I love a good network interface and I love Amazon - so the service at yasiv.com is perfect for me. I can quickly browse titles, see connections and get ... Read More

A very serious designer type talks to us about magazine-style content design for hand-held tablets.

Honestly, I can't help but think that 90% of this can be handled by jQuery ... Read More

The TED site is, no question, an amazing repository of ideas. But watching a TED Talk - let's face it - it's a comittment. 15 minutes?? To understand more ... Read More

Michio Kaku talks about a new camera with a super fast frame rate - but really it's about the human frame of reference - between nano and mega.

I'm not sure where Moby finds the time - but he has launched a Tumblr blog about L.A. architecture.

He gets the tone just right too. When I was living ... Read More

Sonic Notify has launched a mobile app at NY Fashion week that uses inaubible sounds to communicate which looks are on the catwalk at any given moment.
Plus it ... Read More

I'll throw in the Soup Nazi!

An excellent video by the LS Think Tank on top trends for e-commerce in 2012.

The numbers are staggering - especially the Amazon figures. Any retailer should take note or ... Read More

Back in the turn of the 20th Century the department store concept made a lot of sense. A large building holding a lot of brands and merchandise that shoppers ... Read More

I was using the self check-out at the local supermarket and I noticed a small change.
I put some tomatoes on the platen, touched Fruit & Veg and the ... Read More

I've been working on some ideas around urban transit systems for quite a while now.
It seems to be a no-go zone for entrepreneurs because of the huge scale ... Read More

I'd like to say I'm posting this to celebrate 5 years of Twitter innovation - but really it's about hearing Snoop keeping it real...ya feel me?

In this promotional video from Google the G-Team use Google Wallet to pay for purchases at various chain stores in the US. It is painfully short on details - ... Read More

American mega retailer GAP is closing 189 stores in the US.

By 2013, there will be an estimated 700 in the region, down from 1,056 in 2007. That's a substantial ... Read More

A few years ago I was E-Commerce Director at a SoCal apparel company.

First day on the job I realized that the “Real” business (i.e. the brick and mortar store ... Read More

Great little lecture about getting outside of your comfort zone and beyond just "OK". I wish he would relax his hands though - making me tense.

Stephen Colbert has always staked claim on a particularly precarious ledge of social satire. Posing as a "high status" pundit to expose the idiocy of the right wing commentary. ... Read More

I was fortunate enough to be invited to the media launch of Frank Gehry's building for the UTC. ... Read More

True story:
I'm doing some work for a client of Gagosian Galleries. I'm on the phone discussing the details to a gallery manager at Gagosian Beverly Hills and I ... Read More

I'm very proud to say I'll be the Technology Director for TED x Sydney 2011. ... Read More