Expedient MEANS

Notes on Film, Art, Writing, Technology and other things by Steve A Furman

  • iPhone: After the Honeymoon

    Yes I was one of the first ones to get an iPhone. On June 29th at 7:30pm I went to Northbrook Court located on the North Shore of Chicago, and much to my surprise found a very short line. Before 8:00 I walked out of the Apple store with an iPhone. Oh so excited, I Read more

  • The Collapse of Time

    A friend told me about a web site called wolfgangsvault.com. It’s an incredible place where you can explore the roots of rock music as envisioned by the crusading promoter Bill Graham. He loved music and music loved him. Over the decades he recorded and preserved hundreds of classic rock live performances. The site has done Read more

  • More Thoughts on Social Computing

    I have had some time to think a little more deeply about the Forrester Consumer Forum experience. Everyone was looking for ways to leverage social computing, seemingly already convinced that it would deliver high value to their businesses. So valuable in fact that I heard people say it was “the next wave” or “there’s no Read more

  • A Brave New World (for me)

    I attended the Forrester Research Consumer Forum here in Chicago over the last two days. The entire event was a study in social computing. It made me feel a bit inadequate because I didn’t have a facebook profile, nor had I started a blog. I have written customer reviews and played the role as a Read more