Category Archives: Technology

In 2015, Let’s Create Stories That Live Up To Our Screens

Posted on December 29, 2014 by

MY DAUGHTER RECENTLY UPGRADED from the I can’t-believe-you-carry-that-embarrassing-relic iPhone 4 to the new, shiny, I-am-a-respectable-member-of-modern-society iPhone 6. She touched the device and the heavens opened: Streaks of sunlight embraced her from the sky, fireworks erupted in a brilliant ballet and … Continue reading →

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From Search Engine to Super App: Getting Stuck in Google’s Web

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Google’s mission is simple, bold, and in the annals of silicon culture, tantamount to sacred gospel: “Organize the world‘s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Today, however, there is a New Testament being written: “Organize Google’s information about … Continue reading →

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2012 Prediction: Paper Will Be the Next Disruptive Technology

Posted on December 4, 2011 by

There’s a little-known scene in the movie “Star Trek: First Contact,” where Lt. Commander Data, an android, observes Captain Jean-Luc Picard touching the hull of an historic spacecraft. The captain smiles and taps the ship with his bare fingers, to … Continue reading →

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Death of the Keyboard, Apple’s Siri and the Semantic Web

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

“The Semantic Web is not a separate Web but an extension of the current one, in which information is given well-defined meaning, better enabling computers and people to work in cooperation.” — Tim Berners-Lee The promise of technology almost always … Continue reading →

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Google+ and The Entropy of Social Media

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

First there was order, then chaos. The universe was born in near-perfect order: small, organized and perhaps even serene. Over time, the universe expanded and became messy, diverse and beyond comprehension. Chaos reigned. This effect is called entropy, the process … Continue reading →

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Murdoch, The Daily, and Journalism as Art

Posted on February 7, 2011 by

“I do certainly see the day when more people will be buying their newspapers on portable reading panels than on crushed trees. Then we’re going to have no paper, no printing plants, no unions. It’s going to be great.” — … Continue reading →

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Personal is the New Social

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held last week in Las Vegas, is both a birthplace and a graveyard for technology. Some devices will “make it” and even change our lives, while others will never get to market. If T.S. … Continue reading →

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CES 2011: And the Winner Will Be…Reading

Posted on January 3, 2011 by

Predictions are a fickle business, but with the new year just begun and CES still days away, the writing for 2011 is already on the wall (and I don’t mean Facebook). There will be stories, tweets, posts, photos, videos, slides … Continue reading →

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Social Media Technology is History in Motion

Posted on December 11, 2010 by

I’m a technology evolutionist. Granted I just made that up, but it fits. I don’t believe new technology is just created — I believe it evolves, with each innovation building on the other. No printing press, no iPad. These technologies … Continue reading →

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Legos, Airplanes and the Future of the Web

Posted on November 2, 2010 by

IN THE UNITED STATES we have a two-party system — well, technically. There’s the Democrats, the Republicans, and then the dozens of mini parties within and outside the main Parties, not to mention the multitudes of non-affiliated, disenfranchised and disillusioned. … Continue reading →

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