Aircraft landing fields on top of buildings. Zeppelins taking people too and fro. Self-reliant building communities with schools and businesses intermixed with housing. Multiple levels of transportation streets. The vision that Popular Science Monthly posted in their August 1925 issue offered an exceptionally organized view of the future. If only it ended up that way… Continue reading The 1950 that 1925 envisioned would have been nice
Category: Lifestyle
“Social Discovery” spins social networking away from the mundane
The same people. The same updates. The promise of social media being a way to find the fresh and new has come and gone for many. Everyone seems to be on Facebook these days, leaving our streams constantly bombarded by pictures of our nephews and gossip between friends. The funny duck pictures that you used… Continue reading “Social Discovery” spins social networking away from the mundane
Marketing around the collapse of the Daily Deal
When Groupon rejected a $6 billion buyout from Google in late 2010, the company clearly saw nothing but rosy skies. Generating nearly $2 billion in annual revenue, their prospective earnings at that point showed nothing but an uphill curve. Today, they’re likely singing a different tune. After peaking at a share value of $31.14 following… Continue reading Marketing around the collapse of the Daily Deal
Population poses problems technology can’t fix
Many of the problems that face the world currently have been solved through technology. Food can be grown, raised, processed, packaged, and shipped in efficient ways. Medicine has extended life and cured most diseases that once killed the masses. We can communicate with people anywhere in the world, travel to nearly any place in the… Continue reading Population poses problems technology can’t fix
Pinterest growth stalled in March. So what?
After doubling its users in February, growth slowed dramatically in March down to 1 million new users or 5% growth. It supposedly has investors and others worried. They shouldn’t be. We’ve seen this before and we’ll see it again, and Pinterest will hit its next big user bump by July. This is part of the… Continue reading Pinterest growth stalled in March. So what?
The World of Lost Smartphones
If you’re like most people, you’ve lost a phone or two in your life. It’s not as simple as the old days when phones were connected to walls. Even cordless phones were easier to find because it wasn’t likely that they would be taken out of range of the base. In the smartphone world, a… Continue reading The World of Lost Smartphones
The Listserve: A lottery where one person a day can talk to the world
Some ideas were born to work. The Listserve may be one of them What would you say if you were selected to send an email to 10,000 people? 100,000? 1,000,000? What if the audience was a relatively-captive one, an audience that knew they would only be hearing from one person every day, and today that… Continue reading The Listserve: A lottery where one person a day can talk to the world
Reliability: Why I’m done with Google Docs
The cloud doesn’t scare me. The future will be more secure the sooner bigger companies adopt standards on cloud computing and data storage that makes sense. By that time, we’ll have the infrastructure in place to make the internet accessible from virtually anywhere. The challenge I’ve had over the past few months with Google Docs… Continue reading Reliability: Why I’m done with Google Docs
Angry Birds will suck you in and steal your soul (or at least waste your time)
It’s hard to walk through an airport or a coffee shop without seeing someone playing Angry Birds. The game is on millions of mobile devices and even desktops as an oddly-addictive distraction from the rest of the world. In it, one is tasked with taking a powerful slingshot and launching birds with various attributes at… Continue reading Angry Birds will suck you in and steal your soul (or at least waste your time)
#signhereplease, a short film shot with a smartphone, reveals much about our over-connected world
The hashtag has become a symbol of sentiment in a society where the people are often so connected virtually to one another that real-world relationships often revolve around our online and mobile personae. With social media acting as a bellwether for our interpersonal connections, it’s no wonder that so many people are finding (and losing)… Continue reading #signhereplease, a short film shot with a smartphone, reveals much about our over-connected world