I built my first website in 1995. You are visiting it right now. Back then, the internet was still a novelty, something you connected to with a screaming modem and explained to your relatives like you were describing a foreign country. Over the past 30 years, I’ve watched five major technology revolutions reshape how we…
The internet has given us a lot of things over the years. Flash mobs. Keyboard warriors. Seventeen different ways to feel bad about your breakfast. But occasionally, very occasionally, it delivers something genuinely perfect. This week’s gift: hundreds of extremely confident art critics getting completely and publicly fooled by a Monet. Here is the setup….
I registered WorldVillage.com in 1995. Let that sit for a second. Nineteen ninety-five. Netscape was the hot browser. People were still arguing about whether email would catch on. The Spice Girls had not happened yet. And I was sitting at a desk in front of a beige monitor thinking that this strange new “World Wide…
Artificial intelligence is the hot topic right now. Every conference wants it. Every association wants a session on it. Every corporate event seems to be looking for someone who can come in and explain what AI means for their audience. That part makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is how often event planners end up…
For a long time, cruise lines sold a familiar fantasy. Big buffets. Formal nights. Belly-flop contests. Matching excursions. A floating version of mass-market vacation culture, polished and profitable and often just predictable enough to make experienced travelers feel like they’d seen it all before. Virgin Voyages came at the whole thing from a different angle….
Not long ago, if you wanted someone to evaluate your business idea, optimize your pricing, or build you a one-page business plan, you had two options. You could pay a consultant several hundred dollars an hour, or you could guess and hope for the best. Most people chose the second option. That is changing fast….
I’ve been doing this internet thing for a long time. Like, since-before-Amazon-existed long time. Back in the mid-90s, when most people were still figuring out how to get online without tying up the phone line, I was already obsessed with the idea that the web could change the way we shop. And I wasn’t wrong….
I stumbled onto Are.na years ago when I was looking for a way to organize my thoughts visually without getting lost in an algorithm. And I’ve been quietly recommending it to people ever since. Here’s the thing: most “inspiration” platforms treat you like a consumer. They want you scrolling endlessly, liking images, following trends. Pinterest,…
Understanding Ourselves, One Strand at a Time Every cell in your body carries a story — written not in words, but in DNA. It’s the original code: three billion letters long, silently defining who we are, where we come from, and what traits or tendencies we might carry. For thousands of years, our ancestors tried…
A Browser That Plays Like an Instrument Every now and then, a website reminds you that the web doesn’t have to be complicated to be magical.That’s exactly what Patatap.com does. No logins.No instructions.No notifications.Just… music, color, and the child-like thrill of discovery. Here’s the premise: open the site, tap any key on your keyboard, and…