2 months ago, I wrote about Intel’s counteractive response to the One Laptop Per Child program. In the face of the negative press around their actions, and more likely the positive press around the AMD 50 x 15 program (and in turn Negroponte’s project), Intel has taken a step toward collaborating on the OLPC […]
About 2 months ago, I started pondering the application questions for Bruce Mau. I have come up with a couple of drafts for the questions, and posted them as I had time. I’d love the opportunity to talk with Bruce Mau Design about working with his team, it seems like a fantastic opportunity […]
When I first approached this question, I was not sure of the exact its exact nature, nor how to tackle it. I did know that it was the only question of the three to be tackled head on in Massive Change, so I went out, bought the book, and read it. I believe […]
A few weeks ago, my good friend Harper got his hands on an OLPC XO-1. Its a great little machine, and I think very well designed and engineered. On the tech side of things, I like the simplicity and focus of the machine, but I am most interested in the networking capabilities. […]
Whatever the method, tool, or medium… it will be shockingly simply with remarkably complex results
We have a tendency to focus on the communications of speech, but speech is often a poor representation of thought. Communication through action and idea are also evolving. We will continue to see a consolidation of infrastructure to one […]
Decoupling of services from technology will continue to evolve into communication
As the results of our communications are becoming more complex, there is a necessity to simplify the building blocks of the system into modular pieces to be reassembled in flexible and complex manners. Service Oriented Architecture is an extensible design methodology that reduces our […]
More meta data means more targeted communications
Our words are like actions, they define us. As I contribute to our new information economy, I am leaving a traceable history of words, thoughts, and actions that are being mined to determine the type of person that I am. When I use a search engine, not […]
Communications trends have 2 primary fluid variables: collaboration and scale.
The most interesting activity inside of the realm of communication is the actual vector of change and the variables that decide that vector. Human beings are prone to nurture communications technology that offers them the greatest advantage, and we decide that advantage using two […]
I’ve broken down my thoughts on this question into five distinct parts, this is the first of those five.
The foundation of communication is hierarchical and will continue to be so in the short term.
The human process of communication is easy to generalize: we either speak to one or to many and listen to one or […]
