February 23, 2006

Not Blue Oceans, Blue Planets!

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Here's what I have to look at every morning. There are two of my little books (Culture and Consumption I & II) struggling to climb the ladder. Today, they are doing relatively well, their ranking marked in 5 digits. ... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

February 22, 2006

I told you so

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Ok, they got him. Yesterday, the President of Harvard University resigned. Now, I am not going to say I told you so. Yes, I am. I told you so. In March of 2005, I wrote a piece called President... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

February 21, 2006

BHL as Inspector Clouseau?

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Bernard-Henri Levy came to America "in the footsteps of Tocqueville" to study what he calls, [a] crisis of identity. The powerful country in the world does not know what it is, it feels itself in a deep trauma, a... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

February 09, 2006

start up idea # 7: lifestyle architecture

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As I reported a couple of weeks ago, Russell Davies, God of planning, asked me to sit in as an instructor in his Account Planning School of the Web. I was happy, indeed, honored to participate. Russell has now... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

January 30, 2006

Cursor crawl: a postmodernist afflication

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I am still in Pasadena, bathing in the decanted light that is winter in southern california. The conference on luxury by Virginia Postrel was really interesting, and I got to hear several very smart people say some revelationally smart... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

January 24, 2006

Charlie Rose doesn't get it

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Blogging is a funny enterprise. Most of us define our interests broadly. No one has a specific mandate that says "look here," or "examine that." We consult our sources, and wait for something to ping. A ping says "there's... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

January 11, 2006

Puzzle time: why is contemporary culture becoming more complicated?

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Lost. Alias. 24. Something is happening on TV we don't expect of a wasteland. Some prime time shows are becoming complicated. Day time TV was often complicated. Soaps shamelessly so. And occasionally, soaps migrated to night time, there to... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

December 23, 2005

Internet 2.0: the economic, social and cultural consequences of the new Internet

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Our enthusiasm for the internet is returning. The nuclear winter that followed April 2000 has lifted. The startups are back, baby. Microsoft is once more playing catch up. If you are a civilian like me (an anthropologist, that is,... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

December 21, 2005

Internet 2.0: the economic, social and cultural consequences of the new Internet

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Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture

November 25, 2005

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The Arrested Development case study: Say you're Mitchell Hurwitz, what would you do?

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The TV series called Arrested Development was just cancelled by Fox. I think this real life situation would make a dandy case study. (And there is, to my knowledge, nothing in the Harvard Business School case study archive on... ›››

Category: Anthropology of Contemporary Culture