August 18, 2007
by donkasprzak
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A long and exciting summer with Maxwell has taken me away from my daily reading. But I have just finished Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference and learned its just as great as … Continue reading
August 18, 2007
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The emerging and cool method to order pizza is via SMS by Domino’s. After a successful test run early this summer. Sound interesting? Big pizza lover? You will need to register and establish a preferred menu…but just text message “gametime” … Continue reading
August 9, 2007
by donkasprzak
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Apple has released a new iMac generation that has a couple of more powerful features that you may have overlooked by it’s visual design: HD video and internal hard drive capacity of 1 terabyte in size. And built-in support for … Continue reading
August 1, 2007
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MIT has posted a free online course on the engineering and design aspects for 2.993 Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering: The Art and Science of Boat Design, taught in January (IAP) 2007. This class seems like a great opportunity for … Continue reading
July 17, 2007
by donkasprzak
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Intel received a lot of negative PR (rightfully so) when 60 minutes aired an interview with Nicholas Negroponte from MIT. He has worked to produce an affordable laptop for children living in third world countries. This project is called One … Continue reading
July 14, 2007
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Daniel Pink’s second book A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future is a great, easy read for everyone. In today’s very competitive business market, college or non-profit Dan’s new views on tapping creative minds will ensure success … Continue reading
July 12, 2007
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This book by IDEO‘s found Tom Kelley is a good, interesting and fairly quick read. In his book The Ten Faces of Innovation Kelley has outlined the opportunity to identify, empower and reward the ten types of employees you may … Continue reading
July 3, 2007
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Pretty amazed that my wife picked up an iPhone…for me!
July 1, 2007
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Writers are Heroes. David Halberstam wrote his groundbreaking The Best and the Brightest in 1972 but won a Pulitzer Prize in 1964 for reporting on Vietnam. Did Halberstam reveal the deep mistakes (in Vietnam) that are visible today in Iraq? … Continue reading
June 21, 2007
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Father’s Day was quite a day. In utilizing all the technologies available, Maggie and I were able to introduce Max to his cousins in Michigan and extended family in Ohio all via internet video. We have been so busy with … Continue reading