many include photos and … Continue reading A Moment on Twitter
On Wednesday, Disney CEO Bob Iger was asked at the Disney shareholders meeting why he was participating in one of President Trump’s advisory councils. He responded with a quote from the musical “Hamilton” saying, “He wanted to be “in the room where it happens” — as important decisions were being made and influenced. I thought … Continue reading Hamilton, Burr, Tech, and Trump
The Wall Street Journal had a big piece on Monday diving into the history of Facebook’s live video strategy. It suggested Facebook moved so quickly it made a lot of mistakes and caused itself problems that might not have arisen had Facebook taken its time. But the piece also reinforced to me that Facebook’s live … Continue reading Facebook, Twitter and Live Video
Twitter – by Jan Dawson Twitter this week announced that, in the coming months, it will start exempting some forms of content from its traditional 140 character limit, including pictures, usernames, videos, and polls. The news has been a very long time in coming as users have long demanded these changes. Twitter has hinted several … Continue reading Unpacked: Analysis of This Week’s Top News
Over the past few weeks, many companies have been running consumer polls to see if the public is behind the Apple or the FBI. Given the fact we know consumer education on this matter is extremely weak, doing a poll on this subject is difficult to get right. Philip Elmer-DeWitt did a roundup just to … Continue reading Unpacked: Consumer Security Awareness and Apple vs. the FBI
I recently ran a survey asking consumers what categories they have prioritized on their Holiday Season shopping list, either for themselves or as a gift. Here are the results. As you can see, it looks like tablets will again have a good holiday quarter, as they typically do. I can see a product like the … Continue reading Survey: Hot Tech for the Holiday
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This article was inspired by an analogy used by Ben Thompson in his wonderful article entitled “Christmas Gifts And The Meaning Of Design.” His article can be found here. Part 2 of this article can be found, here. Introduction Imagine you’re about to celebrate your birthday or a gift giving holiday, like Christmas. … Continue reading Apple’s Design: The Gift That Keeps Giving (1 of 2)
People really love to hate Apple. It should be considered a disorder at this point. ~ J. Gobert (@MrGobert) The Apple Watch may or may not fail, but the analysis of the Watch has already failed. People just cannot wait to pronounce judgment. They. Can. Not. Wait. There’s plenty of thoughtful analysis out there, but … Continue reading Apple Watch Claim Chowder
On April 3, 2013, the iPad turned three. Jay Yarrow over at Business Insider has put together a great summary of How The iPad Totally Changed The World In Just Three Years. A couple of highlights: — Apple has sold some 140 million iPads for around $75 billion in sales. — The iPad is one … Continue reading 3 Years Of iPad Schadenfreude and Lessons Learned
I have wanted to write about the growing importance of big data and analytics for a while, but this is a tech site and I did not want to get it embroiled in the political tempests. But now that the votes have been counted, we have a stunning demonstration of the power of data, as … Continue reading Tech Could Learn from the Election: Big Data Rules
