This is going to be all about the business side of operating systems so if you find OS’s boring and passé at this point, don’t read this post… So Google announced this week that they are going to produce an operating system for netbooks. It is named Chrome operating system [...]
There are moments in life when I am very conscious that I am an animal at heart. When I get hungry, there comes a point where I cannot focus on anything other than hunting prey – or at least a doughnut. When someone tackles me on the soccer field, I [...]
Sure, multi-tasking has always been with us. From the earliest days of man in the cave, I am sure there was a woman that was cleaning off a hide, boiling some food, and having a conversation with two different cave mates. At least that is the picture in my head [...]
The announcement of the Google Wave platform and all the early descriptions of the role it could play in building Web based applications has me thinking about the power of platforms in general. I think an important concept for us all to think about is the trend we are seeing [...]
I cannot stop myself from writing this specific message for you to because I am becoming frustrated that organizations are moving so slowly on this subject. I have been asked to speak to quite a few audiences lately about social media and how it can be used by organizations to [...]
I am not sure if you would have seen the press releases on a new service Google is going to offer later this year, so I though it might be helpful to at least mention it. Google Wave is a new platform that Google will provide as an open source [...]
Stage six of the technology integration of man will be a combination of a concept called Augmented Reality, and the Brain Computer Interface. In these steps, we will bring the power of software and the Internet to a new level of integration into how we see the world, and how [...]
So now we get into the more interesting part of how we will become more, and more, integrated with technology. As we sit here today, we are somewhere between stage four and five on the Klososky vision of things, and as you say in the last installment, stage four was [...]
OK, it is time to move on with the Technology Integration of Man series… I last covered that the first two stages were mechanical machines, and then Mainframes. So let’s cover the next two stages which will bring us up to the current times. From there, I will spend a [...]
While we normally try to offer a position or provide you with a technology path, I wanted to bring some technology news to your attention with a quick post. I feel that these items are important in and of themselves, so I wanted to give you this quick rundown. Security [...]