Tag: future

  • How You Choose What To Do: Larry Page On Search, Google+, YouTube, Chrome & Android At Google Zeitgeist Conf 2011

    “If you have a healthy disregard for the impossible, you actually get better people to work on your project.  And they get really excited, they work really hard and they work late at night.  It also turns out that most companies aren’t crazy enough to do anything like that.  And so nobody else is doing…

  • Human Computer Viruses

    Ray Kurzweil invented the Kurzweil keyboard, predicted the fall of the Soviet Union, and foresaw the defeat of chess genius Gary Kasparov at the hands of a computer. I heard Ray speak at Summit Series a few weeks ago, and the guy had the same effect on me that he had with everyone else in…

  • Guest Lectured This Week At NYU

    I guest lectured an NYU class on the future of media and entertainment on Wednesday. The class was about 50 students from NYU’s Tisch (film/tv/media), Stern (business) and Gallatin (individualized study) schools. Here’s my profile on RateMyProfessors, with 2 ratings so far. Posting this comment from a student for my mom to see: Enjoyed listening…

  • Kinda Feelin’ Fabolous, Halfway To The Future

    Four years ago, I was interviewed for a New York Magazine story on the future of entertainment. The reporter could hear via cell phone I was in a crowded place, but I chose not to elaborate on the context (Spring Break, in the green room with Fabolous, just before took the stage). I dropped some…