Scott Bolgiano

The Silver Linings (Magazine) Playbook

Co-written by: Scott Bolgiano and Melissa Miller There has never been a better time to be in the magazine media business. Such was the hype at the Swipe 2.0 Conference, “The Magazine Media Playbook for Digital Success” recently presented in New York by MPA, the Association of Magazine Media. But with newsstand sales in decline […]

The Physical Fitness of Content

Hey, sexy. Wanna get physical? No, no, I don’t want to make out with you (though that new haircut really is stunning). I’m just wondering if you’d rather have the game / program / book / magazine / newspaper / CD / DVD you’re about to buy in some sort of physical form, or if […]

I Stream, You Stream

Gary Shteyngart’s recent best-selling novel, “Super Sad True Love Story,” is set in an absurdly distopian but sadly plausible future where the information age has reached maximum insanity. Everyone obsesses over their “äppäräti,” geniusphone devices that constantly send and receive massive torrents of information. These smartphones-on-steroids allow for real-time broadcast of anything that crosses their […]

The Charge of the iBrigade

I need juice. Constantly. Well, not me. Rather, my devices. All of those magical toys that keep me informed, keep me Tweeting, keep me listening to podcasts and watching YouTube and catapulting Angry Birds. They’re thirsty, demanding little electronic vampires. They need constant attention.

Lessons In Social Capitalism

By now you may have heard about Kickstarter.com, the web site where entrepreneurs with compelling ideas but empty pockets can go to crowdsource the financing they need to make their crazy dreams a reality. The site calls itself “a new way to fund and follow creativity,” and it functions as a platform for “patrons,” or […]

“Apple Of My Eye,” an iPhone 4 Film

Shot on an iPhone 4 and edited with the iMovie app on the iPhone in 48 hours by Michael Koerbel. Phenomenal and inspiring. “Apple of My Eye” – an iPhone 4 film from Michael Koerbel on Vimeo.