June 15th 2015
The Apple Watch is a watershed product because it is a masterful consumerization of technology, and it begins to show how industries and our lives may change living among an Internet of Things.
October 23rd 2013
Yesterday’s Apple product launch featured improvements to its iPad and Mac products, but it also revealed its strategy beyond products to line-up for growth while depositioning Google, Microsoft and Amazon for what could be a big holiday season.
October 14th 2013
Its Boston’s crazy marketing week with FutureM, Digital Pulse, AMA, and Inbound Marketng Summit drawing attendees from around the world to Boston just in time to catch some great baseball. Step this way to get in on a great discussion, followed by beer with Boston AMA.
September 26th 2013
Welcome to my Quick ‘n’ Dirty Fall edition of digital tools to make it easier to be awesome. These just keep coming up in conversations with friends who ask about managing priories and projects, great design, and making ideas visual. I’d love to hear what tools you like – and if you’ve used any of these.
February 9th 2013
Hold the phone – the Internet has delivered another slug of civilized goodness: Plow Me. The best web apps change service model design, here’s how Plow Me sets out to do just that.
November 11th 2012
Its been a year since I went car-free in Boston. Here are a few thoughts on that, and using Hubway bikes as a way to beat traffic and have fun too.
April 26th 2012
The last 24 hours has been awesome ball soup cool. It all started with the launch of Columbia sportswear’s very cool Portable Activity Log app. This free app builds on Columbia’s customers’ passion for adventure, by giving them and everyone else who joins in a free tool to collect and share news of your adventures. […]
March 16th 2012
Sure, there’s hype, but Pinterest is the front edge of at least two important digital marketing trends. If you’re a digital manager, you need a clear point of view on this for those you advise. And if you’re just curious, this is your invitation to check out this fun, innovative, new social network.
August 10th 2010
Web analytics stalwart Webtrends is increasing its ability to measure traffic from Facebook users and iPhone owners with the acquisition of app platform provider Transpond. They see the acquisition as a complement to their purchase of landing-page optimizer Widemile (now Webtrends Optimize). The Bay Area start-up employs 10, and provides a suite of software-as-a-service tools that […]
June 30th 2010
In the mid-’90s, Quark was the leading tool for print publishing. It was a generation ahead of Adobe’s PageMaker, which in those days I called the “publishing tool of Satan.” But Adobe launched the more economical InDesign, connected to Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and Flash. Soon, Quark was in Adobe’s digital rear-view mirror. Last week, Quark announced […]
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