Solar
Alternative energy — sources that have no undesired consequences unlike fossil fuels or nuclear energy — are renewable and are often thought of as “free”. There are billions of dollars being spent on alternative energy but there clearly are benefits compared to conventional energy sources. The alternative sources include biomass, wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric the tides and […]
e-philanthropy
There are so many ways to help those in need. I wrote a story called e-philanthropy just over ten years ago — posted below. The number of developments on the Internet since then would have been unfathomable back then. I remember Mary Meeker from Morgan Stanley giving a presentation about eBay back then and have […]
Nook Epilogue
I got “Kindlized” in March 2008. Two years later I got “nooked”. The “e-book” idea — replacing the paper book with something electronic — has been around for three decades but it is really taking hold now. Over the years there have been various “e-book readers” introduced and now we are seeing a flood of […]
OCLC – Part 2
I continue to learn a lot about libraries from my board service at OCLC. No grass is growing under their feet at OCLC as they continue to look for new ways to connect the world’s libraries. Mobile devices are fast becoming the medium of choice for access to information for more and more of us. […]
Analytics
In the old days, companies recorded their sales on punched cards and then sorted the cards to analyze sales by customer number, date, state, and department. It was rudimentary but amazing compared to what could be done by sorting paper invoices. Today, the more advanced companies utilize “analytics” to dig deep into the voluminous data […]