It was in the same room in the bowels of JW Marriott’s Washington bunker that editors asked us how newspapers would look five years from now. Smaller, we said. Formats, staff, revenue, influence, circulation, advertising. Smaller. Much smaller. That was 2005. We were invited to conduct a session on the future of newspapers — a […]
Apple has tapped the most powerful force on the planet – human passion. Even more remarkable, the iPad has unleashed an outpouring of that passion – a hunger for creativity and experimentation.
Hyped as the ideal way to consume media in all forms — magazines, newspapers, video, movies, books, broadcasts, photos, games — the iPad arrived as a game changer. Beyond the hype and hysteria, it also delivers business tools, spreadsheets, collaboration tools and specialty apps for almost everything. They balance an emerging consumer platform for knowledge […]
Charlton Heston channels Moses. Steve Jobs assumes a higher authority. Crazy guys throw down an iPad at batting practice. All this and more in The Throwdown Video, a preview of Tabula Rasa. Check it out on the program page and on YouTube.
Here is the next piece of the WeThink project, our effort to explore new ideas and promote solutions to the challenges that our society is facing. The project is based on the idea that we need to re-think the way we create, support and sustain ventures as well as how we innovate. Next up: Government […]
I was wrong. There are at least nine people outside of Apple who have the iPad. One is Stephen Colbert, who has the best review yet. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c
Why we’re convening Tabula Rasa? The iPad is more than a gadget or a punch line. You get to show us why it really matters.
Our new project, WeThink, is an effort to explore new ideas and promote solutions to the challenges that our society is facing. It is based on the idea that we need to re-think the way we create, support, and sustain ventures as well as how we innovate. Susan Szenasy, the Editor in Chief of Metropolis, […]
My friend Newsasaurus, the found-art sculpture that resides in my courtyard, is puzzled (note the quizzical look in his portrait at the bottom). His living cousin, The Newsosaur, has reflected poorly on the citizen response to an otherwise endangered species. The Newsosaur affirms his namesake in a blog post that “non-profits can’t possibly save the […]
Our new project, WeThink, is an effort to explore new ideas and promote solutions to the challenges that our society is facing. It is based on the idea that we need to re-think the way we create, support, and sustain ventures as well as how we innovate. Rich Polt, who has spent more than fourteen […]