Gulltaggen 1. The WikiLeaks guy had a crowdsourced phone. It runs Linux. And it’s the first mobile device he’s had in years. You see Daniel Domscheit-Berg is concerned about privacy. He told a story so hair-raising…the hair I don’t have stood on edge. IBM helped the Nazis. Hitler invaded Poland and how did he find […]

It’s time for a divorce. Our focus on tech has been so all-encompassing that music has suffered. But those aren’t our people! The coders, the MBAs… They think differently. MBAs are first and foremost about the money. Great musicians are first and foremost about the art. That’s the number one e-mail I get, HOW DO […]

1. I met the guy who designed the Opera House! And I’m still shaking, pinching myself, he was more of a rock star than any I’ve met in many a year, because not only was he charismatic and looked the part, he could engage in a deep discussion of art. It’s all about money in […]

I was just wondering whether he was still alive. In “One Trick Pony,” Paul Simon and his band are driving around in their van playing “Dead Rock Stars,” wondering who’s alive or dead. I had no problem. But when that movie was released, I was much younger. You get older and it’s all a blur. […]