Everywhere I go…
I just came back from my son’s lacrosse team barbeque. One of the player’s dads collared me with a conspiratorial look and said, “I have a…
Two–no, now it is three–harbingers of hope
I’m sharing two three heart-warming tidbits to fuel the natural optimism lurking in most of my compatriot’s hearts. Patriot’s Day is alive and well. It’s a…
Another brick in the wall
I’ve written before about the milestones that move Daily Grommet forward. We had one today, in that we launched a new book from a very famous…
My improbable hero, Mike Rowe
Mike Rowe, star and executive producer of the Discovery Channel show Dirty Jobs, is one of my living heroes. I’ve given up explaining exactly why…well no,…
Bye-bye to buy buy
The Economist recently published a piece predicting permanent changes in consumer buying behavior. Mindless consumption is out. Thoughtful purchases are in. As a product designer,…
Steal This Idea, Please
I had a Eureka! moment yesterday. It took the combination of three observations: The Economist once wrote that an enormous–and largely under-reported–driver of the Irish Celtic…
Help me with my teenage moral dilemma
I was with a group of Wisconsin and Michigan-based business leaders earlier this month. Somehow the familiar accents of home set my mind wandering to the…
Places where things get made; Pittsburgh
I like being in places where things get made. I grew up next to a humming Detroit Diesel Allison factory and freight train line. Those noises…
What happens when you take the boy out of Boston
My oldest boy has lived in three places: Boston, Dublin, and now Pittsburgh, as a student at Carnegie Mellon. He loves change and is generally really…
Boston is good to our business, and to me.
Boston is not known for birthing successful consumer internet companies. Most of them get a little traction and then either die, or move. But I think…
Jules Pieri 