April 28, 2012
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I simply burst out laughing reading the Detroit News‘ article regarding Madonna’s sharply falling record sales. Her latest release MDNA debuted at #1 last week after selling 359,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. Yet as the article indicated: Madonna set … Continue reading
November 3, 2010
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Arthron was concept for experiences in the domain of Art and Technology. Arthron facilities include its simple user interface and the manipulation of different media sources. Users can remotely add, remove and configure the presentation format as well as schedule … Continue reading
September 29, 2010
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How do organizations compete today? Corporate Agility: A Revolutionary New Model for Competing in a Flat World provides a good reference on how major US companies have adopted a new business model for competing in a flat world. After reading … Continue reading
August 13, 2010
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Sometimes a 2.0 release is viewed as a fix for shortcomings in the initial release of just about any product….except this update from Tom Friedman: Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0: Why We Need a Green Revolution–and How It Can Renew … Continue reading
July 9, 2010
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Google may launch more than one “fiber city” in America. This cyberinfrastructure project could will be a tipping point for a few lucky cities. var so = new SWFObject(‘http://www.telecomtv.com/embed/player.swf’,'mpl’,’600′,’325′,’5′); so.addParam(‘allowscriptaccess’,'always’); so.addParam(‘allowfullscreen’,'true’); so.addParam(‘wmode’,'transparent’); so.addParam(‘flashvars’,'file=Week_5_Google&volume=100&autostart=false&streamer=rtmpt://telecomtv.fcod.llnwd.net/a1411/o16&type=video&image=http://video.telecomtv.com/web2/ugc/thumb/Week_5_Google_large.jpg’); so.write(‘embedplayer’); Tags: experimental network, Google, Network, internet … Continue reading
December 28, 2009
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With much lower fan fare OLPC has released it’s latest attempt to bring a educational computer to the world’s children. The OLPC project has had a series of hits and misses. The initial release known as the XO-1 was received … Continue reading
August 19, 2009
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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 14, 2009
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August 13, 2009
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Must admit the timing at first seemed strange. I was reading Al Gore’s book The Assault on Reason when Michael Jackson died. Gore has written a book about what has gone wrong in our country. Yet I was able to … Continue reading
July 29, 2009
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The impact of globalization in Canada. Implications everywhere: