Yesterday’s acquisition by CBS of Clicker is great news for one of my ventures, Live Matrix. It shows that what Live Matrix is doing is becoming even more valuable. But that’s just the beginning of the story — Live Matrix is fundamentally different from Clicker.… Read More “What the CBS Clicker Deal Means for Live Matrix”
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My Father and Me. A Memoir. For Mayer Spivack (1936 – 2011)
My father, Mayer Spivack, passed away on February 12, 2011, in the Kaplan Family House, a beautiful hospice outside of Boston. He passed away, at the young age of 74, after a difficult year and a half battle with colon cancer.… Read More “My Father and Me. A Memoir. For Mayer Spivack (1936 – 2011)”
Goodbye San Francisco, Hello Los Angeles!
As of this week I am officially based in Los Angeles and I’m already loving it here.
I made the decision for many reasons. First of all my wife wanted to move back here – she lived here for 16 years (during which time she produced 11 TV movies), and she has a huge community of friends here.… Read More “Goodbye San Francisco, Hello Los Angeles!”
The Scheduled Web is Here – My NewTeeVee Talk
The Scheduled Web is Here – Talk at NewTeeVee Conference
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… Read More “The Scheduled Web is Here – My NewTeeVee Talk” Meet Me at the Innotribe at SIBOS 2010 – October 25 – 29
I’m soon headed to Amsterdam to keynote the SIBOS conference. SIBOS is the largest annual banking conference in the world, attracting around 10,000 attendees.
But what’s most interesting about this event is the innovation stream within the conference. It’s called the Innotribe and is focused on exploring and innovating the future of financial services.… Read More “Meet Me at the Innotribe at SIBOS 2010 – October 25 – 29”
The Schedule of the Web: Live Matrix – Launched Tonight
Tonight I am pleased to announce that my next Big Idea has launched. It’s called Live Matrix and I invite you to come check it out.
Live Matrix is the schedule of the Web — We help you to find out “What’s When on the Web” — the hottest live online events happening on the Web: concerts, interviews, live chat sessions, game tournaments, sales, popular Webshows, tech conferences, live streaming sports coverage, and much more.… Read More “The Schedule of the Web: Live Matrix – Launched Tonight”
The New Now – How the Realtime Web is Redefining the Present
I had an interesting discussion with Om Malik recently, about the realtime Web, innovation, semantics and the Stream, and the changing nature of the present. Watch the video for the details.
Three Social Networks – A Story in Pictures (humor)
Web Intention Deficit Disorder
(Note: Thanks to Gigaom for posting up an excerpted version of this post. I also wanted to share the longer version below for those interested.)
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Introduction
The shape of Web 3.0 has finally emerged in the realization of the Stream, something I and others have written about extensively.… Read More “Web Intention Deficit Disorder”
Vote for the these SXSW Panels!
Please vote for these SXSW Panels: (voting closed August 27)
Banking on Big Brands/Celebs for the Web
Humans Versus Robots: Who Curates the Real-Time Web?
The Future of Conferences: Designing Experiences
Social Viewing for Fan Engagement at MTV
Anatomy of an Online Video Show
500 People in Your Living Room: Emerging SocialTV
Making live events pay off – online and offline
Are Attention and Intention Casualties of the Web?… Read More “Vote for the these SXSW Panels!”
Time Based Pricing for Internet Content
I am not advocating charging for content online, however, it may be a necessary evil for some content providers to survive. Without subscription revenues the newspaper industry is dying. The same is true for magazine publishers. Online content providers face similar challenges – the cost of doing high-quality editorial is high and the revenues from advertising are not always enough to cover them.… Read More “Time Based Pricing for Internet Content”