Category Archives: The Futures Agency

A Digital Insider Scoffs at Townshend

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Kelli Richards

As an industry insider – on way more than one level – it’s hard to take Pete Townshend’s comments as anything more than another great artist railing at the system. Look, in the end, we all have to admit that the system is broken. That’s one thing that Townshend got right in that interview. After that? Well, it’s all up for debate. But the fact that the debate was called to the floor again, that’s a good thing. Continue reading →

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The Future of Content, by Futurist, Gerd Leonhard

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Kelli Richards

Gerd Leonhard’s intent to publish this eBook via Amazon Kindle, exclusively, at this very low price, is to make these ideas and concepts as widely available as possible while still trying to be an example of what digital, paperless distribution can look like, going forward. Definitely a GREAT investment at $2.99. Continue reading →

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Social Media Wars – How Wide Do We Open the Kimono? Google+, Facebook, Etc.

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Kelli Richards

It is very easy to see why they don’t want to do battle with megalith Google over anything more than ad sales. One has to wonder, however, where the users come into play. Although diligently trying to evolve every single day, there’s absolutely NO guarantee that Facebook will not become the MySpace of tomorrow. (Meaning that they become a great neighborhood that nobody lives in or even visits any more – sort of the Three-Mile Island of Social Networks.) Simply building walls and creating friction will not protect them. Continue reading →

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Join Me for a “Fireside Chat” with the Leading Minds in Tech and Digital Music / Media

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Kelli Richards

Please join me each Monday evening at 5pm Pacific Time, as I host an intimate “fireside chat” with some of the leading minds in technology and digital music and media. You can find my entire library of recordings on my website as well as some personal interviews where I share about my own experiences over a twenty plus career in music and tech. Continue reading →

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The Futures Agency

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Kelli Richards

I was recently invited to be part of The Futures Agency by my good friend and colleague, Gerd Leonhard. For those of you who do not know, The Futures Agency is the name of Gerd’s company, but he’s also created an online industry think-tank of friends and colleagues. I’m super excited to be part of this think-tank and elite group of leaders in the digital industry. Continue reading →

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