I remember floating around in the pool one summer, reading a fascinating Newsweek (or was it Time?) cover story about how growing replacement organs would soon be plausible. Since these organs would be grown from our own DNA, our bodies would not reject them. The article suggested that relatively simple structures[…] Read On
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Just How Accurate Is Wikipedia?
There are just two kinds of people: those who use Wikipedia for reference and those who say they don’t but do. Some of you may think you’re in a third category, but you’re probably not; you just don’t realize it. You would think that no reputable school, media outlet, or[…] Read On
The Death of Public Relations, RIP
When I ran marketing, public relations strategy was relatively straightforward. There weren’t that many influential analysts, pundits and media powerhouses, so the PR folks built relationships and didn’t bug them unless we had real news to pitch. And we followed the old axiom: If the WSJ covers it, the others[…] Read On
Tell Me: Am I Weird?
It’s a bummer that I can’t do my two great loves at the same time: write and listen to tunes. It might surprise you to know that writing doesn’t come easy to me. Maybe it’s just how my mind works, but for me, coherent writing requires concentration and focus, and my best[…] Read On
Everyone Says ‘Do What You Love,’ But How Do You Know What That Is?
Everyone says you should do what you love, or at least what you’re best at, but how do you know what that is? How do you know what career to pursue? The choices can be mind-boggling. Let me explain how it works, and how it doesn’t: I spent summers working[…] Read On
Running on Empty
The human capacity for endurance is truly remarkable. As I click away at my second book – so much fun I can’t tell you – it’s crazy to think that I wrote and published the first one while consulting and writing five columns a week. I haven’t a clue how I managed[…] Read On
Be Wary of Labels
What’s in a name? Everything. Names are powerful things. Labels, not so much. Names are the most precise way of identifying just about anything. If you invoke the name “Apple,” we know you’re either referring to the fruit or the company. If you say “Fuji apple,” we know exactly what[…] Read On