Internet Hungary was surreal. Unlike any other conference I’ve ever spoken at. The day before it began I was met at my hotel by my driver, the Hungarian version of Vin Diesel who I was sure spent all his spare time enacting scenes from Fast and Furious 1, 2, 3, and 4. He was accompanied [...]

At some point in the future my children will ask me what I did during my 20’s and I will tell them that I traveled around the world going from one conference to the next with my laptop. And my children will ask me why I did that. And I will say, you know, that’s [...]

I am going to make two controversial claims that will probably upset the sensibilities of both genders:
1.) Behind every successful man is a woman. (Groucho Marx’s version was: “Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is a wife.”)
2.) Men are better at giving powerpoint presentations than women.

Right now I have my feet in [...]

Back in Bellagio
This is not where I expected to be, back at Rockefeller’s Bellagio Center for the third week of the eHealth conference. I made a mistake regarding my Indian Visa (as in not having a valid one), so my flight to Delhi is now delayed for at least seven days and the conference organizers [...]

I’d like to challenge the assumption that only the very talented or the very wealthy get to become conference attending globe-trotters. Sure, it requires some hard work and a little bit of luck doesn’t hurt, but really it just boils down to these 10 steps.
1.) Get a website. The first thing you’ll notice in this [...]

Originally published on Idea Lab.
OK, So you’ve got your own blog. You’ve started taking pictures and posting them online. But what’s more, you’ve also trained some of your friends, family, and neighbors how to publish online. And, via the blogosphere, you’ve been able to get to know others in your city who you otherwise never [...]