Platforms
How Developers Are Using New Platforms to Innovate
In the Age of the Platform, the fundamental question around innovation changes.
Blog
I write about AI, the future of work, low-code/no-code, collaboration, communication, technology, and other topics. I pepper my posts with humor and pop-culture references. Oh, and I freakin’ despise jargon and weak writing. Since 2008, I’ve penned thousands of posts, more than 1,400 of which live on this site.
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Technology
Not Your Father's 3D Printer
It looks like Chris Anderson was right again.
Big Data
What the Pandora Debate Teaches Us About Big Data
Not everything can be tested, much less accurately.
Announcements
Is Message Not Received a Departure?
Understanding how this book relates to my prior six.
Analytics
The Case for Small Data Analytics
Why the emphasis on the Big stuff is often misplaced.
Communication
Introduction to Message Not Received
Here's a sneak preview of my forthcoming book.
Communication
3 Things That Marketers Can Learn From Message Not Received
Explain your product/service to a few teenagers. Do they understand what you're pushing?
Communication
What Makes Message Not Received Different?
Thoughts on the new book and a window into my writing process.
Announcements
Looking for Stops on the Message Not Received Book Tour
The wheels are in motion.
Communication
Should Speakers Wing It?
Thoughts on purely extemporaneous speaking styles.
Technology
What Your Website Says About Your Organization
Thoughts on your virtual store front.
Communication
When One Message Yields Two Very Different Reactions
K&P remind us that we're often not being as clear as we think.
Communication
Communication Canaries in the Coal Mine
Thoughts on an important signal from potential partners.
Communication
Why I Wrote Message Not Received
Exploring my motivations for writing the new book.
Big Data
Mark Twain and the Need to Move Beyond Simple Metrics
Thoughts on exclusively relying on basic statistics.
Communication
Advance Praise for Message Not Received
Some thoughts on my forthcoming book.
Communication
Pick. Up. The. Phone.
Relying exclusively on e-mail is rarely wise.
Big Data
The Case for Proceeding Without a Data Scientist
Why it may be wise not to wait for one.