Online games which teach us how to retool our world are extremely valuable in educationing ourselves and the next generation, but we must be mindful that the lessons are real.READ»
Facebook has redesigned their site again hoping to squash some complaints that the site is cluttered and not user-friendly. Did Facebook succeed with the new redesign and create a clean site with an intuitive interface and good ...READ»
The hard drive's reign as king of desktop data storage may be ending, at least according to Samsung. Those spinning platters will be overtaken by solid-state technology within two years for one simple reason: price.Hard drive ...READ»
The running exchange between Stewart and Cramer over the role of the media as cheerleaders versus watchdogs gives something for nonprofit board members to think about.
On the one hand, as board members, they ...READ»
I read today an article in the New York Times titled “Weary of Looking for Work, Some Create Their Own”. It discusses the trend among many of todays laid off workers to turn their energies toward starting their ...READ»
There is considerable interest in design thinking and its application to management. A google search on “design thinking” and “management” produced 146,000 items. When “business” is substituted for management the number ...READ»
Want to save the African blackwood tree? You should have been at the EU's first-ever environmental auction in Brussels earlier today. The auction, put on by EuropeAid, put 86 projects up for sale to governments, foundations, and ...READ»
"Sustainability, "green", "energy efficiency", and "carbon footprint" are buzzwords and phrases that we toss around nonchalantly. But perhaps we should take a moment to think about what it really ...READ»
The smell of chalk may bring back fond (or not-so-fond) memories of doing math problems in front of the class, but many children in developing nations only have access to small, erasable black slate tablets for all of their ...READ»
Lately we've been seeing a lot of what can only be described as stair porn: Dramatic, sinuous staircases that steal the show from the building around them--if not defining the building outright. Here's a collection of the very best ...READ»
