I am slowly starting to settle into a routine here in California. The past few months have been filled with new beginnings- a new school for the kids, a new job and commute for Tina, new grocery stores and restaurants and little league fields. The Taxi cab-hailing hustle of Manhattan has given way to hustling […]
Category Archives: Wall Street
Tom Glocer, CEO of Reuters, stands in front of Media Futures at the Open Data Conference in NY And so, what does exhibitionism have to do with Wall Street? How does the voyueristic behavior of 20-somethings relate to the commission decisions of hedge fund masters of the universe? Traditionally, very little. Or at least […]
Web Alchemy Exactly two years ago, in April 2005, I wrote the first chapter on Alchemy in the Media Futures series. Over the course of history, Alchemy always promised more than it could deliver. But it was this promise that captured the imagination of people and drew their Attention to the very impossibility of turning […]
I am excited to announce the first official gesture in the financial securitization of Attention: The Chicago Board of Trade, which was established in 1848, has invested in ROOT. Bernard Dan, the CEO of the CBOT is joining the ROOT board: "More than 30 years ago, the CBOT was the first exchange to trade interest […]
I am excited to announce the first official gesture in the financial securitization of Attention: The Chicago Board of Trade, which was established in 1848, has invested in ROOT. Bernard Dan, the CEO of the CBOT is joining the ROOT board: "More than 30 years ago, the CBOT was the first exchange to trade interest […]