http://www.cheskin.com/blog/perspectives/ en-us http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000959.html The first kids born into a world with the Internet got jobs this summer. Melissa, my seventeen-year-old stepdaughter, earns a paycheck and has a new Wells Fargo check card. It must be a little disturbing to live in a household where your parents observe you not only out of parental... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2007-07-27T16:28:18-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000953.html When it comes to technology, I am generally more a bridge to crossing the chasm than a first adopter. But I do like being part of big events in Silicon Valley, where I live, like early viewings of Star Wars movies or the launch of much anticipated products. And we... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2007-06-30T08:35:37-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000951.html In 20 years, no one will remember Paris Hilton, but someone will write a book about Bob Brunner. Last week, Ms. Hilton went to prison, an event covered by every major news source, and Mr. Brunner and Jerry Manock spoke in Mountain View at the Computer History Museum, to little... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2007-06-11T19:21:55-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000938.html Inspirations pass. What stirred us bolt upright in bed yesterday doesn’t even get us out of the hammock today. So it’s not a surprise that we are witnessing the end of a theme that has been a social cause, design mantra, and political crutch for over a decade. “Simplicity” is... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2007-04-08T20:57:20-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000898.html Do you care if you buy the real thing? Do you mind if a company dupes you into using its product if in the end you are glad you did? If you found out most of the parts of your PC, auto, handbag or mobile phone were repackaged in China... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2007-03-02T17:46:59-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000875.html Has Steve Jobs demonstrated that high impact innovation is best done sans exploration with consumers? In case you don’t know, Apple is a company that largely arrives at innovative product and business concepts based on the gut feel and apparent genius of a handful of people – Messieurs Jobs, Ive,... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2007-02-09T16:27:34-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000865.html As I slid my key in the door, the ring of the phone inside the house made my head jerk upright and eyes snap forward. Instinctively I knew that I had been found out. I had just cheated fate, and I was sneaking back into the house with the spoils... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2006-11-25T22:30:22-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000856.html Where I live, the neighbors just bought a winning tech lottery ticket. YouTube sold itself to Google for $1.65 billion, turning co-founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen into hundreds-of-millionaires. (YouTube: another valley garage-to-riches story) Apparently, the whole thing started in Hurley’s Menlo Park garage, and – assuming he still lives... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2006-10-15T16:52:32-08:00 http://www.cheskin.com/blog/blog/archives/000855.html Where I live, “technology” has a meaning beyond its functional purpose, its inherent marvel of invention, or its potential as a status symbol. We are a community for which technology has a deeply valued significance that transcends even fundamental emotional satisfaction. The meaning of “technology” in Silicon Valley nestles somewhere... Innovation & Design Lori Hobson 2006-10-12T14:47:27-08:00