Some writers inspire me, others make me envious that they are so talented at lining up just the perfect words.  I laughed out loud at the cafe while reading Dan Neil’s review of the new Mercedes CL63 AMG.  Here is a snip, as he describes opening up the throttle on […]

What’s the most important thing to me about our website? I think that has to be the impact we have on so many people and that we make their lives richer as a result of the stories we publish. Some people get great joy in getting in the news a […]

After a conference like this my group of webmaster pals and I all came away with the same feeling. Whoa, we’ve got so much work to do! That happens when you hear from a kid who graduated from MIT in 2010, and now has VC backers providing millions for a […]

Rob Solomon the COO of Groupon stunned the audience with his figures. It’s the fastest growing company in history, and in just nine months they’ve grown from 100 to 3000 employees. Now they offer their amazing deals by email in 30 countries. I know anecdotally that it really works…at least […]

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Ten years ago, Rich Barton was the CEO of Expedia, which at that time was the dominant travel fare search website. Today at Phocuswright, a clip was played of a young Barton up on stage being asked a question by investor Carl Icahn, about reading a balance sheet. In the […]

If there is one topic that most people are comfortable talking about it’s weather. In fact, it’s a topic that generates more interest than almost anything else.  Tonight I got a chance to meet a man who has made weather his occupation. Chuck Prewitt is one of the owners of […]

I’m in that frenzied state impending airline travel brings on. It’s a giddy feeling of anxiousness over what I might forget, and a bit of excitement about taking to the skies again. You know you’re a real traveler when the latter trumps the former, and you’ve got  your trip on. […]