This is the second installment of my irregular Minority Report. Part one was “Expatriates and the Patriots” and the full series contains dispatches from Seoul as well. I’ve lived in Central London for almost two years. During this time, I’ve experienced plenty of situations to dispel many of the preconceived notions I had about life in …
Category Archives: Culture at large
If the unicorns die, we should all be worried
1. Here we go again. During the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, it seemed like everyone who worked at a “traditional” company was waiting for the right opportunity to leave and join a startup. Many did. For example, George Shaheen left Andersen Consulting to join Webvan. Lou Dobbs left CNN for space.com. They wanted to …
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A Year in Seoul
Today marks one year of living in Seoul. To update some thoughts from my first month here: A lot more Instagram, a lot less Twitter. Snackability applies to posting and to reading. It’s been interesting to see censorship in the media and how freedom of the press is limited in South Korea. For example, when the …
My week as an uberX driver
A first-person journey into the Collaborative Economy.
The Dachis Group acquisition that wasn’t: Pittman Digital
For two days in January, the Dachis Group office was transformed into “Pittman Digital,” the setting for a flashback scene in NBC’s Revolution.
Stories that aren’t true
Ostriches, rockets, and frogs.
Here’s what $334.75 of @Target fraud looks like
A couple of months ago, I noticed a string of fraudulent charges on my credit card. Someone had used my credit card number to complete five transactions within 13 minutes at the Target Cityplace Dallas. Here’s what they bought.