Being a creative person, I am always on the look out for a way of mixing words that might be a new way to describe something that is not well described today. As I speak to audiences about business intelligence and how it will move us to artificial intelligence engines [...]
One of the cool things about being a speaker is hearing all the interesting stories of how technology is impacting people. Here are a few I have heard in the last couple of weeks… On gentleman in his 60’s came up today and said he really did not know much [...]
One of the most difficult aspects of technology as a tool is deciding how much to invest, when to invest, and then being at peace that you will get a return on the investment. This applies to us individually, and to all organizations. I have been wrestling with both the [...]
Before you read any future, if you do not understand the concept of Augmented Reality (AR), please watch this video by BMW because it will give you a quick picture in your head: YouTube link. The concept of AR is that with either glasses, a visor, a camera device, or [...]
Just about every organization in the world is involved in some type “selling.” The product could be a widget, a service, donations, or content, and in every case, it has to be “sold” to someone. I happened to start my career in 1980 and in the first few years I [...]
With all the buzz about SocMed in the world, I thought I would take a shot at identifying the various players in this exploding drama. It is easier to comprehend a complicated subject like this if we simply look at the participants and what they love, and what they hate [...]
We are now reaching an interesting point in the growth of the Web. For the first time, you can run a search on a company or product and you will likely find more information about what other people say about them than what they say about themselves. Time was, we [...]
I spent some time looking at the technology from qwaq.com. They have built an application that is designed to support virtual teams by creating a “place” online for co-workers to meet. Think Second Life, but restricted and augmented for the purpose of facilitating online meetings and discussions. There are times [...]
I have been thinking for a week on how to express this second part of how technology is driving the need for changes in our educational system. In order to make this clear, I am just going to contrast what I think needs to leave the schools, and what needs [...]
In February next year, I will be speaking at a conference in Mumbai about how schools can use computers in class to teach innovation, and creativity. The nice thing about knowing this far in advance that I will be doing something like this is that I get a long time [...]