Thursday, June 30, 2011

Early Indications June 2011: Identity and privacy

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With the soft launch of Google Plus, it's an opportune time to think about digital privacy, insofar as Google is explicitly targeting wi...
Monday, May 30, 2011

Early Indications May 2011: Firms, Ecosystems, and Collaboratives

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The Internet and mobility are changing how resources can be organized to do work. The limited liability joint stock corporation remains use...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

April 2011 Early Indications: The iPad as a Teaching Tool

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Last year I was given an iPad by my university with which to experiment. Here are my impressions at the end of the school year. As a media ...
Sunday, March 27, 2011

March 2011 Early Indications: Reinventing Retail

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Despite its unquestioned status as an innovator and a leader in customer experience, Amazon isn't typically credited with business model...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Early Indications February 2011: An Earthquake Every Year

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It's become a commonplace to state that we live in extraordinary times. Rather than merely assert this, however, it doesn't take a ...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Early Indications January 2011: The Downsizing of the State?

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Data points from all over converge to announce a time of reckoning: -According to the Pew Center on the States, the 50 states collectively h...
Friday, December 17, 2010

December 2010 Early Indications: Prediction Scorecard

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Last year, on the cusp of a decade, I looked ahead and in essence asked 24 questions. In some ways, the world did not change enough to answ...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

Review Essay: Kevin Kelly, What Technology Wants

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In 35 years of reading seriously and often professionally, I have never a read a book like What Technology Wants. I dog-eared at least 30 p...