If I Were Tsar of Mensa

While sipping morning coffee and nagging kids to get ready for school, I was surfing a bit— using Flipboard on my iPad.  And I ran across a link to this article "The Daily vs. Flipboard".


Fascinating, and what really caught my eye and fired my imagination was:

... the future of the newspaper is about increased personalization, interactivity, social features, more choice of niche content. It's no longer about serving up a selection of middle-of-the-road fare every day and hoping that satisfies a large chunk of the newspaper-reading population (which is of course in decline, too).

This got me thinking about the Bulletin. I hear from members who want less Mensa politics and more fun reading. I know of members who want fewer book reviews and more details about how much AMC members' dinners cost. There are members who want puzzles and art, members who want content for children, and members who want high-level debates. There are members who want descriptions of gatherings and members who want biographies of other members.

If I were Tsar of Mensa, I'd find a way to let each member identify and bundle the content he wants. Imagine the Bulletin as a Flipboardesque publication! Or, even better, if we could somehow expand the concept to the Mensa experience in general!