My new book, Fans, Friends & Followers, came out last spring, and has been garnering some nice reviews on Amazon. It deals with one of the central challenges that creative folks face in these digital times: how do you cultivate an audience and a business model that will support your work? I interviewed several dozen filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, writers, and comedians who've been pioneers in this area, including documentary filmmakers Robert Greenwald and Sandi DuBowski, the animators behind "Red vs. Blue" and "Homestar Runner," comedian Eugene Mirman, and singer-songwriters Jonathan Coulton and Jill Sobule. The book collects some of their most successful strategies for building a fan base and a creative career online, and I've been giving book talks in L.A., San Francisco, and the UK.

My column Innovation Economy appears every Sunday in the Boston Globe. It covers technology, life sciences, entrepreneurship and venture capital. My own tagline for the column is "What's New in New England." There's also a companion blog, updated every weekday, and occasional video features.

That's me with Alyssa Stern and Shayne Gilbert, the two people with whom I work on Future Forward and several other events.

We're just beginning to organize the 10th annual edition of Future Forward, which will be held at Wellesley College on November 4th. After that comes the Convergence Salon SF, the second West Coast edition of that life sciences gathering.

If you're trying to contact me, that information is here. (E-mail is always best, unless it's exceedingly time-sensitive.)