The Social Age

I was in the store recently and found myself in a bit of a frenzy. Now for the record, shopping is usually an enjoyable, if not downright relaxing experience for me. So for me to get stressed out was a big deal. Here’s what happened:
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we as consumers can […]

I was in Nashville recently, and it was a great time. I went with my pal Michael, who works for the Danish Mission to the United Nations and is heading back to Denmark at the end of the summer. Michael is a curious guy. He cares about the world, people and what makes them tick. […]

Sometimes the nightly news is hard to take. I feel the same about the RSS headlines on my daily startpage. On any given day, there’s bad news from some combination of Iraq, Darfur, Gaza, Iran, North Korea and Afghanistan. But amongst the bad, there are stories of hope. Just today, the US and Iran agreed […]

I recently had lunch with Bill Clinton. And despite the fact that there were 400 other people there, and I was at a table center-back instead of center-front, I think we had a pretty great time.
Clinton was in Boston to deliver the keynote address at a gathering called “The Looming Crisis: Can we Act in […]

Did anyone see American Idol last night? I’m guessing that some of you did, considering that over 30 million viewers tuned in. Chances are, you tuned in to see how the show would fare without Sanjaya. But Idol was different last night.
Last night, the 30 million American Idol viewers learned what it means to “give […]