We overthrew the feudal system in the 1600s, and the theocracy in the 1700s. But currently, corporations play similar roles in many of our lives, either directly or indirectly.

Making media companies that you hope to sell is not a lot of fun for anyone who cares deeply about making media.

WordPress makes it drop-dead easy to start a site. Take my advice and go do it.

Increasingly, search is our mechanism for how we understand ourselves, our world, and our place within it.

Where one industry stumbles, another rises up.

We overthrew the feudal system in the 1600s, and the theocracy in the 1700s. But currently, corporations play similar roles in many of our lives, either directly or indirectly.

It's become something of a ritual - every year, Google publishes its year-end summary of what the world wants, and every year I complain about how shallow it is, given what Google really knows about what the world is up to.