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Physics, Technology for good or ill

“Physics is to the rest of science what machine tools are to engineering. A corollary is that science places power in our hands which can be used for good or ill. Technology has been abused in this way throughout the ages from gunpowder…

Building a company, building a team

Building a company is no easy task. Building an A+ team is even harder. Building teams from scratch, one that consist of the right kind of folks, with the right vision, and passion, with the right personality, and expertise, one that serves as…

Justice Department takes aim at user generated content

I just read on Danah's blog about the Justice Department targeting User Generated Content websites… This is serious stuff – there is a very delicate balance here. We are entering different times – but the ideas of peace, freedom, security, privacy and knowledge…

When it comes to gadgets, how small is too small?

From Wired Magazine, Nov 2006: “The most amazing oversight in electronics design is that although the technologies are shrinking at increasing speeds, our hands are not…” Bryce Rutter, Founder of Metaphase Design Group

Is your application CUP'ed?

If your application doesn't provide CUP, or “convenience, utility and productivity”, then you must go back to the drawing board… ceo

Commercial Seafood Species May Collapse by 2048

See Ocean 2048: Experts fear collapse of fish species. And remember…

The key to becoming a successful evangelist

All successful technologists and evangelists (everyone and anyone working on technology is an evangelist on one level or another) have one thing in common – passion for what they do… This passion is what fuels excitement, and is what makes talking to your…

The black box approach to management

A management team might work with a s/w development team directly, with daily involvement. Or, the management team can treat the s/w development team as a black box, where (business) requirements come in and (magically) functional software comes out and is deployed. Many…