Early Indications

Early Indications is the weblog version of a newsletter I've been publishing since 1997. It focuses on emerging technologies and their social implications.

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

December 2008 Early Indications: The Predictions Issue

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Given a year in which oil prices inflicted broad economic pain -- then fell $100 a barrel, a Republican president nationalized key banks, an...
Monday, November 24, 2008

Early Indications November 2008: Grading the Predictions

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In the spirit of accountability, how did this year's reality fit prior predictions? A) 2008 Predictions Here's what I said in Januar...
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...
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John M. Jordan
John Jordan is a professor of practice at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies. He joins the iSchool from the Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems at Penn State, where he taught in the master's and undergraduate business programs. Formerly a principal with Ernst & Young/Capgemini, he directed research at the Center for Business Innovation and the Americas Office of the CTO. John holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan as well as a master’s from Yale University, and graduated from Duke University. Prior to entering consulting, he won teaching awards at the University of Michigan and Harvard University; in 2011, 2012, and 2013 he was honored among the best 2nd-year MBA professors at Penn State's business school. A new book on 3D Printing was published by MIT Press in 2019. His book on robotics was published by MIT Press in 2016 and is being translated into six languages. In 2012 he published Information, Technology, and Innovation with John Wiley.
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