Science fiction is, believe it or not, a pretty damn reliable barometer for the future sometimes. One could even argue that some technological innovations take shape because the inventor/key player saw or read about it in something science fiction-y. For anyone who watched the original Star Trek (c. 1960s), two technological marvels of the show were …
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Tax Credits for Early-Stage Investors: It’s About Time.
This was originally a comment on an article in today’s Globe and Mail… but, it wouldn’t fit. So, we have a blog post now. The Globe and Mail article can be read here. My comments: Disclosure: I’m the CEO of a technology startup, so view my comments through that lens. I’m also a proud Canadian …
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What’s Next in Big Tech [Part II]
Science fiction is, believe it or not, a pretty damn reliable barometer for the future sometimes. One could even argue that some technological innovations take shape because the inventor/key player saw or read about it in something science fiction-y. For anyone who watched the original Star Trek (c. 1960s), two technological marvels of the show were …
What’s Next in Big Tech? [Part I]
Science fiction is, believe it or not, a pretty damn reliable barometer for the future sometimes. One could even argue that some technological innovations take shape because the inventor/key player saw or read about it in something science fiction-y. For anyone who watched the original Star Trek (c. 1960s), two technological marvels of the show …
Perceptual Healing
A friend and colleague, Al Mastromartino, has a favourite saying for his students (I also studied under him while at Fleming College): Perception is more important than reality. It’s always stuck with me, because that statement embodies something I’ve intuitively known for quite some time. Optics are critical in everything, whether professional or personal. Those …
Facebook Pages: Where’s the Value?
Simple answer: everywhere. Musicians, filmmakers, celebrities, politicians, photographers… Facebook pages help add value to their brands by enabling the brand to be a conversation, instead of a presentation. But just how well is that concept leveraged by business in their communications process? How does a business or brand use Facebook pages to actually carry out …
TouchPad the Nemesis of the iPad? No.
This post is in response to iPad met its match in the TouchPad, by Brooke Crothers. It’s very rare for me to run across an article that’s underlying premise is so flawed, I feel compelled to respond… yet here we are. What’s even more damning is that the piece was written for C|Net, normally a …
Privacy: What is it, Why does it matter?
This article is written from my perspective (one of the oldest of the Gen-Y’ers)- and I’m sure that members of other generations will have different views on privacy based on collective and individualized experience. Gen X’ers and Boomers as a whole tend to to be more cognizant of personal privacy issues, while Millenials (as a …
You Twitt[erer]!
The backlash against Twitter over its addition of a native photo-sharing component is crap, and must cease immediately. No, I’m not a free-speech hating nutjob… but anyone who is still angry over the move by Twitter [ie TwitPic founder Noah Everett] is missing the big picture, and misdirecting their anger. Here’s the bottom line: you …
Change the Tech, Change the World.
This entry is a response (or rather, an extension) of an article written by British ex-pat Hermione Way about the US tech scene in Silicon Valley. It can be accessed at TheNextWeb here. In Ms Way’s words, Silicon Valley is currently inundated with … Groupon clone after Groupon clone, yawn… yet another social media dashboard, …