Over the last two years, the world has been reinvented yet again. The proliferation of devices and the advances in the interfaces that run on them have raced forward like an avalanche. Nielsen is predicting that 50 percent of the U.S. market will have smartphones by the end of 2011. Apple introduced the iPad and has since sold more than 15 million of them.

You might not realize it, but Tai Chi is a martial art. 

While the movements are practiced slowly so we can internalize proper body mechanics, those movements are the foundation of how Tai Chi can be used in a martial interaction.

Think Ralph Macchio waxing on, waxing off.

One of the joys of having office space near SF Civic Center, is having people wander into our offices on a weekly basis and ask us what Traction is all about. 

So we gathered the team and made a video to answer this persistent question—in our own special way of course...

Two newspaper publications have recently evolved their mobile strategies. One is an example of what not to do. The other represents an evolution in the thinking around mobile and a case study model for a thoughtful and effective mobile strategy for a content publication. 

Let's take a look at the San Francisco Chronicle and the Financial Times.

There's a lot of debate in the halls at Traction  (and every other interactive advertising agency I'd presume) about the hot trend of the moment: responsive design.

Weigh in on the debate. Would love to hear what you think...

Google announced a few weeks back that they were launching a new feature to their Google News product—human beings. Last week, they upped the ante by buying Zagat. 

Have human beings become the next algorithm?

For the past five years, I have practiced tai chi with the disciple of a great master in Beijing. My teacher is very wise.

Of the many lessons I have learned, there are several that I apply to my life in business. So much so, that I've considered writing a book about them. For now, however, I'll begin with a series of blog posts I'm calling Tai Chi for Business.

Every good agency, design house, marketing company or interactive shop does some kind of strategic thinking. Whether they are transparent about it or not, this thinking is integral to creating work that is successful.

Yet so many clients consider outside strategic thinking as "fluff" work that is costly and irrelevant. Oh how wrong they are.

A while back, I started a comic strip to entertain myself.  Most of the work is  indulgent, riddled with inside jokes, off-color humor and vulgar language.  In other words: it is brilliant—or at least I think so.

So I thought I would share my "brilliance" with all of you.