The tyranny of place
This piece in the Boston Globe about two technology incubators trying to make […]
Author: Michael
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A tale of two alleys
I was at the Boston Architectural College last week for a talk by […]
D-Wave just wants to be another boring computer company
D-wave is probably the most prominent technology company accused of quackery in years […]
BostonNow, and next: A city’s API
Politics has a kind of magic to it; some man or woman emerges […]
Media’s bait-and-switch mistake
The problem with the media business is we built it on a lie. […]
Farewell, sweet passport, part 2
In November 2007 I headed off to Iceland to report for Fast Company […]
Money, happiness and product design
I blogged about Continuum’s bathroom innovation inspiration center earlier this month. That came […]
Farewell, sweet passport
My passport hit its expiration date, so it has been replaced. I looked […]
Social physics
Sandy Pentland sent me a galley of his new book, Social Physics: How […]
Innovation has really gone to the toilet
I just completed a story on Continuum, a Boston design shop perhaps best […]