Shaun White, arguably the greatest snowboarder in the history of the sport, is on his way to the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The two-time reigning Olympic halfpipe champion, has been preparing for the Sochi Olympics on a private halfpipe built for him by GoPro, in Perisher, Australia. “I need a …more
Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman is deaf, but you’d never know it on the football field. He’s embraced the challenge and perfected the art of lip-reading to succeed in the sport he loves. Coleman (Seattle Seahawks #40) is the first person in the entire history of the NFL, to play …more
Last year I had the privilege of speaking at the Internet Marketing Association’s IMPACT13 Conference in Las Vegas, where the theme was Innovators and Innovations. I joined a group of business leaders including: Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, and Guy Yalif, Head of Global Product Marketing, Twitter, envisioning the future …more
By Nancy Wong Bryan, The Web as a Door-to-Door Salesman articles (I, II, III) were from an interview I did a decade ago. Although some of the examples are now extinct, a lot of this is still super relevant today … in some ways more than ever. Grad Conn, vice president and …more
By Nancy Wong Bryan, Originally posted on April 05, 2004 The Web as a Door-to-Door Salesman articles (I, II, III) were from an interview I did a decade ago. Although some of the examples are now extinct, a lot of this is still super relevant today … in some ways more than …more
By Nancy Wong Bryan, Originally posted on April 01, 2004 The Web as a Door-to-Door Salesman articles (I, II, III) were from an interview I did a decade ago. Although some of the examples are now extinct, a lot of this is still super relevant today … in some ways more than …more
In a stunning example of interactive storytelling that pulls the reader in and engages them with sights and sounds, The New York Times delivers an experience more like a documentary film than online magazine. Using photography, video, audio, and text to create a highly immersive experience, the creative team tells …more
I thought this post from George Takei managed to nicely capture the tradition of the holiday and marry it with the gestalt of the times:
![Irving Berlin's HOLIDAY INN [colorized]](https://www.copernicanshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Irving-Berlins-HOLIDAY-INN-colorized.jpg)
Thanksgiving is actually a relatively modern holiday – and only an “official” holiday since 1941. In fact, although U.S. Presidents had declared a general day of thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November beginning with a custom started by Lincoln in 1863, Thanksgiving didn’t become an official …more
Article written by Mitchell Osak and published on the Financial Post: Link Mark Twain was foreshadowing when he said, “the past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” Thanks to recent advances in predictive software, Big Data and cloud services, organizations now have real tools to predict the future with …more
Well, it’s about that time when it’s time to put pen to paper and lay out the manifesto for ToyBots! What began …more
We’re still at the early, quasi-fringy stage of 3D printing, but 3D printed toys are beginning to hit the market. There’s a …more
My favorite toy growing up — and one of my favorites still — are Zeroids from the Ideal Toy Company: Link My …more
As I was saying a couple of weeks ago in reference to ToyBots, it’s may be a bit early from a technology standpoint, but …more
When we first started OpenCola Inc.., which was originally called “Steelbridge Inc.”, our first application was a distributed search tool called “My …more
I have a couple of passages in “American Icon” that are particularly compelling — here’s one. It is from a speech that …more
I recently did a talk for the Microsoft U.S. marketing team entitled “The 7 Habits of a Highly Successful Marriage OR … …more
It was a big week in the mobile app world – Facebook launched “Facebook Home”, which is not so much a “Facebook …more
I got a chance to finish the book “American Icon” by Bryce G. Hoffman (Alan Mulally and the fight to save Ford …more
