I met Sandeep Ayyappan after he contacted me about his start-up, Wiser, and we hoteled for an hour in New York City during the recent Techcrunch Disrupt conference. I thought Wiser,… Read more »
What do Germany’s rising energy prices, Russia’s annexation of Crimea, and renewable energy deployment have to do with each other? Consider the following issues. A New York Times article this past… Read more »
The deal the European Commission reached last Wednesday on carbon emissions reductions and renewable energy targets will be remembered as an acknowledgment of the difficult economic times facing Europe as well… Read more »
Incubating new digital news brands is exactly what traditional news organizations should be doing right now. But they need to treat them as genuine startups, with the expectation that they will… Read more »
Whether we are reading our daily newspaper online, or logging into our company work management solution to catch up on what others are doing, many of the same questions about presentation… Read more »
A conceptual problem arises from thinking about Flipboard in publishing terms (an error Flipboard itself encourages), when its actual role in the value chain is much closer to that of a… Read more »
If successful Twitter’s Amplify could inspire more publishers (and entrepreneurs) to think about how they can make money by marrying specific pieces of content with specific brands or specific users and… Read more »
If legacy news organizations are going to survive (or be revived) they will need to learn to treat their audiences as users, not simply readers. Read more »