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Rob Salkowitz

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April 28, 1967 in Philadelphia, The United States

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http://www.robsalkowitz.com

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Nonfiction, Professional & Technical, Comics & Graphic Novels

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Daniel H. Pink, Don Tapscott, Douglas Rushkoff

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January 2008

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ROB SALKOWITZ is a business analyst and futurist specializing in the disruptive effects of digital technology and the digital generation on work, business and culture. His latest book, Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture (McGraw-Hill, 2012), looks at the future of entertainment through the lens of the San Diego Comic-Con. His earlier books explore global entrepreneurship, the changing demographics of the workplace, and methods of exploring the future in business. His work has appeared at FastCompany.com, FastCoCreate, The New York Times, Internet Evolution, Businessweek and other publications. He is a partner in the Seattle-based firm MediaPlant, LLC and teaches in the MCDM Program at the University of Washington.

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Average rating: 3.65 · 20 ratings · 9 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Generation Blend: Managing Across the Technology Age Gap 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Young World Rising: How Youth, Technology and Entrepreneurship Are Changing the World from the Bottom Up 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Listening to the Future: Why It's Everybody's Business by Daniel W. Rasmus, Rob Salkowitz (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Listening to the Future: Why It's Everybody's Business by Daniel W. Rasmus, Patricia, Rob Salkowitz (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	My rating:
	Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture: What the World's Wildest Trade Show Can Tell Us about the Future of Entertainment by Salkowitz, Rob Salkowitz (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2012	My rating:

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Rob Salkowitz gave to: Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire by Alex von Tunzelmann read in December, 2008	My rating:
Biting, gossipy (but apparently well-researched) history of the relationship between the Mountbattens and Nehru during the British withdrawal from India and afterwards.
Jan 01, 2009 10:45am · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: Anathem by Neal Stephenson read in September, 2008	My rating:
For once, Stephenson actually CONCLUDES one of his cinderblock-sized novels rather than just ENDS it.
Dec 16, 2008 03:51pm · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: The Big Change: America Transforms Itself 1900-1950 by Frederick L. Allen	My rating:
Great cultural-popular history that looks at changes in America, 1900-1950, from the vantage point of 1951! Amazing how Allen gets historical perspective on events of the (to him) very recent past.
Dec 16, 2008 10:22am · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: Too Cool to Be Forgotten by Alex Robinson (Goodreads Author) read in July, 2008	My rating:
40 year-old undergoes hypnosis to try to quit smoking and ends up re-living his high school days in the mid-1980s. Pitch-perfect detail, powerful story, pleasing artwork. Best graphic novel of 2008.
Dec 16, 2008 10:15am · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: Hollywood by Gore Vidal read in November, 2008	My rating:
Historical novel focusing on the Wilson and Harding administrations, including the political scandals and the cultural evolution from wartime puritanism and progressivism to the Roaring 20s.
Dec 16, 2008 10:13am · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: The Old, Weird America: The World of Bob Dylan's Basement Tapes by Greil Marcus read in November, 2008	My rating:
Typically wide-ranging riff from Marcus on the hidden currents of Appalachian folk music and how they found their way into the 1960s culture via Dylan.
Dec 16, 2008 10:11am · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: True Enough: Learning to Live in a Post-Fact Society by Farhad Manjoo read in December, 2008	My rating:
Meditation on the problems of finding truth and evaluating expertise in the Internet age, when so many people have a vested interest in spreading propaganda, disinformation and nonsense.
Dec 16, 2008 10:09am · see review
Rob Salkowitz gave to: The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India - the Emerging 21st-Century Power by Shashi Tharoor read in December, 2008	My rating:
Ground-level look at contemporary Indian politics and culture. Very well-written and thoughtful.
Dec 16, 2008 10:07am · see review