I’ve been thinking about two competing online ad trends:
1) Advertisers/publishers are getting better and better at targeting ads.
2) Consumers are getting better and better at ignoring ads.
Targeting improvements have come on multiple fronts.  Advertisers have an increasing understanding of who is consuming content, in what context, and what exactly is being […]

A friend introduced me to a noteworthy line of thinking recently.  It went something like this: “There are two types of entrepreneurs in this world: alpha entrepreneurs and beta entrepreneurs.  Alpha entrepreneurs are the guys that are naturally risk tolerant, even irrational dreamers; they’re charismatic and marshal folks around them […]

This whole Spitzer hullabaloo has me thinking about legacy.  The New York Times put up an interactive timeline, “Milestones in an Ambitious Career,” that curtly sums the New York Governor’s key career moments into a few pictures and captions.  Here’s the headlining snippet:
“Eliot Spitzer’s journey from Harvard Law School to […]