Adam Rubin
Head of Digital Innovation
Adam has always been a passionate integrator of strategy, technology and design. In both his professional and personal lives, this braid is ever-present and clearly a defining aspect of his personality.
More is not always better, because there's only so much that we can digest. The signal to noise ratio does not necessarily improve if that which was once signal converts to noise as new signals are introduced into the system. Read more...
Don’t forget about us. A core component in the Singularity-conversation is the topic of the evolving humanization of computers. But how come we don’t speak much of the reciprocal mechanization of man? It’s a two-way street, but most of us don’t consider this in the big picture. Our natural processes are constantly influenced (for better and worse) by [...] Read more...
So, Facebook is evolving. With emphasis on at least 3 core web services – search, chat and the upcoming email – Facebook is getting more serious about functions that Google, among others, are doing well at providing. It makes sense. So here are some quick thoughts on what 400 million users are experiencing on Facebook [...] Read more...
When was the last time we saw an innovation in the “fan” product category? This guy gives a quick demo. I love love this product. http://www.dyson.com/fans/ The Dyson Air Multiplier™ fan works very differently to conventional fans. It uses Air Multiplier™ technology to draw in air and amplify it 15 times, producing an uninterrupted stream of [...] Read more...
Don’t freak out, privacy doesn’t really exist anyways. When Google began its operations to archive and organize the web, it used the assumption that if you put something online, then you want it indexed. Opting out is your burden. This policy extends across most of its services; if there’s an image online, Google wants to [...] Read more...
We'd like to invite you to our new online endeavor: Noodlecast. From time to time we'll upload a relatively brief conversation with you, discussing interesting ideas, products, services, technologies, memes, recipes and tactics to overthrow your government. Just kidding. But not really. We are just getting started here and we're learning a lot. Your feedback and participation is wanted and welcome. Happy Noodlelistening. Read more...
The ultimate innovation challenge comes to America’s doorstep. It’s knocking, banging, kicking and screaming. Someone give that kid a lollipop and get to work. But there’s so much to do! Hmmmm… the economic crisis has destroyed banks, jobs, academic endowments, homes and more; there’s massive (and growing) federal debt; the education system is painfully failing [...] Read more...
I can’t sleep. At moments like this, I find myself reminiscing about how we used to live; sleep, wake, sleep, wake. I’ve always been nostalgic, but I guess I’m still having a hard time adjusting even though I have implanted and installed a solid understanding of the change. Despite the inefficiencies that we resolved, a [...] Read more...
As any good statistician will tell you: more data is not better data. But more data when intelligently analyzed, probed, manipulated and mastered can be extraordinary data. What really interests me is not the fact that we have more of anything (or everything), but the idea that we can potentially do more with what we have. Read more...
About a week ago, news broke of an exciting and innovative project from the Australian arm of the Mountain View Monster: run for your lives everyone, it’s Google Wave. Read more...