For those listeners of the Spark Minute on Green 960 or 910 KNEW in San Francisco, you’ve found the summary of all the follow up information and reports you heard on air for the week of 3/9/09. The number one spot for prostitution: Nevada or Craigslist? The market for used games, online and offlin...

“With Craigslist there is no need for pimps,” said a 35 year old sex worker in San Francisco. Chicago Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart agrees with her and is accusing Craigslist as being one of the largest sources of prostitution in the country. His office claims that Craigslist’s erot...

I don’t normally get into hyper geeky subjects on the Spark Minute, but the release of Samsung’s 256 GB solid state drive (SSD) or flash drive is a very big deal. Given the big jump in capacity, it’s going to significantly change computing to be lighter, faster, more reliable, and ...

I decided I would start a series entitled “Products I love and actually use.” While I do reports on tons of different technology, I only use on a regular basis a small fraction of those technologies. So I thought I’d launch a series where I spotlight products that I actually use al...

The Harper’s Index, that page of fascinating statistical tidbits that are as much about creativity as they are hard core research, is now searchable online for free. Much of research is knowing the result you want to present and how you want to go after it. Research sites like Marketing Sherpa...

The economy is hitting everyone hard. And while we all fight for money, often chasing the same dollars, there’s one thing we can all collaborate on, and that’s saving money. Here are a few recommended sites, tools, and tips for saving money. Be a gourmet for a budget - While the top site...

During my research for this post, I stumbled across an endless list of great posts (see below) that offer great tips on the best Web tools for students. But the advice here isn’t just for students. I’m no longer a student but I do tons of research and writing for work and I found these t...

For years I’ve been attending conferences about the growing market of online video. And the number one topic that was and still is on everyone’s minds remains to be “How do we make money from this?” At that time, no one went the obvious route of, “Let’s place comm...

Friday night, I appeared on The Curtis Sliwa Show on WABC Radio (audio up soon) to talk about 22-year old Natalie Dylan (not her real name) auctioning off her virginity on the Internet. The media circus frenzy on the virginity auction and the extremely poor public validation for any of this informat...

Often, the most successful social media ventures discover a way to connect personally with the user. It can be something useful, or a colossal waste of time. As much as we like to be efficient all day, we’re only somewhat efficient. The rest of the day we’re just wasting our time. And I ...