Guest Thinkers

I’m fascinated by people and companies who benefit from good content creation to support non-content business objectives: n n Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, and Mark Suster have materially changed the […]

I have a serious problem with how I find, attend to, curate, add to, and finally, publish information. Here’s my basic flow today: n n I use Facebook, Twitter, RSS, […]

Twitter has announced 3 things in 2010 that are horribly under-discussed, under-valued, and under-experimented on from a brand marketing perspective. As a brand strategist, I’ve been spending a tremendous amount of time thinking about […]

I’m in New York today for the Estee Lauder Digital Media day. As I write this from the show floor in Chelsea, I look out upon 13 market leading digital […]

I penned a blog post that’s over 900 words about the Facebook Places launch as seen by Marketers. In it I discuss 13 facts about how Places will affect businesses. […]

An organization I’m working with is looking to hire a design-thinker to help build an exceptional global brand. n If you’re waiting in the wind to be the next Eston […]

On a recent vacation, I experienced a fit of “small thoughts.” n For a few hours, every few minutes my brain was coming up with somewhat interesting tidbits that were […]

I recently migrated my site to a new domain, and I took an interest in seeing how simply this could be done. Could I, for example, create a list of […]

In the interest of helping people understand me more effectively, I’ve changed the name of this blog to “Cue the Future,” which more aptly communicates what guides most of my […]

I have a ton of respect for Facebook’s product team, they consistently launch innovative products that pull their users, often kicking and screaming, into more engaging experiences. This requires two […]

If you haven’t heard of MTV’s newest reality show: “Jersey Shore,” then you might be living under a rock. It follows the (mis)adventures of 7 Italian-Americans spending the summer partying […]

I’m a big fan of Paul Buchheit, the guy coined “Don’t be evil” and created both Gmail and Friendfeed. Now he’s working at Facebook, cooking up exciting things I’m sure. […]

I read an interesting article on USA Today’s website: “Some ditch social networks to reclaim time, privacy” n The reporting is on the trend of more and more people quitting […]

A broader take on Quora n Quora is a new startup, founded by talented ex-facebookers, which is currently the topic of much discussion and investor lust. It is a Q&A […]

There’s a new “blog” I’ve just discovered and I’m a big fan of it — but you can’t subscribe to it in google reader, it’s only on Quora. n I recently […]

I had lunch with a buddy last week and he asked me what I thought Facebook would do about mobile location. I told him that I had no idea, but […]

I’m a big fan of Obama, and have publicly supported him on this blog several times. I think, by in large, he’s done a great job of managing the presidency […]

Good social media marketing is reliant on frequent, short, and shareable/shareworthy content posting. This is because content is how you get people to move through the brand engagement funnel. n […]

I’m about to give the last talk at the BILPIL conference (an un-conference version of TEDMED, an event that celebrates conversations on innovative health and medicine). This presentation is my effort at exploring both of those tracks (private market solutions and public reform) and figure out how they work together. I’m still learning this stuff, so please give me your feedback!

I’ve been thinking more about systems for success recently. n Adopting a framework is generally the best path to success.  In building a successful startup, you can holy-war over what […]

This is my 100th post on this blog.  While I’ve written several blogs over the last 5 years, I wasn’t smart enough to migrate posts over when I switch blogging […]

It’s been a Reasonable Doubt day on my headphones. Say what you want about Jay-Z, but this album has some great lines, some of which are applicable to building a […]

Had a great lunch with two really smart folks – the following was asked, and it rattled a theme around my head. n What if you had to prove (through […]

A friend of mine just asked me for some advice on sending surveys. This is the list I came up with. n Sending surveys is an important part of early […]

Dear Reader,  I apologize for the length of this article. It’s actually two articles smashed into one.  All together this post will take roughly 5 minutes to read.  I generally […]

There’s a pretty big kerfuffle going on about marketing guru Seth Godin’s recent launch of Squidoo brand communities. n Godin launched a service that aggregated the conversation occuring about companies […]

I’m sitting in the conference room of the Courtyard Marriott in LA after my presentation to the International Professionals Network, I met some great members of the LA community and […]

I’m speaking at 1:30pm today (Tuesday, Oct. 6th) on how to build kick-ass Facebook Pages. I’ve pasted the slides here for reference and would love to hear what you think: […]

We’re going through some hiring right now, and every time we do a round of hiring I learn something new. Acting as a hiring manager (especially if the hire will […]

I had a good conversation this afternoon with a friend who works at Google, and we touched on ideas about how the world of search and the world of social […]