Author Archives: Cathy Brooks

Dissed by Santa, So Suggesting Resolutions Instead

by Cathy Brooks Even though I’m pretty sure there isn’t actually a portly old dude in a red suit who slips down chimneys with presents, I wished pretty hard for something this Christmas. It didn’t come. Okay, so I’m Jewish and maybe that had something to do with the fact that Santa blew me off, but to be [...]

The reports of newspapers’ death are (perhaps) greatly exaggerated

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I admit it. I’m old fashioned. That may seem a silly statement coming from someone as deeply steeped in the digital realm as I, but when it comes to certain things this Silicon Valley geek likes to roll old school. I believe in charcoal barbecues. I believe in hand-writing thank [...]

Darwin’s theory: Survival of the (conference) fittest

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The tech industry cannibalizes its own young quite well – at least when it comes to conferences.
You know what I’m talking about. Any time there’s a hot topic, a battery of conferences and events spring to life, all purporting to be the end [...]