They inhabit some kind of indistinct place, defined less geographically than temporally, for the technologist is meant to live slightly ahead of the rest of us. One imagines Google’s Sergey Brin spending his days encased in advanced wearable technology, orbiting the earth in a driverless spaceship, landing only to introduce humanity to new products from […]
“But higher tech is not always essential tech. Cities could instead be making savvier investments in cheaper technology that may work better to stoke civic involvement than the more complicated, expensive products being peddled by information technology developers.” -Alec Appelbaum, Visiting Assistant Professor, Grad Center for Planning
I just completed my first Coursera course entitled, Gamification, which was taught by Kevin Werbach of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. It was my first entrée into the exciting world of Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, and I can truly say it was a wonderful and illuminative experience. For those who don’t know, […]
This past February I had the opportunity to vacation on Sanibel with my family during the month of February. On the last day, we decided to take a short detour into Fort Myers, as our flight wasn’t scheduled to leave until later that evening. It had been several years since we had visited the City […]
We have entered into one of the most challenging job markets ever since the onset of the Great Recession. Not surprisingly, the job market has hit youth the hardest in that they simply cannot find jobs. To make matters worse, employers are having difficulty identifying and hiring people with the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities […]
I consider myself to be blessed with a fun, loving and energetic daughter who is two-and-a-half years old. As with most toddlers her age, in defiance of all logic and reason, you can probably surmise that she can make numerous messes throughout the day and in ‘”record” time. Earlier today I was perusing Wired online, […]
“Thanks to technology and the spread of education, more and more people are being empowered at lower and lower levels of income than ever before, so they think and act as if they were in the middle class, demanding human security and dignity and citizens’ rights.” Khalid Malik - Director, UN Human Development Report Office
Move over Hummer! Look out Chevy Suburban! Here comes the KNIGHT XV. And it dethrones almost everything that you would find in the vehicular market today. Manufactured in Toronto, Canada by Conquest Vehicles, Inc., the KNIGHT XV is touted as one of the world’s most luxurious vehicles. Clad in military grade armor with bulletproof windows, […]
Water covers three-quarters of the earth’s surface, yet more than a billion people lack access to drinking water. Despite the fact that most of our water is found in the world’s oceans, about three percent is available for humans to drink: If a large bucket were to represent all the seawater on the planet, and […]
