Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

February 2, 2010
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My latest read – Ahead of the Curve

The title of Philip Delves Broughton‘s Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School was interesting enough to jump on my reading list but when I began to see his book mentioned in blogs and on twitter I … Continue reading

January 21, 2010
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My latest read – Our Choice

Al Gore’s latest book Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis should be considered by anyone interested in learning how the world can conserve resources with next generation technologies to reduce the globe’s carbon footprint. Its easy to … Continue reading

January 19, 2010
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Switch – Chapter 1 review

Chip and Dan Heath wrote Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die and it was quickly listed as one of the top 100 business books of 2007….I couldn’t agree more.   They launched a website dedicated to the … Continue reading

January 19, 2010
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Large Hadron Collider’s big network

15 petabytes of data a year will be generated by the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) a particle physics project running at CERN and that requires a very robust network.  Data generated by LHC is being distributed to over 7,000 scientists … Continue reading

January 7, 2010
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Microsoft’s Tablet ?

According to the UK Telegraph:  Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer failed to wow the crowds when he opened the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday night. I must admit there was not a lot of excitement from his … Continue reading

January 5, 2010
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My latest read – One Day in September

After watching Steven Spielberg‘s Munich I wanted to learn more about the tragic events of the ’72 German Olympic Games.  Simon Reeve’s book One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge … Continue reading

January 5, 2010
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Fortune: Apple’s next Newton

Fortune’s TechMate segment about Apple’s upcoming tablet (referred to as the next Newton) proves to me that Michael Copeland has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. The TechMate video automatically starts when the page loads — and their … Continue reading

January 4, 2010
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Sports Illustrated Tablet

Sports Illustrated is highlighting a forthcoming tablet from Time Inc. It looks interesting but what is Time’s market for this type of product with their brands?  How does a subscription their publications justify the hardware and annual subscription fees?  Who … Continue reading