U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain has jumped in the polls from single-digits to a leader with nearly 30%. His ‘9-9-9’ tax code proposal has been the fuel in his rocket and virtually the only issue he discusses. It is a simple proposed solution to one of the hot issues on voters’ minds. No matter what you [...]
Mary Meeker, partner at VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers is a masterful analyst of Internet trends. At the 2011 Web 2.0 Summit last week, Meeker lays out a list of 10 trends based upon many data points. What do these trends mean for radio? Mobile Usage of Radio will Rise: Mobile subscriber growth is exploding as [...]
I spent part of this past weekend re-reading part of Michael J. Gelb’s book Discover Your Genius that focuses on Christopher Columbus. Columbus Day (in the U.S.) is today and it prompted me to dig out this great book. Gelb has a great way of looking at Columbus’ characteristics which are inspirational and show that his greatness [...]
What did you do this past weekend? Certainly not the same as daredevil Jeb Corliss gliding in his wing-suit through an open gap in the rock face on Tianmen Mountain, China. He was clocked at 120 kilometers per hour and had no chance to pull his parachute until was well clear of the mountain. This quick video is as [...]
After tons of radio hype, I was dying to get my hands on the customizable iHeartRadio app / website and see if it is worth all the attention. As a semi-infrequent visitor to Pandora, I keep asking myself, “Do we need another Pandora?” Doesn’t Pandora do what we want for customization? Now that the beta test for [...]
Maybe there is some irony in that a big Earthquake shook the east coast on August 23, and then a bigger one shook my world on the 24th with Steve Jobs stepping down as the CEO of apple. Alright, maybe that is a bit dramatic and corny, but I will certainly remember the 24th more than the [...]
