I remember quantum mechanics from college. We learned about Schrodinger’s and his cat (I remember something about a cat being both alive and dead inside of the box at the same time.) And we learned about the ‘uncertainty principal” which holds that the more information one knows about one subatomic particle the less one knows [...]
RIP Aaron Swartz
Aaron H. Swartz, one of our most vigorous champions of open access and copyright reform, committed suicide in New York City on Friday at the age of 26. Click here for more.
Who wants a paper thin, and bendable tablet?
When it’s color I do.
Want a Job? Learn how to work big data.
4 years ago I founded a small social media constancy. The idea was to manage the coming deluge of social media for businesses. Turned out to be a pretty good idea. At first many businesses didn’t believe that social media was going to be as important as it has become. What seemed completely obvious to [...]
Innovation Is the Only Way Forward
We at The Future 500 believe absolutely in the idea that innovation, constant innovation, is a key element to the 21st Century. Those who embrace the chaos of innovation and the the order of disorder will succeed, some beyond their wildest dreams. Those who do not will be left behind. This goes for countries, companies, [...]
The Obama Team Releases Its Online Secret Sauce
Now this is high quality information – a step by step explanation of how it is that Obama won in cyberspace. Required reading for anyone who is in the business of online influence. You can see it HERE.
If the US went carbon neutral tomorrow, China’s output would make up for it in 3.5 years
Tech planet Journal is project of The Future 500. The Future 500 works closely with Rich and Liz Muller on global warming issues and the best ways to address the challenge. The most pressing issue as Dr. Muller sees things is that China and India already eclipse the USA in carbon footprint and will only [...]
A New “Digital Cold War” Emerges
Last week in Dubai, Russia, China, the Arab countries, and much of Africa voted to end the Internet as an international , free and open space. They have voted instead to allow for the partitioning of the Net, in an effort to keep information – and people well regulated. (From PCMAG.com) “The Internet Society came [...]
Tech Trends Which Will Define 2013 (Assuming we avoid the Mayan Apocalypse)
Of course 2012 was supposed to be the year the TV remote died, and despite my voice activated XBox interface I still keep the remote in hand in those rare moments when I get to watch a bit of television. Next year cars are supposed to become more automated. Design will become more “natural.’ And [...]
