Broback's Blog

One of the main activities at the Future in Review conference was analysis and diagnosis of approaches to fighting fires.  Since we were in San Diego, where there were significant wildfires last year and many homes were lost — Anderson brought together some of the industry’s top CTOs to discuss how technology could be leveraged […]

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I’m eager to get my hands on Groundswell by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff. Coworker Jason Preston has a review copy and says he will forward to me when he’s finished. For the time being, I’ll let this review by the Financial Times be my guide. So far it looks like the kind of book […]

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I wrote yesterday about Sidney Rittenberg, who spoke at the Future in Review conference this week. As a Laurel and Hardy fan, I found his discussion of how the Chinese leaders in the 40’s we’re also avid followers intriguing. This passage is from his book where he describes how Mao and other leaders were privately fans […]

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The session was titled “The Next China: Beyond the Olympics” and was hosted by Russ Daggatt of Denny Hill Capital. The session opened with an introduction by documentary filmmaker Lucy Ostrander who has captured many hours of interviews with Sidney Rittenberg, an American who lived in China for over thirty years — starting in 1944.  […]

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Mark Anderson is the host of of the Future in Review conference and is best known for his powers of prediction. He is credited with being the first to predict $100 a barrel oil — something that seemed pretty crazy at the time. He stuck his neck out yet again tonight, by making a prediction […]

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Can hardly wait to get to sunny San Diego to attend the FiRe (Future in Review) conference. I went to last year’s event at the Del Coronado in San Diego and it was invigorating to say the least. Based on the guest list, I hope to get caught up with Scoble and look to interview some of the trendsetters […]

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The Wall Street Journal reports on how the restaurant industry is in a pronounced slump. Almost all segments are struggling. Some midpriced chains, including Ruby Tuesday Inc., are battling persistent same-store sales declines. Metromedia Restaurant Group, which owns Bennigan’s and Steak and Ale, recently hired a restructuring lawyer after it violated several agreements in its lending deal […]

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This is the first post to my own personal blog. I’ve been blogging elsewhere for years, but have never felt compelled to blog about personal thoughts until now. I’ve always said that a blog post is “an email to the world,” so I really wanted my first post to be about something personal yet significant/cool/thought-provoking/etc. The question […]

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