On The Way

I am on my way to Honolulu for the Global Internet Project meeting. The focus of the meeting will be spam. I also plan to complete a piece on my thoughts about “The Future of Advertising” which I will post on Friday.

Buying Something Can Be Really Difficult

I continue to believe that we are only “two percent” of the way into what the Internet has in store for us and each day I get another confirmation of this. Some of my colleagues from the industry remind me that the global Internet population is already up to seven percent and that more than […]

Boards — knovel

Serving on boards, both corporate and non-profit, is a very rewarding experience. Not financially — but in the sense that you have been able to help with a new idea, or to share an experience that can be helpful. I am privileged to have many affiliations including a number of boards. This past week I […]

Clothing By Amazon

I suspect a lot of people were skeptical upon hearing that the world’s largest bookstore would now be selling clothing. What does Amazon know about clothes? I don’t know how many people at Amazon know clothing but they acquired hundreds of partners who are experts. Combing those partnerships with Amazon’s incredible service and it may […]

Amazon Then And Now

Seven years ago, in the Fall of 1995, I made a presentation to a group of CEOs about the Internet. I showed them various web sites that I was fascinated with at the time, mostly related to engineering, scientific, government and academic projects. Probably the most exciting site to me at the time was The […]