About
I'm a creative thinker, a media omnivore, and a tastemaker with a 15-year track record of discovering the next new thing. Voraciously curious, I live to connect people to ideas, to each other, and to the businesses and products that will help them realize their passions and their dreams.
My bona fides include stints at Microsoft, Yahoo! and denuo (a boutique consultancy within ad holding firm Publicis). In that time I've brought to market the Internet's #1 gossip site, omg.yahoo.com, produced award-winning Interactive TV content (NCAA Final Four Interactive, and CSI Interactive) and worked with some of the biggest names in media and advertising. While at denuo I consulted to The New York Times, Fox.com and Condé Nast on how to transition their core assets in print and broadcast into the digital world.
I have spoken around the world on issues of copyright, technology and interactivity and have been published in The New York Times, Wired, Premiere, SPIN and others. My book, The Portable Pundit: A Crash Course in Cocktail Party Conversation (whose cover you can see just to the right), while out of print, can still be found on Amazon. I reside in Venice, CA.
Words+Clips
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Spin Magazine
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad,
Mad ManI love comics. This article lets you know how much.
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Wired
Magic’s Last Gasp:
Jar of FoolsThis is one of my favorite pieces I’ve ever published.
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Today In English
Dossier Bilingue: Fahrenheit 451
An exploration of Bradbury’s masterwork written while I was living in Paris.
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Ray Bradbury Letter
Note from the Sci-Fi Legend
And I quote, “I just wanted to thank you for this gift, this treasure.” – Ray Bradbury.
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The New York Times
Too Tipsy to Drive? Call In the Cavalry
My public service for the Los Angeles Drinking Community.
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The New York Times
DIRECTIONS: From The Web; Once a Week, She Is A Teenage Tastemaker
My friend’s daughter Zoe is rad. And has a radio show. So I let the world know.
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The New York Times
OUT THERE: San Francisco; The Joy of Joblessness In the Web Wipeout
Capturing a moment when the air had left the balloon that was the dot.com economy.
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The New York Times
OUT THERE; Where the Gettys Hold Court a la Falstaff
A piece on Gavin Newsom and his business partner long before Mr. Newsom was on the national stage.
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The New York Times
In This Coliseum, Robots Fight to the Final Spark
An article about Robots that predated the TV Series Robot Wars by two years.
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The New York Times
A CLOSER LOOK; Power Rangers’ Mighty Profits Spur More Morphing Heros
Infographics are fun.