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"An author's literary productions should be his own, and in form and style should constitute a style of their own."
--Zu Rong, Northern Wei Dynasty
Neal Leavitt, principal of Leavitt Communications, also serves as a contributing editor to a number of technology and interactive marketing publications. Here's a small sampling of stories he's written over the past few years:
Artificial Intelligence Transforming the Culinary Industry (PDF)
Today’s Mobile Security Requires a New Approach (PDF)
Storage Challenge: Where Will All That Big Data Go? (PDF)
Hybrid Clouds Move to the Forefront (PDF)
A Technology that Comes Highly Recommended (PDF)
Bringing Big Analytics to the Masses (PDF)
Big Iron Moves Toward Exascale Computing (PDF)
Are Mobile Payments Ready to Cash in Yet? (PDF)
Will Power Problems Curtail Processor Progress? (PDF)
Internet Security Under Attack: The Undermining of Digital Certificates (PDF)
IPv6: Any Closer to Adoption? (PDF)
Mobile Security: Finally a Serious Problem? (PDF)
Payment Applications Make E-Commerce Mobile (PDF)
Network-Usage Changes Push Internet Traffic to the Edge (PDF)
Researchers Fight to Keep Implanted Medical Devices Safe from Hackers (PDF)
Will NoSQL Databases Live Up to Their Promise? (PDF)
Anonymization Technology Takes a High Profile (PDF)
Complex-Event Processing Poised for Growth (PDF)
Is Cloud Computing Really Ready for Prime Time? (PDF)
High-Stakes Battle Rages in Graphics-Chip Marketplace (PDF)
Application Awareness Makes Storage more Useful (PDF)
Will IEEE 802.1X Finally Take Off in 2008? (PDF)
The Changing World of Outsourcing (PDF)
For Wireless USB, the Future Starts Now (PDF)
Vendors Fight Spam's Sudden Rise (PDF)
Will Recommendation Technology Boost E-Commerce? (PDF)
Will Proposed Standard Make Mobile Phones More Secure? (PDF)
Instant Messaging: A New Target for Hackers (PDF)
Mobile Phones: The Next Frontier for Hackers? (PDF)
Are Web Services Finally Ready to Deliver? (PDF)
Scob Attack: A Sign of Bad Things to Come? (PDF)
Will Interoperability Problems Give IP Telephony a Busy Signal? (PDF)
Two Technologies Vie for Recognition in Speech Market (PDF)
Will Wireless Gaming Be a Winner? (PDF)
Let's Hear It for Audio Mining (PDF)
Data Mining for the Corporate Masses? (PDF)
3D Technology: Ready for the PC? (PDF)
Linux: At a Turning Point? (PDF)
Malicious Code Moves to Mobile Devices (PDF)
Whatever Happened to Object-Oriented Databases? (PDF)
Will WAP Deliver the Wireless Internet? (PDF)
Domain Name Solution Causes New Problems (PDF)
Online 3D: Still Waiting After All These Years (PDF)
Will 1999 Be the Year of IP Telephony? (PDF)
USB: 3.0 Taking Hold and Gearing for the Future (PDF)
What Artificial Intelligence Portends for Marketers
How AR is Changing the Way Consumers Shop
E-commerce Pushing Boundaries with Marketers and Customers
Supermarkets Change Up Their Online and In-store Biz Models to Lure Customers
How Sensory Marketing Entices the Senses
How Marketers are Reaching Out to Night Owls
How the Internet of Food is Driving Food Marketing
E-Commerce Environment Still Facing Supply Chain Challenges
Internet of Things Upending Real Estate Industry
Not Your Neighborhood Community Bank Anymore
Marketing Baseball Cards: Bubble, Boom or Bust?
Blockchain Technology Poised to Shake Up Main Street and Wall Street
Emerging Technologies Showcased at SIGGRAPH 2015 Could Be Tomorrow's Products
Can Technology Help Solve California's Drought?
Discreet Affairs Sites Generating Gobs of Revenue - and Controversy
Marijuana Industry Growing Like A…Well…Weed
You Can't Hide from Your Apps - They Know Where You Are
Women in Tech Industry Still Facing Career Challenges
eSports Racking Up Billions of Viewer Hours - and Dollars
Technology Transforming the Fashion Industry
2015 Just Around the Corner: So What's the Skinny on Digital Marketing Trends?
Car and Truck Makers Need to Emphasize Their Vehicles Are Digitally Safe
Up Up and Away: Commercial Drone Market Ready for Take Off
Selling Your Personal Data: Is It Worth It?
