CES may put in many strictures to keep those not anointed of the consumer electronic business at arm’s length, but more than any other show, CES is a populist event—and it should embrace those its serves most directly. CES’s sprawling, slightly organized event would do well to spend time introspectively examining its near-Hydra-headed attributes. In my recent trip to the … [Read more...] about It’s time to put the “C” into CES
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A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
The traditional categorization of collaboration software no longer reflects the way people actually work. As we text over phones in the same room, or chat via instant messaging in the same meeting, the very idea of same time, same place or different time, different place seems archaic. Those categories reflect a good intellectual view of a technology in its infancy; they … [Read more...] about A New Model for Categorizing Collaboration Technology
We Are Overthinking Online Education
John Ebersole, a contributor at Forbes, wrote a piece today titled: The Myths of Online Learning. John's analysis, is itself, not incorrect. But like most disruptive technology, we fail to see that online education, like social media, is a new channel for an old thing. Yes, the new channel creates new audiences, requires different preparation, perhaps different content … [Read more...] about We Are Overthinking Online Education
Scientific American needs to revisit its iPad Newsstand Policy
Cross-posted from iPhone Life: The Problem with the Scientific American Newsstand Policy No one pays full price for trade publication subscriptions anymore. And if they do, they haven't shopped around. Most of my magazine subscriptions are now on the iPad. When publishers create an iPad app, they proudly announced it and tell current subscribers how to access the … [Read more...] about Scientific American needs to revisit its iPad Newsstand Policy
Cloud Outage Planning: Don’t Just Let Outages Happen To You
Cloud outage planning: As NY Times tech columnist Steve Lohr points out today, (Amazon’s Trouble Raises Cloud Computing Doubts), this weekend's storms brought down several Amazon-based services, including Netflix, Pinterest and Instagram—and it should provide a learning experience. As I have said for some time, the cloud is not a distributed computing infrastructure. The … [Read more...] about Cloud Outage Planning: Don’t Just Let Outages Happen To You