Return from Southeast Asia
I have been traveling for the past 20 days and somewhat out of touch. My weekly e-brief will now return to short posts about new developments in healthcare, technology, and Internet voting. This post will include a brief summary of my travels and some links to some sites and photos for those who may be […]
The internet or the Internet?
The Associated Press Stylebook has declared internet and web should be lowercased. Other style guides are also insisting on the downcasing of internet, and you can see the change appearing daily in major media. Vint Cerf, recognized as one of “the fathers of the Internet”, and I don’t agree with the transformation. The word internet first appeared in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1974. […]
How Dogs Sniff Their World
Since I was a child I knew dogs were quite good at sniffing. As I get older, I get more curious about things. Why dogs are better sniffers is intriguing. The New York Times, for Learning From Dogs as They Sniff Out Their World, interviewed Dr. Alexandra Horowitz, a professor of cognitive science who runs the Dog Cognition […]
The Capitol Steps
If you never saw the Capitol Steps perform, it is worth going to see them. They perform nationwide and their political satire is hilarious. On Wednesday night, they performed in Ridgefield, Connecticut to a full house. I signed copies of the new Election Attitude with the proceeds going to the Ridgefield Playhouse. Anyone interested in […]
Olympic Advertising
It was a privilege to be able to be at the opening ceremony In Atlanta (1996), Nagano (1998), and Sydney (2000). The ceremonies get more extravagant each year and you have to wonder how they are going to top it the following year. The Atlanta Olympic Games was the beginning of e-business for IBM. A member […]