Michael Tchong is a trend analyst and founder of Trendscape, a San Francisco-based media company. Trendscape publishes Trendsetters, an email newsletter reporting on emerging market trends and cool products, as well as Trendscape 2004, a compendium to key market, demographic, lifestyle and technology trends.
Throughout his career, Michael has been at the forefront of such emerging markets as home computing, desktop publishing, personal communication, the Internet, and online marketing.
Michael has launched five successive startups, including MacWeek, which was acquired by Ziff-Davis in 1988, CyberAtlas, acquired by I/PRO in 1996, and Iconocast, sold to Imagine Media, now part of the Future Network, in 1998.
You can contact Tchong directly via email.
Columns
- The New Family Ecosystem
- Forms of family structure -- and modes of leisure time -- are changing at an accelerating rate because of ongoing technological innovation. How do you spend your quality time?
- Inventing from the Inside Out
- Some intrapreneurial efforts at large companies go horribly wrong. And sometimes they develop the next big thing. Autonomy can make all the difference.
- The Culture of Innovation
- Sometimes, leading indicators don't need to live large. Does your organization have what it takes to identify the little idea that could hit the big time?
- In Search of... Innovation
- What contributes to creative success? Transportability, simplicity -- and the openness to innovation, no matter how small.
- The New Culture of Gaming
- Video games aren't just fun and... games. New developments in electronic entertainment can also foretell future developments in society, telecommunications, and marketing.
- Why Fast Is in Retail Fashion
- Just as the advent of the hamburger helped accelerate culinary and car culture, other aspects of retail -- from shorter product development cycles to "pop-up stores" -- are quickening.
- The Need for More Drag and Drop
- Pay heed to investors and marketers at your peril. New technologies need to be easier to use -- and more effective.
- Technology's Time Compression
- What should you do when the state of mind becomes a state of time?
- Designing the Future: Avant-Garde Notebooks
- Computers -- especially laptops and notebooks -- don't need to be dull, drab, and dreary. Designer Yves Béhar offers an alternative approach to laptop design.
