Home Automation Needs to be More PC, Less Apple
Friday, 02 October 2015
In this age of innovation, it’s a little strange being in your mid-life. With the pace at which technology is changing, my parents can barely keep up, while those younger than “us” missed out on the origins of the computer, internet, and smartphone. It’s strange, when I consider that schools’ approach to teaching technology today starts, disappointingly, with
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Austin is Where Tech Comes to Life
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
With another SXSW well behind us and the inevitable cries that the conference has lost something since it has failed again to discover the next Twitter or Facebook, I find myself considering bigger picture questions: Why are so many moving to Austin? Why did I move to Austin? Is it finding the next Unicorn that
- Published in Austin, Brand Marketing, Industry, Insights / Research, Local, Startups
Why Startups Fail – Bosses vs. Founders
Monday, 19 January 2015
Almost every list of reasons startups fail, point out near the top that they run out of capital. Lists created by founders abound and it’s not unreasonable to conclude that they’ll cite that they ran out money. It’s not wrong, startups most often succeed through perseverance, tenacity, and patience, but I’m intrigued by what you probably
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The Three Most Important Startups of 2014
Tuesday, 06 January 2015
Blah blah, great intro about how cool 2014 was for innovation. Let’s get to why you’re here: Slack’s team communication in one place, everywhere. Admit it, workplace collaboration, messaging, intranet, project management, etc. sucks. They all do. I haven’t been satisfied with internal communication since I worked at Yahoo, more than a dozen years ago when
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Google Analytics for Startups
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Some time ago, I had the honor of speaking during PeopleFund’s Innovation Week on the question of how to make the most of Google Analytics, with the fewest resources. Simply put, what every startup should do to make the platform one of their most valuable tools. Isn’t it already one of a startup’s most valuable tools??
Work, Live, and Play in a Futuristic Phoenix
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
The result of a collaboration between Arizona State University’s (my alma mater by the way) Center for Nanotechnology in Society and The Design School at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Phoenix, AZ is exploring how life in the Valley may look, decades from now. Darren Petricci, achitect and professor in the Design
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