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Steve Rosenbaum’s new book on the precariousness of truth in the AI Age I use AI nearly every day. I use it to research, to synthesize, to brainstorm. And if you’re reading this, chances are you do, too. So when I sat down on a Zoom call Friday with old friend Steve Rosenbaum to talk […]
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More companies are hiring scribes to ramp up ‘content plays’ From left, Michael Copeland, Ben Worthen, Dan Lyons, Harrison Weber & Brian Caulfield Afunny thing is happening to a lot
A portable charger for your digital lifestyle Over the years, I’ve done product reviews for companies like Nokia, small camcorder companies and gadget startups in my role as a columnist
Randi Zuckerberg’s new book offers wise advice on how to balance our personal & professional lives online Target audience: Small and mid-size businesses, entrepreneurs, marketing professionals, social media managers, college
New book, out today, identifies ‘five forces’ animating modern culture Title: “The Age of Context” Pages: 248 Publisher: CreateSpace Release date: Sept. 25, 2013 Every few years someone comes along
Title: “Your Network Is Your Net Worth: Unlock the Hidden Power of Connections for Wealth, Success, and Happiness in the Digital Age” Author: Porter Gale Pages: 306 Release date: June
I‘m just back from Poland, where I gave a talk on The Social Startup to the Bitspiration startup conference in Krakow. This was my first trip to Poland, so naturally
Here’s the set of more than 220 photos I shot as a credentialed photographer (for seven years in a row now) of the Santa Clara Grand Prix, including a roll
Here’s my Flickr set of 35 photos of the just-ended Macworld Expo, including actor-comedian Fred Armisen of “Saturday Night Live” and “Portlandia.”
Review of ‘The Intention Economy’ by Doc Searls Review by J.D. Lasica Title: “The Intention Economy″ Author: Doc Searls My rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Release date: May 1, 2012 In “The Intention
Here’s a short chat I had with Amy Blaschka, President and CEO of the Tri-Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau, about the Tri-Valley region (where I live), located in the San
If you know Mother Jones, you probably think of them as primarily a print magazine. “That’s not really true anymore,” says Steve Katz in this 10-minute interview. Katz talks about
Yesterday I headed into San Francisco and saw Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., speak to a packed gallery of 350 or so people at the Commonwealth Club of California (I’m a
Apumped-up David Boies said last night that it’s a “dead certainty” that the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue of same-sex marriage if a federal appeals court sustains
Musician Dave Carroll saw his guitar being mishandled by the baggage carriers at United Airlines. Nine months later he was denied compensation. So he wrote a three-part musical trilogy, “United
Imet Andrea Syrtash — author, advice columnist and life coach — at last year’s 140 Characters conference in New York, so when she swung into San Francisco as part of
At a recent Ignite Bay Area for women innovators (there’s another Ignite on Monday night), my longtime friend Micki Krimmel of Mickipedia fame gave a 5-minute presentation on the LA
Here are 90-plus photos (over on Flickr) from my trip to Yosemite this past week. The valley is even more stunning than I remember from 15 years ago. Check out
During the Where 2.0 conference on March 31, 2010, I grabbed Dennis Crowley, CEO and co-founder of Foursquare, after his eye-opening keynote talk. If you haven’t heard of Foursquare, you
How to emulate the practices of professional journalists As more individuals practice citizen journalism and more organizations incorporate media into their online communication strategies, it’s important to keep in mind
The following resources provide information about new forms of personal journalism — including weblogs, collaborative news sites, personal broadcasting, and more — as well as pointers to examples of each
Almost every day I get queries about whether a particular report or rumor circulating on the Internet is true or not. Not sure whether that e-mail you got contains the
For years I’ve bemoaned the lack of women on stage at the scores of tech conferences and events I attend. Girls in Tech is out to change that. I caught
Laren Poole, a filmmaker who co-founded Invisible Children, talks about the groundbreaking human rights organization, which is trying to free children forced into armed conflict.
