Because New York is a vertical city - you don't get to see much of what's going above the first floor. So as you walk down Broadway - past the restaurants, and food markets, and odd mix of brand name coffee shops, jewelry, and woman's lingerie shops - it's easy...

There are some moments when you can feel the conversation change -- and the world tilt from right to left.

Today was one of those days.

It began early at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City. The PdF as it's known, is now in it's 6th year --...

It's hard to explain how people feel about Michael Jackson - but one thing is pretty clear, New York is mid way throwing a New Orleans style wake for The King of Pop.

If you have any doubt about the depth of feelings for Jackson, just check out this totally...

For most New Yorkers the current World Trade Center site generates a stream of complex emotions. Anger, Fear, Sadness, and mostly a strange nostalgia for the days when the the world wasn't divided into 'before' and 'after' 9/11.

Today - the WTC site has a lot of construction activity -...

The unfolding events in Iran are creating some complex issues for mainstream media outlets playing by old rules.

For CNN, the unverifiable nature of the stream of Twitter messages has them both presenting, and disavowing any of the information they're getting from unknown sources. It's not their...

On a rainy Saturday afternoon, Journalist and Investigative Reporter Lisa Ling twittered: "About to lose my f'ng mind!"

Not the kind of words you'd expect from a multi award-winning journalist who's covered gang rape in the Congo to bride burning in India. Ling reported from more than two dozen...

There's a storm brewing. A huge, noisy, thunder and lightning storm of content, community and chaos. But there's good news too - there's a silver lining in the Cloud.

And now - with the announcement that the Apple iPhone will in fact become a video recording device, we surely can...

Today the first nine blocks of New York's Highline urban park opened on the west side of Manhattan.

It's hard to describe the extraordinary space that's been created - and the new views of the city, and the brand new space that's been created on the rusty old elevated rail...

Back in the day - it was known as New York's Silicon Alley.

But if Internet Week '09 taught us one thing - the "Alley" is a thing of the past.

Starting Monday Night, when New York kicked off the 143+ events with a celebrity event and proclamation on Broadway,...

It's hard not to arrive at PepisCo with a chip on your shoulder. It's a pun, but it's also true.

After all, Soda is bad for you. And chips (they own Frito-Lay) can't be healthy - they're just too darn good!

So - when I was invited to tour the...

A woman In a red dress stands in the middle of the street and pirouettes.

Two bicycles walk down Broadway. Not a car in sight.

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So, if you were one of a handful of geeks on Friday night you were glued to a live video stream that was something of a cross between Mission Control at NASA and a skit from Saturday Night Live, then you witnessed the live launch event for WolframAlpha.

Among...

Discrimination, it turns out, comes in all shapes and sizes.

I never thought I'd be a victim of this kind of obvious, heartless, shameless red-lining of both apartments and even hotel room rentals.

But no matter how you cut it - the world is turning a blind eye to what...

January 20, 2009. Just 100 days ago, I stood on the National Mall in Washington DC. We had begun our day at 4am, taken the Metro in from Dulles Airport, and stood in the freezing cold for hours to witness the Inauguration of Barack Obama.

I knew the day would...

On Wednesday Barack Obama will mark his first 100 days. There's no doubt he's done a lot of things right. He's provided leadership during difficult times. He's reached out to both our friends and our enemies and opened new dialog. And he's proven his detractors wrong - being able to...

Ok, by now you've heard the story of Susan Boyle, the British churchlady/spinster who wowed the crowd at Britian's Got Talent. If you haven't - then take a minute and look at the clip to understand the pure power of what an unexpected talent can do.

But the...

Ok, quick - name the Obama Cabinet. Ready - set - go. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State. Tim Geithner, Treasury, um... uh.... right.

Sure, you may have gotten one or two more.

But - back when the election ended and the Obama administration got off to that fast start on...

The Twittering White House.

So, for those of you who are tuned in to the media whirlwind that is Barack Obama - the last 5 days have been something of a world record.

There was Leno on Thursday night. Then, 60 Minutes on Sunday. There was that ESPN College Football...

At first, I thought it was just the group of people I was spending time with. Among them, the talk was rapid-fire and filled with unbridled enthusiasm. So on the second day at South by Southwest, I ranged further out - into the panels and into the impromptu lunch gatherings...