In the second Installment of my Interview with Soledad Obrien for Black In America we talk about why I feel no one is will to address the disparity in the number of minorities in the technology space.

Toward the end of last year, the Pew Internet and American Life Project released a study saying that African Americans and Hispanics were among the highest users of wireless Internet. During his State of the Union address, President Obama shared his vision of connecting 95% of Americans with high-speed 4G wireless broadband.  And over the past few months, broadcasters and Internet Service Providers have been in discussions with the Federal Communications Commission about the impending [...]

As unemployment rates continue to remain high among African Americans. As this article on NewsOne shows the results are staggering. The issue is that these are more than statistics, they represent people with lives and families and people like you and me. The other problem is that mainstream society will not come up with solutions to solve this problem in the short term so we need to start coming up with them ourselves.  I believe [...]

Everyone everywhere has witnessed the public meltdown of Charlie Sheen, whether we want to or not. And whether your entertained by or disgusted by it, there is no question that you feel like you’re a part of it. While we have all read a Star or OK magazine from time while checking out at the store (You may not admit but you know you have) it was mostly a disconnected experience for us. We may [...]

We have a tradition in our house. Every year my wife and I go out early on Black Friday just to say we were in the mix. We rarely buy anything but we always have stories to tell about what we see and what people are willing to do to get the best deal. This year the stores appeared to up the ante by opening as early as 10pm on Thanksgiving night and some stores [...]

I recently was asked to answer some questions as part of the 30 sec MBA series on FastCompany.com. I was humbled to be asked to be in the company of some great thought leaders. Take a look and let me know what you think. http://www.fastcompany.com/mba/node/343?video=1 http://www.fastcompany.com/mba/node/293?video=0

One of the great things about our nation is that the U.S. government does not “own” the news media.   Unlike some other nations, armed agents don’t burst through the doors of our TV stations and newspapers when they disagree with a story.  Journalists don’t disappear.   Instead, awards are given to those who challenge the status quo; and we often encourage people to express themselves across a variety of platforms.   For this reason, ideas and insight have flourished. [...]

I came across an article today that was written by Harold Ford Jr. http://www.broadbandforamerica.com/blog/harold-ford-jr-time-reality-check in response to an earlier article he published on the Huffington post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harold-ford/fcc-re-designation-of-bro_b_588879.html) about his thoughts on the FCC’s attempts at reclassifying broadband service as a means of regulating it. Of course, when I went to the original article the list of comments were a mile long, and people from Free Press were calling the former Congressman a puppet and fueling [...]