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XMedia Lab – Global Media Ideas

XMedia Lab – Global Media Ideas

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Carnegie Mellon MEIM at SXSW

Carnegie Mellon MEIM at SXSW

[callout1]This year’s “field trip” to SXSW was a great success, and exposed the MEIM 1st year students to the excit…
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Education

Peace is the New War: Keys to 21st Century Citizenship

Peace is the New War: Keys to 21st Century Citizenship

Reflecting on the July 4th weekend, I’m struck by how we traditionally use the holiday to commemorate our war heroe…
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Transparency is the New Privacy: Keys to 21st Century Citizenship

Transparency is the New Privacy: Keys to 21st Century Citizenship

[callout1] This post originally appeared on my Huffington Post blog.[/callout1]
In the never-ending circus of bad …
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We Don’t Want To Be Chinese

We Don’t Want To Be Chinese

The U.S.’s low PISA scores do not represent a “sputnik moment” for U.S. education.  China’s high test scores…
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STEM to STEAM – Recognizing the Value of Creative Skills in the Competitiveness Debate

STEM to STEAM – Recognizing the Value of Creative Skills in the Competitiveness Debate

[callout1]This piece was first published in the Huffington Post [/callout1]

When American education is in crisis…
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The Future of Content

Piracy Shmiracy: We Need 21st Century Business Models

Piracy Shmiracy: We Need 21st Century Business Models

The MPAA and NATO are panicking because they don’t know how to replace revenues lost not to piracy, but to newer le…
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Hulu: Who Knew?

Hulu: Who Knew?

[callout1]This post originally appeared on my “321 Future” Blog on Animation World Network[/callout1]

OK, bad pu…
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Window Wars

Window Wars

[callout1]This post originally appeared on my “321 Future” Blog on Animation World Network[/callout1]

We all ha…
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The Theatrical Window “Subsidy”

The Theatrical Window “Subsidy”

Tick-tock-tick-tock. Exhibitors: upgrade your concession stands (hint: start with espresso machines).  Your “theat…
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