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Originally posted at TV HOWL. Oprah Winfrey’s OWN isn’t working for the simple reason that Oprah herself seems passé. Why opine on this subject today?  Because the news is all over the place that losses are mounting at OWN. Among other places, a front-page story in the Wall Street Journal says Discovery has sunk $312 Continue Reading →

Paula Latshaw is eager to get behind the wheel of her new Lexus CT 200h hybrid at Sewell Lexus in Dallas. But first, she needs some training.  Her new car isn’t the most technologically advanced car Lexus sells, but the navigation system, the voice-controlled hands-free phone system and the multiple radio options are challenging enough.  Continue Reading →

Originally posted at Keller Fay. On May 22, my new book, The Face-to-Face Book:  Why Real Relationships Rule in a Digital Marketplace will be published.   Coauthored by Brad Fay, it is a book about the hugely important social wave that is rolling across the world of business today.  But unlike many books and articles argue Continue Reading →

Mass Marketing dominated the last century: You need to reach the masses through as many channels as possible. You need retail stores, fliers, website, PR, Ads, Social Media, and and and and and…until you finally reach critical mass and you succeed. Target is a mass marketer, Huyndai and Delta. Once you achieve ubiquity you get Continue Reading →

We’ve been hearing the rumors for months, and now Samsung has gotten official with the newest member of its Galaxy line of smartphones, the Galaxy S III. Samsung announced the most anticipated Android handset of the year Thursday at an event in London. Read the full story at Mashable. Continue Reading →

The Head Care Robot consists of a reclining chair and a mechanized washbasin. It first scans your head to get an idea of its shape, and can accommodate a variety of noggins, according to Panasonic. Read the full story and see a video at CNET Continue Reading →

Conversations over the dinner table with his med-student girlfriend helped Mark Zuckerberg formulate his latest big idea — harnessing the power of Facebook to help eliminate the critical shortage of organs for patients desperately in need of life-saving transplants.  Read the full story and watch Zuckerberg on GMA at ABC News Continue Reading →

Never means never.  I’ve been reviewing resumes for several years for MENG and have never (that word again) seen a functional resume that was worth considering [A functional resume organizes information by skill sets and accomplishments rather than the more standard specific positions, titles, and reverse chronology.]. A functional resume immediately communicates to an executive Continue Reading →

MIT Professor Sherry Turkle wrote a powerful opinion piece in this past Sunday’s New York Times Sunday Review in which she draws a sharp distinction between conversations that take place face-to-face, in the real world, and connections that get made online through social networking sites. Continue Reading →

The leader of Google’s effort to develop self-driving cars was in the Motor City on Wednesday to send a message that the Internet company is looking for partners to bring its innovations to market within the next decade.  Read the full story at The Wall Street Journal Continue Reading →