Every single cell in your body feels as if it will explode. Your heart beats faster than seems possible. There is at once a feeling that you are falling from a great height combined with the sensation that you are being hurtled through thin air in the upper levels of the atmosphere. Your shoulders tighten [...]
Anyone who professes to love big conferences is immediately suspect in my mind. I’ve been at our global sales conference here in Las Vegas since Sunday and while there have been some great moments, the bulk of the time is tedious and tiresome. My days are filled from 7:30 AM until 9:30 with planned sessions. [...]
Back in college, there was a popular class called “Arts 15: Introduction to the popular performing arts” — otherwise known as the history of rock and roll. The professor was, shall we say, opinionated. One test question that is still stuck in my craw follows: The greatest rock and roll band of all time was: [...]
What is social about social networking? That is a question I’ve been asking myself for a while. There is a lot of interaction with the computer and by extension other people who are using their computers but it is far from truly a “social” experience, right? I don’t really know where I stand on these [...]
Most days, I’m firmly in the camp of people who believe that technology makes our lives better. We have access to information in unprecedented ways in human history. And make now doubt about it, information is powerful. It can enrich our lives. In some cases it saves lives. Sometimes, I wonder though, whether we are [...]