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My Interview with Steve Hogarth of Marillion
The 1970s represented the halcyon days for progressive rock. Back then, bands like Genesis, Rush, ELP, Pink Floyd, Yes, and others regularly churned out ambitious concept albums rife with 20-minute...
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Review: Sounds That Can’t Be Made by Marillion
Originally published on Huffington Post. The English band Marillion just keeps plugging along. Guitarist Steve Rothery, keyboardist Mark Kelly, bassist Pete Trewavas, drummer Ian Mosley, and vocalist...
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Need a Speaker in Montreal in March?
A few months ago on this site, I offered to speak for free in return for tickets to a Rush show. I’m doing it again. This time, I’d like to go to Montreal for Marillion Weekend. It will take place...
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Why You Shouldn’t Care About Negative Reviews
I talk to many people about writing books. Often I’m at a mixer when I strike up a conversation with someone. These days, I answer the “What do you do?” question with one word and two syllables:...
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My Interview with Mark Kelly of Marillion
Mark Kelly knows a thing or thirty about the music industry. He’s served as keyboardist of the English band Marillion for more than three decades. Today, few musicians have his perspective on the...
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Mark Kelly on the Origins of Crowdfunding
Article originally appeared on Huffington Post. Click here to read it there. Crowdfunding is all the rage these days. Sites like Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, and hundreds of others make it easy-or, easier...
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An Interview with Steve Rothery
Originally published on Huffington Post. Steve Rothery is a founding member of the English band Marillion. Known for his sparse, atmospheric playing style and emotive solos, he is one of my very...
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Need a Speaker in Montreal in late April of 2015?
Many readers of my blog know that I’m a huge fan of Marillion. Its music is layered, emotive, and incredibly powerful. Judge for yourself: Neverland by Marillion on Grooveshark What’s more, they are...
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Facebook: The New King of Data Brokers?
Perhaps you’ve never heard of the world’s largest data brokers—and that’s exactly how they like it. For instance, Acxiom brands itself as “a marketing technology and services company.” That sounds...
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What the Pandora Debate Teaches Us about Big Data
Do Pandora, Spotify, and other all-you-can-eat music sites properly value and compensate musicians for their work? Will these streaming services save the music industry or hasten its eventual demise?...
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e-Book Price Drop
I for one think that pricing is much more of an art than a science. (See price elasticity.) To that end, it’s time to run an experiment. The prices of The New Small and The Age of the Platform are now...
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Celebrating Post Number 1,000
When was this site born? Let’s say 1/1/2009, but with a disclaimer. I had launched and maintained previous versions of this site dating back to 2002, but I really didn’t blog back then. Most of my...
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Message to LinkedIn: This Is the 21st Century
I’ve long struggled with LinkedIn, the Cadillac of professional social networks. About a year ago, I was going to pull the plug before deciding against it. Beyond its onerous terms of service, anyone...
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The Near Future Interview
In the fall of 2013, I did an interview with the folks from The Near Future. For some reason, only about 20 percent of the chat made the cut. I really wish that they had aired the whole thing; I...
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On Databases, Tattoos, and Teaching Philosophies
Building a database is like getting tattooed. You really want it to be correct the first time you do it. Changes are possible but they are painful. And, like tattooing, some changes are easier than...
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Can the IoT prevent the next Flint?
Photo credit: LA Times Twenty years ago back in grad school, I remember watching Roger & Me, Michael Moore’s moving 1989 American documentary about Flint, MI and the decline of the American auto...
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How Basic Analytics Can Prevent Compliance Debacles
Not that long ago, Zenefits was nearly a five-billion-dollar unicorn. It could seemingly do no wrong until things broke bad. Really bad—as in we need a new CEO, message, and culture. It’s unfair to...
View ArticleReflections on 2016
To say the least, 2016 has been an interesting year on many levels. For starters, I wrote less that at any point since 2007. (As usual, I churned out a bunch of data-related posts for SAS.) New friends...
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The Revenge of Analog: An Interview with David Sax
Despite claims to the contrary, technology can only do so much. Alternatively, if you like, it’s wonderful when it isn’t in the way, to paraphrase Steve Hogarth of Marillion. Over the past ten or so...
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Facebook: The New King of Data Brokers?
Perhaps you’ve never heard of the world’s largest data brokers—and that’s exactly how they like it. For instance, Acxiom brands itself as “a marketing technology and services company.” That sounds...
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