Last week the Iraqi government launched a new version of its official history. As students return to school from the Ramadan holiday they found new history books waiting for them that include the major changes the nation has ...READ»
Want to buy floorboards that come with a rich history? Turn to D-Build, an online marketplace for reclaimed home materials. The prototype site, designed by Rob Englert and Grant Meacham, will sell material from dismantled homes and ...READ»
If you think microsharing (Twitter and it's enterprise-strength counterparts) is new, consider that humans have conveyed short messages, rife with meaning, for over thirty thousand years. Smoke signals have traversed the airways. Expressive quips filled Seinfeld’s show. At all stages and ages, we burst forward. So what is new, what makes this a revolution?READ»
Manage history, not change:
We have been taught that leadership often involves managing change to create the desired behavior. But sometimes, especially during times of stress and uncertainty, that just doesn’t work too well. ...READ»
As President-Elect Barack Obama gave his victory speech, there was a particularly powerful moment for me. "A world was connected by our own science and imagination." With those words, he made plain that the days of politicians seeing the Internet as simply "a series of tubes" are over.READ»
This is worth the time for anyone interested in NYC's Digital Media Industry
Posted by: Shreyas Pandit August: 7, 2008 to NextNY
NYC-based venture capitalist Fred Wilson is crowd-sourcing the talk he will give at the Web 2.0 ...READ»
No one knows exactly when or where glass was first made. Glass appears to have been produced as far back as the second millennium BC by the Egyptian or perhaps the Phoenician.
According to the ancient Roman historian Pliny(AD ...READ»
The news that Bell Labs is going to be torn down makes me sad. The storied site of many technological inventions, Bell Labs was a throwback to when large corporations actually invested R&D dollars with the farflung future -- not the ...READ»
I just came across the Early Office Museum, an online exhibit of antique office supplies, equipment, and related material. The early images of office interiors and business college classrooms are fascinating. Worth exploring if you ...READ»
In just more than a week, the humble neon sign will celebrate its 90th birthday. Patented by French inventor Georges Claude on Jan. 19, 1915, neon signs reached America in 1923. The first signs went to a California Packard ...READ»
Ian Peter, an Internet strategist based in Australia, recently announced the launch of his Net History project, which aims to collect a wide range of historical materials about the development of the Internet, including the various ...READ»
It's not been a bad week-plus for business innovation:
On June 3, 1965, the first American space walk occurred.
On June 4, 1626, Dutch colonist Peter Minuit purchased Manhattan.
On June 6, 1934, the Securities and Exchange ...READ»
It's been a good week or so for innovation-oriented anniversaries.
On May 26, 1977, the movie Star Wars premiered.
On May 27, 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was completed.
On May 29, 1953, Hillary and Norgay were the first men to ...READ»
It's been a good week-plus for innovation-oriented anniversaries.
On May 15, 1930, the first stewardesses went on duty.
On May 17, 1792, the New York Stock Exchange formed.
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh embarked on the first ...READ»
On this day in 1985, Coca-Cola announced a change in the Coke formula. While many people thought that it might have been a gambit to increase interest in the original formula, the move to New Coke was, in fact, a major misstep. After ...READ»
Continuing on the history tip, yesterday I stumbled across a fascinating Web site detailing the history of a number of tools, technologies, and products. The History of... You Name It compiles more than 50 articles detailing the past ...READ»
I didn't have a chance to post this over the weekend, but it struck me as ironic -- and a nice bit of serendipity -- that the anniversary of the founding of the Pony Express (April 3, 1860) took place in the midst of the Where's the ...READ»
On this day in 1933, the singing telegram was first offered by the Postal Telegram Co. There's some disagreement on the dates -- and whether Western Union actually delivered the first singing telegram -- but it's possible that no one ...READ»
On this day in 1913, the income tax amendment went into effect. Also, on this day in 1609, paper currency was introduced to the North American colonies, specifically Massachusetts.READ»
It's not often that I look to the American Scholar for business ideas or insights. But the autumn 2003 edition includes a fascinating excerpt from Henry Petroski's relatively new book Small Things Considered.
Concentrating on the ...READ»
Today in 1982, Poland outlawed labor organizations.
Fast Company talked to political activists Helena Luczywo and Wanda Rapaczynski about how they created a media empire following the country's transition to a free market economy in ...READ»
