I was with a CEO last week in downtown Oklahoma City; we were talking about the perceived technology vacuum here in the middle of the country, and about how wrong that perception is. In fact, there is a vibrant and bustling community of developers, designers, and analysts here. Did you [...]
Certain subjects seem to hit a nerve. The last article I wrote about Technology in Down Economy seemed to do just that from the response we received. Interestingly, much of it came from Europe. I am always amazed at the power of social media because within hours of sending out [...]
The nice thing about this new stream is that we can write about technology trends that are important - right now. Well, the dominating news seems to be the imploding economy. I am going to set aside my utter disdain for the fact that so many analysts and talking heads [...]
Twitter is teaming up with the Current television/Internet network to offer a feed of the tomorrow nights debate, with live tweets popping up on the bottom of the screen. Tuesday, October 7th, Senators Obama and McCain will hold another debate live on national television, and you can be a part [...]
Last week there were a ton of articles written on the G1 phone manufactured by HTC and sporting the Google Android mobile platform. Most people roundly agreed that the hardware was nothing special and that the most interesting thing about the G1 is the software. At the same time, there [...]
Why We Need A New Cabinet Position Over Technology I have been wanting to write this article for months so today is the day... As I follow the election campaigning and hear all the issues addressed, I am amazed that once again, we have candidates that seem to only deal [...]
Our computers are shrinking again, even as they become incredibly more powerful. Ultra portable laptops, sometimes called 'netbooks', are sitting on boardroom tables all across America, and smartphones are in the hands of teenagers, the college crowd. and (shudder) even our CEOs. As these devices move from the techno-elite early [...]
Continuing on my theme of what to look for in marketing, let’s take a look at proximity based marketing. The concept is that as you travel through the world, vendors, stores, and consumer products companies will recognize that you are at a specific place and send you various types of [...]
This morning there was a neat new toy in my web arsenal. First let me set the stage for you, you see, I use a lot of Google services; from Gmail, Google Calendar and the Google Documents suite, all the way to Picasa and even Goog411. From that last sentence [...]
Continuing on the advertising track, read this blurb from a Google Blog: We are enabling this functionality by implementing a DoubleClick ad-serving cookie across the Google content network. Using the DoubleClick cookie means that DoubleClick advertisers and publishers don’t have to make any changes on their websites as we continue [...]