Don Kasprzak

Conversations regarding Globalization, Internet2 and Education

August 19, 2009
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My latest read – The Age of Turbulance

I finished Alan Greenspan‘s book The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World and learned it was more than I expected from the former Chairman of The Federal Reserve.  And with the recession still in high gear it was … Continue reading

August 5, 2009
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Authors at Google: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson visits Google to present his book “Free” This event took place on July 9, 2009, as part of the Authors@Google series. My book review of Free. From the Google Author Series: He makes the compelling case that in … Continue reading

July 21, 2009
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China’s internet growth tops US

To no surprise globalization is bringing the world closer together and thereby making commerce “smaller” and faster as global financial markets increase the efficiency of established information systems.  Recent growth of internet penetration has changed dramatically.  Today China has more … Continue reading

July 18, 2009
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My latest read – Free: The future of a radical price

I just finished Free: The Future of a Radical Price by Chris Anderson.  Enjoyed his book The Long Tail (review here) and learning about this radical idea in his 2008 Wired article, but I was skeptical.  This book invites you … Continue reading

July 7, 2009
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My latest read – The Future of the Internet

Jonathan Zittrain, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, and faculty co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University wrote The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It. This book is very interesting for all … Continue reading

June 10, 2009
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Adobe’s PowerPoint killer ?

Billed as a collaborative slideware application Adobe Labs just launched Presentations. With Adobe’s strong reputation with visual tools I was expecting a lot more. Desktop competitors PowerPoint and Keynote along with SlideRocket by comparison are much more robust presentation tools. Continue reading

June 3, 2009
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Chinese cyberattacks on US Government

This does not leave me sleeping well at night.  It should bother you: “When the US Department of Defense is the target of no fewer than 128 information infrastructure attacks per minute from China, and we discover that while DoD … Continue reading

June 1, 2009
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My latest read: Who Controls the Internet?

Think the internet is still the wild west?  Think again.  In a new update of Who Controls the Internet?: Illusions of a Borderless World law professors Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu share how the long arm of foreign governments still … Continue reading

May 16, 2009
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Wolfram|Alpha

Wolfram|Alpha is launching tonight.  It looks to be another step forward in Search.  Billed by Wolfram as the “computational knowledge engine” the reviews so far are good.  You can watch a powerful screencast showing the power of Alpha here. The … Continue reading