Category Archives: change

Can You be Replaced by Robots?

Every time I swipe my own card at the checkout I can’t help but remember the ‘good old days” when I would hand the plastic over and the checker would do the hard work. They might even smile and engage … Continue reading

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The Technical Lie

For years our kids could not figure out why we would LIE to them when they would ask us what time it was. They would ask the time, we would look at a digital clock that might read 8:13, and … Continue reading

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Tweetvolume

Tweetvolume allows you to see the popularity of certain keywords in the land of Twitter. At first glance I thought Twitter was ridiculous… A waste of time and energy, but I’m starting to see it’s appeal. It’s a form of … Continue reading

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Web Influencers

Business Week’s top 25 Web Influencers …. to influence the web, is to influence more than the web. What are you influencing? …are you thinking “outside the web?”

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Could Email Die?

Interesting consideration…. quote from John McKinley (formerly AOL CTO and, later, President of Digital Services.) “We are in the midst of an important moment of truth – email as we know it is under attack, and the major firms are … Continue reading

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Provacative Information

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Small Time living

Jay Schafer of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company in Sebastopol has cramped his own style. Have you ever yearned for the simple life? Less stuff is part of the process, and with less stuff can be less space. We tend to … Continue reading

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Water

Eat local, drink local. Portland Oregon is a leader in “eat local” concept, with 13 farmer’s markets encouraging restaurants and locals to support their own economies, and preserving open space. The US Green Building Council has certified more buildings in … Continue reading

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One Laptop Per Child… ..and for me too?

Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing Blog writes … and I agree: “I’ll buy three for a developing country if I can buy one more for myself”. This, in response to the announcement by Mary Lou Jepsen, CTO of the One Laptop … Continue reading

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Rock On, Earth!

“The last thing the planet needs is a rock concert,” The Who‘s singer Roger Daltrey recently told a British newspaper. In response to the ‘Live Earth” concert, criticized for it’s “lack of achieveable goals” “Live Earth was inspired and is … Continue reading

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Merging of Technology

The crime fighting tools of the future. Seems like I’ve been to this movie… Amazing to see the ‘layering’ of data in a touch screen table top interface. If you’re not impressed…. you’re not awake…. or you’re too young to … Continue reading

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