Data Harvests, Facebook Apologies, and Worldwide Elections

  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg took out full-page ads in several high-profile newspapers Sunday, March 25th       …including the UK’s The Observer, The Sunday Times, Mail on Sunday, Sunday Mirror, Sunday Express and Sunday Telegraph, along with American newspapers The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.  Zuckerberg apologized for the…

Handwriting, History and the Unreliability of Paper Documents

Ah, paper.  It’s been used for centuries.  But a lot of the documents created on paper?  Most of them didn’t last.  Paper is fragile.  Paper deteriorates. The Paper Conservation Department at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is responsible for the preservation of works of art for the Museum.  Works of art on paper such…

The Smart City of the Future… Today

Singapore is a relatively small place—an island city-state just 30 miles across. Politically speaking, it has been governed by the same party for decades. Its geography and political stability have allowed Singapore to position itself for the future rather uniquely as the world’s first “Smart Nation.” This is a truly ambitious set of programs designed…

The Farmer in the Cloud

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Big technology changes in America’s perhaps most traditional business model September 15th, 1965:  Green Acres kicked off what would become a 6 year run on the CBS network.  Even though Green Acres was created by Jay Sommers as a companion series to his already existing Petticoat Junction, the new show wasn’t really like anything else…

Is Your Business Ready to Meet Hurricane Erika?

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Social observers know that even the threat of a hurricane can send dizzying throngs to the grocery and hardware stores. The shelves are emptied of water, cans of tuna, batteries, plywood and nails.  There is a run on gasoline as residents anywhere in the predicted ‘cone of potential…

Expense Reports

[column width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Last month marked the 46th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, and the first steps by humans on the lunar surface:  July 20th, 1969. A lot of monumental change has occurred since this groundbreaking (lunar surface-breaking?) event, but sometimes the differences in times are best brought home…

Uber Drives Data

[column parallax_bg=”disabled” parallax_bg_inertia=”-0.2″ extend=”disabled” background_color=”” background_image=”” background_repeat=”” background_position=”” background_size=”auto” background_attachment=”” hide_bg_lowres=”false” background_video=”” extended_padding=”false” vertical_padding_top=”0″ vertical_padding_bottom=”0″ horizontal_padding=”0″ more_link=”” more_text=”” left_border=”transparent” class=”limit-wrapper” id=”” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” width=”1/1″ last=”true”] [column_1 width=”1/1″ last=”true” title=”” title_type=”single” animation=”none” implicit=”true”] Ride-sharing service Uber announced it was leaving Broward County at the end of July, 2015.  They cited the ‘onerous’ regulations put in…