ASNE finally makes us smile

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 […]

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And now, the App Economy

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 […]

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Now playing: The Throwdown Video

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.

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WeThink: Designers Can Save The World

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, […]

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Hop with bunnies or die with newsosaurs

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 […]

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WeThink: The Future of PR is Back in High School

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 […]

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