The Internet has done as much as the jet engine to shrink the distance between where we are and where we want to go.  Even the propeller-type connectivity of dial-up was a giant leap forward.

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It has long been true that change happens most, maybe only, under duress.  High cholesterol eliminates hamburgers, a speeding ticket leads to slower, safer driving and a plummeting share price becomes a problem to be solved by a new CEO.  In this way, the lack of change is to be lauded.

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A conversation with a long-time professional colleague and sometimes client, confirmed the essential link between who we are and how effectively we communicate.  This holds not just for people, but for companies, too.

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers or ICANN (“eye-can”) has a hard-to-remember name and a easy-to-overlook mission.  It is to “coordinate, at the overall level, the global Internet’s systems of unique identifiers; and ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet’s unique identifier systems.”  This has just been restated in the organization’s draft strategic plan.

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Just a week ago, the National League won its first Major League Baseball All-Star game since 1996.  But much like a tree falling in the forest without anyone around to hear, the contest didn’t make much of a sound.  The national television ratings were the lowest ever for the mid-Summer classic.

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The recent snowstorms in Washington, D.C. led to more than closed schools, postponed events and shovel-sore muscles. The unusually cool atmospherics became a hot metaphor in the argument against climate change. After all, how could the climate be warming and there be all this snow?

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MediaPost “Online Spin” columnist and President of Social Vibe Joe Marchese had this to say about the bright year ahead for mobile marketing:

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When I saw this bit — “One of the most important lessons I’ve experienced over the years, though, is to build something worth noticing: A product that is the first to simplify a big problem or entertain a user’s important passion.” – in a VentureBeat post by Venrock entrepreneur-in-residence Sean O’Malley, I thought: that is a pretty good high concept for innovation.

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The current “noise” about whether President Obama was really born in the United States may seem a view from the lunatic fringe, but we have long been captive to various urban myths, like the Satanic symbolism in a corporate logo or spider eggs in bubble gum.  It makes one wonder, how come?

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