December 2009

As we approach the New Year and the start of a new decade, this is the tra­di­tional time to reflect and dream: look­ing back over the past year, imag­in­ing new pos­si­bil­i­ties and then set­ting goals for 2010. The ques­tion is, how good are the res­o­lu­tions and inten­tions you set for the com­ing year? How do you approach this process? What oppor­tu­ni­ties do you cre­ate for your­self and your business?

Revised on June 4, 2010

These days, there’s no excuse for bad pre­sen­ta­tions when stakes are high. There are many resources read­ily avail­able for pre­sen­ters who aspire to make an impact or drive change as a result of their pre­sen­ta­tions. Do you want to make a dif­fer­ence in 2010? Here’s how.

Revised on October 14, 2010

Ear­lier this week a Boston area start-up called First Orion announced a new pri­vacy ser­vice for Black­berry users. Called Pri­va­cyS­tar, it blocks unwanted calls, lets sub­scribers man­age their list of blocked callers via a web por­tal, and facil­i­tates report­ing of abu­sive tele­mar­keters to US reg­u­la­tory author­i­ties. It also offers intel­li­gent fea­tures such as reverse look-up […]

Revised on December 18, 2009

Way back in the dig­i­tal Dark Ages of the early 1990s, some of my col­leagues left Aldus, a dig­i­tal pub­lish­ing pio­neer, to found a com­pany called MetaBridge. Their goal was to develop a “cross-media” pub­lish­ing plat­form that would enable con­tent own­ers and pub­lish­ers to read­ily adapt con­tent for opti­mal dis­play across mul­ti­ple res­o­lu­tions and aspect […]

Revised on December 18, 2009