Sure, multi-tasking has always been with us. From the earliest days of man in the cave, I am sure there was a woman that was cleaning off a hide, boiling some food, and having a conversation with two different cave mates. At least that is the picture in my head from cave-woman days.
Category: Technology news
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The Power of Platforms
The announcement of the Google Wave platform and all the early descriptions of the role it could play in building Web based applications has me thinking about the power of platforms in general. I think an important concept for us all to think about is the trend we are seeing towards companies creating new platforms that enable developers to write software that target specific people or activities in a unique way.
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The Technology Integration of Man – Part 4
This is part four of a very interesting article about the The Technology Integration of Man.
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The Technology Integration of Man – Part 3 Thursday, April 16th, 2009
This is part three of a very interesting article about the The Technology Integration of Man.
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The Technology Integration of Man – Part 2
This is part two of a very interesting article about the The Technology Integration of Man.
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SciFi Tech
I want to draw your attention to some technology developed by the impressive Fluid Interfaces Group at MIT’s Media Labs. They have built a working model of what could be described as the 3rd generation in personal data assistants. You wear the device around your neck, it is comprised of a camera, a mirror, a projector, colored tabs on your fingers and it all talks to your phone via bluetooth networking.
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The Technology Integration of Man – Part One
This is part one of a very interesting article about the The Technology Integration of Man.
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Information Technology And Sustainability
The Internet is generally thought of as a tool that is used by organizations to transact business, or by individuals to communicate, research or get entertained. For those of us that are concerned about the sustainability of the Earths resources, and our ability to support billions of people at the same time, the Web offers a host positive capabilities that must be leveraged now. The following is a condensed list of these areas…
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The Crowd Is The Cloud
People are talking about the Internet morphing into a Cloud based technological organism, but it has always been a Cloud of sorts. It is just lately that we are all becoming part of the Cloud. Micro-blogging has erupted into an mainstream industry (and an engine of change), smart-phones have become full fledged Internet devices with phones, not just the cell phones with some pseudo-PDA functionality. In fact, I can leave my laptop at home for short trips and simply rely upon my iPhone for email and any other online communications such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Bandwidth Speeds – The Government to the Rescue?
Buried in the $800 billion economic stimulus package that President-elect Obama is pushing is a serious incentive package for our US communications companies to improve bandwidth speeds.