Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Early Indications October 2008: Information-age Stimulus

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As economies around the world continue to wobble in the aftermath of the credit crises, the next American president will be faced with compe...
Monday, September 22, 2008

September 2008: Of Crowds, Both Wise and Foolish

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The surest sign that a phrase has entered broad usage is to apply the cliche test: if you leave the last word(s) blank and most readers know...
Wednesday, August 20, 2008

The Paradox of Data Visualization

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It has been a full quarter-century since the publication of Edward Tufte’s landmark book, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information . ...
Friday, July 25, 2008

July 2008 Early Indications: The Story of a Gun

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Last month, we discussed the fact that the planet has crossed the 3.3 billion cellphone mark, which, if equally distributed, would supply a ...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

June 2008 Early Indications: Crossing Over

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Rather than looking at the somewhat ambiguous "tipping points" that Malcolm Gladwell helped popularize (much to my colleague David...
Thursday, May 29, 2008

May 2008 Early Indications: Book reviews

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Nicholas Carr, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, From Edison to Google (New York: Norton, 2008) Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody: The Pow...
Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Early Indications April 2008: Oil, Bits, and Steel

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It used to be an economic commonplace that value was added in increasing amounts the farther one moved from raw material extraction. Farms,...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

Early Indications March 2008: Engines of Complexity

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Any time a new technology is introduced, the market traditionally extends conventional modes of use and understanding from the new thing...
Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Early Indications February 2008: Bicycles

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Anyone who has been to Paris in the last six months has seen a major change to the iconic city's landscape: a plan to deploy over 20,000...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Early Indications January 2008: Looking Ahead

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At the start of a new year, we can assess a few areas of major uncertainty and activity. Somewhere in the next 12 to 18 months, I expect to...