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For Those About to Make, I Salute You
In the late 70’s there was a DIY revolution happening in computers at a time when early adopters were literally building their own PCs. A few of these builders got the notion to turn this hobby into a business and we got businesses like HP and Apple out of it. Now the same type of…
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Review of Wired 19.01
Wired 19.01 (January 2011) has an article entitled “Y2K + 11: Will Asian Computers Freeze on January 1?” where Patrick Di Justo reveals how both China (including Taiwan) and North Korea may have Y2K11 problems due to both cultures resetting their calendars in 1912 to Year 1. 2011 is thereby the first three-digit year (100)…
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Dan Pink on the Surprising Science of Motivation
TED has a talk entitled, “The Suprising Science of Motivation,” where career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. With a trio of influential bestsellers, Dan Pink has changed the way companies view…
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Proximity VS. Technology
A Review of the Tim Harford Article in WIRED 16.02 “In theory, technology should allow new-economy firms to prosper as easily in [Indiana] as in Silicon Vally. But far from killing distance, it has made proximity matter more than ever.” – Tim Harford, “You’ve Got Mail” Harford writes how technology was supposed to level the…
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How to be a Stud in Geekdom
I was reading an article in WIRED magazine about Open-Source Hardware and how it is the newest trend to hit the open source market. It was mostly about the Arduino circuit boards, but towards the end began to mention David Rowe. I hadn’t remembered hearing his name before, but thought I may have used his…