My introduction to Scott Jordan. I was an analyst at the Giga Information Group, it was 1990 something and I was collecting "toys" for a conference. I contacted a start-up called SCOTTeVEST and I talked to Scott, told him about my presentation and he sent me a jacket. I have been wearing a SCOTTeVEST of some sort since then. I had the opportunity to talk with Scott … [Read more...] about An Interview with SCOTTeVEST’s Scott Jordan, the Pocket Man
Archives for 2016
Technology Lock-in: How 20th Century Technology Keeps Small and Medium Businesses from Joining the 21st Century
Technology lock-in... “We can do this because we have technology to manipulate matter right down to the molecular level. This is an extraordinary ability, think of it! And yet some of us here can accept transforming the entire physical reality of this planet, without doing a single thing to change ourselves, or the way we live. To be twenty-first-century scientists on Mars, … [Read more...] about Technology Lock-in: How 20th Century Technology Keeps Small and Medium Businesses from Joining the 21st Century
A Specification for My Liquid Newsroom
Updated February 25 2016, from a March 2011 post. I was asked recently by Steffen Konrath at News 3.0 via Twitter. What I are you looking for in a news consumer user experience? Â Here is my answer. Liquid Newsroom context I am an avid tearer and categorizer of paper-based media (true in 2011, but I have mostly migrated to digital content these days - 2016). … [Read more...] about A Specification for My Liquid Newsroom
Open Note to WEF: Reinvent Economy Don’t Be Threatened by AI
The gnashing of teeth and the fear-mongering about job displacement has started at the World Economic Forum. Robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are out to take many of the most prestigious job classes. See: Davos: Doctors and lawyers could be replaced by robots from the Telegraph. Why we shouldn't be threatened by AI I'm not worried. We Shouldn't Be … [Read more...] about Open Note to WEF: Reinvent Economy Don’t Be Threatened by AI