Social Media Helping Level the Playing Field for Craft Breweries
Google Data Protection Opinion May Ruffle Feathers of Businesses Worldwide
CEOs and Twitter: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
GDC 2014: Reflections and Ruminations
Web/Text Messaging Jargon Rules the Biz World
Your Next Chauffeur May Be Your Car
Infographics Accelerating Online Marketing Efforts
Making Money in the 4K/UHD Ecosystem
2014 Social Media/Online Marketing Trends: What's Coming Down the Pike
San Diego Tech Startups Making Their Mark - With a Little Networking Help
Emerging Technologies at SIGGRAPH 2013 Could Yield New Markets Tomorrow
Sunny Outlook for Solar Industry
Ad Retargeting Enjoying Resurgence
3D Printing Poised to Be Next Business/Marketing Paradigm Shift
Getting the Skinny on Mobile Device Design Issues and Opportunities
Geeks Shall Inherit the (Virtual) Earth - GDC 2013 Bits/Bytes
Social Media and the Amber Nectar
Cool Trends and Stuff at CES 2013
Wars, the Military and Social Media: A Sticky Wicket
Energy Industry Taking a Shine to Social Media
REALTORS® Tapping in to Social Media to Connect with Buyers/Sellers
Human-Plant Interaction - and More - at SIGGRAPH 2012
Surf Industry Riding the Digital Wave
Cool Stuff from SID Display Week 2012
How the A/E/C Community Uses Social Media These Days
Marketing Religion Online: Attracting the Digital Flock
Mmmmm - Marketing Dark Chocolate
Rosy '12 Outlook for Game Industry
The Future of Driving - It's Already Here
Colleges Raising the Bar in Using Social Media
Mobile Marketing 2012: Sky's the Limit
Police and Fire Departments Embracing Social Media to Better Serve the Community
E-Government Bringing City Hall to Your Digital Device
Facebook: Boon or Bane for Cities and Counties?
Cities Using Social to Generate Buzz -- and Revenue
Social Media Risks for Companies: Caveats to Consider
Connected Devices: Can We Handle Their Proliferation?
National Study Further Demos Your High School Classmates Just Won't Fade Away
Touch Technologies Will Rock Our World
Connectivity Between Consumer/Mobile Devices Growing
Forecast for PC Gaming Industry Looks Rosy
The Arab World and Revolution 2.0
Should the Government Be Protecting Online Privacy?
Internet Traffic Patterns: They Are a Changing
Phone Books Becoming Irrelevant
There Is a Way Out from World of Warcraft
A New Paradigm for U.S. Media: More Government Subsidies?
6 Steps to Controlling Brand Buzz on Review Sites
How Cloud Computing Can Pay Heavenly Rewards
Six Experts' Predictions For 2009
Is Online Advertising Losing Its Luster?
Follow the Clues to a Marketing Payoff
Best & Worst of 2007: Experts Weigh In
Verizon's Makeover for Homes and Marketing
Visa and Ford Digitize the Great Outdoors
In-House Creative Threatens Agencies
Cutting-Edge Agency Exposes Creative Secrets
Heinz Gives Users a Taste of Fame
CP+B Pushes the Creative Envelope
Coke's Industry-Shaking Mobile Move
What's Hot in Automotive Sites Today
"Happy Honda Days" Spans Multimedia
Five Steps Toward Better Search Rankings
Morbidly Curious Flock to Eons.com
"World Trade Center" Ad Honors Heroes
Survey: Local Online Ad Spending Is Up
When a Promo Isn't Just a Promo
Audi's Art of the Heist Captured Leads
Online Personal Sites Seek Relationships
No Degrees of Separation -- from Tide
Connecting Artists and Fans Online
Reaching Weekend Warriors Online
Online Travel Part 3: Is Bigger Better?
Online Travel Part 2: Is Bigger Better?
Online Travel: Is Bigger Better?
Microsoft's New Licensing Model: The End of Shrinkwrap as We Know It?
Microsoft.NET Expected to Deliver the Goods... In Time
Will Gen "Y" Surfers Ever Catch the Digital Wave? (PDF)
Campaign Watch
Rich E-mail Technology Fattens E-tailing Purse (PDF)
Ad Watch
Leap Wireless: 'Comfortable Wireless' Campaign Has Cricket Chirping
Kintera: 'Kintera Campaign Brings in Bucks to Help Find Arthritis Cure'
Littlefeet: 'Leaving Footprints Out There'
Zucotto Wireless: 'Sweet Tooth Meets Bluetooth'