How language trends are reflecting societal changes

This is part 1 of a 3-part interview series with Liz McMillan, CEO of Dictionary.com. We sat down together at the Collision Conference in New Orleans to discuss the importance of language, meaning, and truth that words give to our human culture. Are people still as curious about meaning and language, even against a backdrop of ‘fake news’... Continue Reading →

Language, culture, AI, and how Millennials are changing the rules

This is part 2 of a 3-part interview series with Liz McMillan, CEO of Dictionary.com. We sat down together at the Collision Conference in New Orleans to discuss the importance of language, meaning, and truth that words give to our human culture.

That time you discovered that you rank #1 on Google for something you really care about but weren’t trying to

#Longesttitleever. It’s St. Patrick’s Day today, so celebration and conversations about luck are in the air. But it’s rainy here, and unseasonably cold in Northern California, so my Saturday started with sleeping in and staying under the covers doing the ultimate time suck – scrolling social media. As I spent the hours on Twitter (growing... Continue Reading →

SXSW: Where serendipity leads to #H2H awesomeness

I have now (mostly) recovered from SXSW and am having so much fun rehashing (rehashtagging?) all the fun that went down in Austin. For us, it’s a chance to be in proximity with the top brands and thinkers, as you literally don’t know who you could be having a conversation with or who you might... Continue Reading →

Is discomfort the new way forward?

Isn't our expectation of companies today to predict the future? To invent what we don’t know we need, to know what we're thinking before we think it, to give us what we desire before we even want? When they do, we line up to buy. PureMatter (the company Bryan Kramer and I co-founded) and IBM partnered together... Continue Reading →

Where were you, Vanessa, when I needed you? A response to her article “23 things to do instead of getting engaged when you’re 23”

Travel Blogger and Huffington Post Contributor Vanessa Elizabeth posted a very honest (and well-written) perspective piece about the benefits of staying single into your 20s and 30s, and featured a list of the “23 Things to Do Instead of Getting Engaged When You're 23”.  It seems all around her, single friends are dropping like flies. They... Continue Reading →

If a Social Media stunt was alone in a forest, would anyone hear it?

Remember the early days of social media? When done well, it can deepen existing relationships, forge new ones, and entertain and delight. But it has definitely turned on itself. A fun story from the past, when social media could still be fun instead of the toxic burn pit it is now. In 2013, Mashable reported... Continue Reading →

It may be time for you to heart Tofurkey

Years ago, my husband and business partner, Bryan Kramer, and our friend DJ Waldow ran a 90-day social campaign called #90DaystoEllen, in which, as a bet, we attempted to get the boys lunch with Ellen Degeneres strictly by using social media. Despite receiving over 72 million social impressions, raising over $1.5K for Feeding America, winning... Continue Reading →

Ain’t everybody got time for this?!

Years ago, a group of three women in Ohio stormed into a Victoria's Secret store and stole 62 bras. They were in and out so quickly that they still haven't been apprehended (or shall I say, “busted”?! 😉 One of the women was, however, caught on the shopping mall security camera (pictured above). What caught... Continue Reading →

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