The Economist’s Gulliver blog pointed me towards the following interesting gem:
According to a study conducted for Sheraton Hotels and Resorts, 35% would choose their PDA over their spouse–if they absolutely had to choose.
Now, maybe that sobering statistic says something about the overall level of marriage satisfaction (and divorce rates) within contemporaty society. In fact, I’m [...]

Recently, I’ve been looking at social networking tools through the lens of the tech community.
Creating Bonding Capital with Raptr
Here’s an example of one social networking tool created specifically for gamers. Raptr allows people within a network to identify which games their friends are currently playing. Here’s how they describe their service

If you’re interested in the [...]

We’ve long heard about Moore’s Law and the Law of Accelerating Returns, but a recent article in Wired drives home how the powerful intersection of “better, cheaper, faster” impacts our lives.
As [industry expert Jon] Peddie observes, it was only 11 years ago that the U.S. government spent approximately $33 million to build ASCI Red, one [...]

In May, Cisco demoed a 3D holographic system for live “On-Stage” presence in a presentation between San Jose and Bangalore, India. Watch it. While the presentation is still a bit “commercialized” it’s a step ahead into the future.
Ever since the days of Star Wars (we’ve dreamt of holographic projections) but this adds the immediacy of [...]