Serendipity and Milton's First Folio The First Folio of Shakespeare's work ranks among the rarest of books. Only about 230 copies survive. One copy of the Folios donated to the Free Library of Philadelphia included long ignored marginalia. It turns out that serendipity had a role to play in rediscovering Milton's First Folio copy hundreds of years after the author's death. By … [Read more...] about Serendipity and Milton’s First Folio: Discovering Milton’s Annotated Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio
Strategy and The Environment: Why Engineering To Save The Planet of Our Memory May Be The Wrong Choice
Strategy and The Environment: Nature adapts to change. That is its superpower. And nature plays the long game. Nature adapts to survive. Humans view the world through a truncated temporal lens. Most humans harken back to childhood memories of ponds, of lakes freezing over, of the unbridled nature caught on camera by Cousteau and Disney. If we recognize our propensity … [Read more...] about Strategy and The Environment: Why Engineering To Save The Planet of Our Memory May Be The Wrong Choice
Vive: The State of VR For Business
I recently had the opportunity to spend time with the Vive team in Seattle. While Vive remains a part of HTC, it has distanced itself from the somewhat beleaguered phone maker and is carving out its own niche in gaming and corporate training. Like Samsung and other early entrants to the "resurgent" VR market, HTC understands that the mass-market appeal of VR remains years … [Read more...] about Vive: The State of VR For Business
Review: Paleblue Batteries Bring Lighter Weight and Longer Life to Standard Batteries
Review: Paleblue Batteries Paleblue Batteries seek to help our pale blue planet survive a bit better by bringing new battery technology to the market. This Kickstarter-funded project created USB rechargeable lithium-polymer (LiPo) AA and AAA batteries. Overview of Paleblue batteries When I opened them, the Paleblue batteries, well, looked like batteries—nicely packaged … [Read more...] about Review: Paleblue Batteries Bring Lighter Weight and Longer Life to Standard Batteries
Creating a Microsoft Teams Structure
This post was featured at eWeek. Creating a Microsoft Teams Structure A Microsoft Teams structure allows organizations to create containers for work. Those work containers can be as arbitrary as an organization allows. Controlling the architecture of a Teams implementation falls to policy and practice rather than technology. Ahead of a Teams implementation, … [Read more...] about Creating a Microsoft Teams Structure