Writing
Selected essays.
Essays, guest columns, and observations on design, entrepreneurship, and the visual culture of place.
The Future Is Here: AI Will Define the Next 100 Years
American Alliance of Museums·2025
On AI as the most powerful tool museums — and humanity — can access, and how the cultural sector should engage rather than retreat.
Generative AI: Imagining a Future of AI-Dominated Creativity
VentureBeat·2023
On DALL-E, GANs, and how generative AI is reshaping creative authorship, credit, and value.
How Bold Moves By Museums Could Shape the Future of Culture and Digital Art
Rolling Stone·2022
On MoMA’s pivot toward digital, and why museums investing in digital art matters beyond the NFT craze.
Cultural Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID World
Rolling Stone·2021
On the creative economy, the UN’s Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development, and putting culture to work in recovery.
The Rise and Fall of Flash — and What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From It
Rolling Stone·2021
A personal reflection on riding the Flash wave — from teenage freelancer to building sites for major music labels — and the lessons in tech transitions.
The Surging Demand for Digital Collectibles Could Offer a Lifeline for Cash-Strapped Museums—Here’s How
Artnet News·2021
On how NFTs and blockchain-based digital collectibles could offer museums new sustainable revenue streams.
Museopreneur: How Museums are Leaping into New Business Models with Entrepreneurial Spirit
American Alliance of Museums·2019
On museums adopting entrepreneurial mindsets — from incubators to accepting new currencies — to build resilience.
AR is Going to Kill the Map’s Blue Dot
VentureBeat·2019
On why augmented reality — not Bluetooth beacons or Wi-Fi fingerprinting — will finally deliver indoor wayfinding.
Museums are the Best Place to Find Innovation in AR
VentureBeat·2018
On museums as experience factories — and how ARKit, image recognition, and machine vision are transforming them into UX sandboxes.
Attack of the 100-Year Old Startup
American Alliance of Museums·2018
On what museums and startups can learn from one another — from Basecamp’s “museum model” to “failing forward.”
Museums, Startups and Accelerators… Oh, My!
TechCrunch·2017
On the emergence of museum-led incubators and accelerators, and whether museums should invest in startups.
Skin In The Game In the Fight for Arts Funding
Americans for the Arts·2017
Launching Ink For The Arts — a campaign uniting supporters in defense of federal arts funding.
Seeking Grit and Ghost Signs
August Table·2016
On hand-painted signs, fading typography, and the visual culture of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
High Tech for a Historic City — A 21-Year-Old Web Entrepreneur’s View of the Big Computing Center Planned for His Home Town
Xconomy·2009
On the MIT, UMass, BU, Cisco, and EMC high-performance computing collaboration coming to Holyoke.
Mentors Matter
Student Entrepreneurs: Mentors Matter·2007
A contributed chapter on entrepreneurship, mentorship, and building Ten Minute Media.