I recently started following @griner on twitter who posted Web 3.0 is about taming the deluge of data this week. I am entertained most by the Un-Sites he mentions, the most recent of which is Boone Oakley (embedded below) and […]
Social-Media Kegger could cause a hangover
I found Doug deGrood’s recent article, This Social-Media Kegger Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be, to be quite insightful and worth a read by anyone looking to start social-media and Internet marketing efforts. Especially if you if you are […]
Twitter may find key to money
A Reuters article, Twitter to launch business tools by year-end, seems to me the best way for Twitter to monetize the service. It will be “simple stuff” such as lightweight analytics, (co-founder Biz) Stone said. He reiterated the company’s commitment […]
Microsoft should be scared of Google Chrome
This PCWorld article came out about a few weeks after I downloaded and tried out Google’s new browser, Chrome. I’ve been using Chrome since. Google’s Chrome browser has a market share that rounds down to zero. Yet Microsoft plans to […]
Mark Sharpe on Transportation
Mark Sharpe gave a presentation at today’s Exchange Club luncheon addressing the need for a transit plan for the Tampa Bay area and really seems to understand the value of providing mobility options and how it will affect people and […]
April AdCast; Ad Insight on Interactive Communications
AdCast co-hosts Carl Vervisch and Nic Lorden invited me to discuss Ad 2 Tampa Bay’s transition to interactive media that began during my term as president of the organization. Prior to 2005 the organization’s Internet communications were limited to an obsolete […]

Google CEO addresses the newspaper industry
This is a final follow up on my recent critique of newspapers and journalism. I hope my opinions on this subject have been valuable and constructive, as I truly value what good journalism provides for a free democracy. In his […]
Newspapers and journalism should look back at browsers and music sharing
This is a follow up to Friday’s post and addresses the use of the Internet by newspapers and provides some opinions as to why that usage has not been financially successful. Currently newspapers are using a “see what sticks” approach […]
Newspapers and new media
I recently got into a discussion regarding the use of Twitter and Facebook by the news media that has prompted me to address my opinions in greater detail. I recently began spending more time evaluating Twitter after shelving it last […]
Will the Tax Day Tea Party protests lead to citizen action?
I attended the lunchtime Tea Party in downtown Tampa today and was impressed by the turnout and enthusiasm of the crowd. The crowd while mainly Republican was a solid mix of independents, Libertarians and Democrats based on my observations of […]