While Silicon Valley may still be the technology and entrepreneur hub of North America and some say, the world, it's shortsighted for investors, businesses and even consumers not to be looking to global pockets for innovation and new ideas.

Every year...

An hour or so outside of Tallinn Estonia, along the coast of the Baltic Sea, lies an abandoned Soviet submarine base next to the village of Hara. The Hara Military Base was built by the Soviets between 1956 and 1958 and was...

Finally I make my way to the growing in popularity city of Tallinn, Estonia in Eastern Europe. From afar, it sounded like an Eastern European city modeling itself after Prague in order to attract tourists to its borders and yet, after seeing the new Prague (a year and...

Reid Hoffman is one of my favorite entrepreneurs in the technology industry. 

I was introduced to him and 'his world' when I first moved to California six or...

When I first moved to Silicon Valley, I found myself overdressed most of the time, and my New England meets Europe and New York style of dressing just didn't float well with the very youthful techies who...

Owner Donna...

Singularity University held an event in conjunction with Women@TheFrontierat NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley last week.  

The program "Designing the Future 2012", brought together some of today's female game-changers who are designing the future and disrupting the status quo.

Women@TheFrontier's Susan Francesca and KristinaMaria T-Gutierrez introduced...

Apple legend Steve Wozniak, known by most as "Woz," turned 62 years old this past week. 

While the world at large knows his name as co-founder...

Georgetown, Colorado offers a number of attractions, from the Georgetown Loop Railroad, Hamill House, Hotel de Paris Museum and Guanella Pass, a Scenic and Historic Byway. I landed there recently on a whirlwind tour from Denver to Keystone and nearly had to be dragged away.

The town itself is caught...

I was introduced to the work of Colorado artist Randy Milhoan during a recent trip to Vail Colorado. When I mentioned that I love graffiti, street art and murals, my host took me by bike to the underground structure of Lionshead Parking, where Randy's work is splattered across the walls...

If you go to Hawaii and don't watch people surf then you've missed a big part of the culture. Even in Makawao, the town full of cowboys, hippies and art that was my first stop on Maui, I found a little surf shop. Hawaiians will be Hawaiian.

That said, there's...

Having visiting 80 countries, I rarely travel to places that surprise me anymore. That said, I just returned from Qatar, a country that borders both the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, and boy are my eyebrows tired.

I found myself endlessly surprised by myriad developments that didn't...

The market in Doha is new, but it was built to look old. Referred to as the Souq Waqif, it was formerly a spot where the Bedu brought sheep, goats, wool and other things to trade. It was nearly condemned for demolition, when the powers that be decided to renovate and...

I discovered a Japanese artist in Doha, Qatar, of all places: Murakami Ego. The artist is incredibly well known but you also have to be interested in and follow his style of art, which is...

Having attended Austin's annual SXSW (South by Southwest Festival) for more than a decade, I'm either getting older which naturally has to be true, or the event has gotten far too large for anyone with boundless energy to take in. I'd say in 2012, I suffered from a...

While Silicon Valley may be the "hub" for technology startups and where the world thinks the top creativity and talent reside, there is plenty of innovation coming out of other parts of the world.

In the states, Denver, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Portland and Seattle are all making strides.

How we tell stories is not linear, so what will emerge to transform storytelling in the face of new media? How much value -- real or perceived -- does vinyl have today when digital is winning because of convenience? As digital video continues to explode and the quality gets better...

Regardless of how many times I've been to Paris, I still go through an extensive research process for hotels each and every time. After hours of online research and on-the-ground visits for my most recent visit, I came up with a curated list of hotels in the three-to-four star range....

For those of you who haven't heard of Uber and -- because of the name -- think it's some funky, hip device, think again. Many higher-end car services require you to call them well in advance and they're often fairly pricey. But Uber is a car service that...