Recently, I heard a presentation from Miami University Professors Peg Faimon and Glenn Platt about the details of the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies (AIMS) planned digital innovation campus to be opened in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an alum of Miami University, a public university in Oxford, Ohio, working in the Bay [...]
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Miami University’s Digital Innovation Campus- the Future of Innovation education?
Posted in Education, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, tagged AIMS, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media, Digitial Media education in San Francisco, Future of Innovation education at the University level, Miami University, Miami University Digital Innovation Campus in San Francisco on February 20, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Mary Meeker’s Latest- Top 10 Mobile Trends
Posted in Internet, Silicon Valley, Technology, tagged Internet Trends, Mary Meeker, Top 10 Mobile Trends on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mary Meeker, current Venture Capitalist at Kleiner Perkins and former banking analyst at Morgan Stanley, has built her reputation on visionary forward looking views of the Internet. Here’s her latest gem focused on the Mobile Internet. Read, contemplate, and digest.
Today’s Unbelievably Scaling Web
Posted in Internet, Silicon Valley, Technology, tagged Cityville 100 million users, Internet Scale, John Lilly, Mozilla 400 million users, Super Bowl Viewers vs Facebook Users on February 6, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Super Bowl XLV just ended, the Green Bay Packers winning a thrilling battle with the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25. Its estimated that 110 million TV viewers may have tuned into the game, breaking last year’s 2010 Super Bowl record of 106 million, which eclipsed the previous record from the 1983 finale of Mash. Now, 110 million [...]
The Difference between Men and Women from a Commuting Perspective
Posted in Commuting, Silicon Valley, tagged Commuting, Difference between Men and Women, Men and Women differences from a commute perspective, Step on or over Railroad Tracks on October 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Earlier, I wrote about my experiences using public transportation from the Peninsula to downtown San Francisco, including my Caltrain ride each morning. My Caltrain ride is usually on an express train line, which has 3-4 stops before reaching the city in about 30 minutes, or occasionally, a later, all stops line that takes 45 minutes. [...]
The 31 Most Innovative Startups- World Economic Forum’s 2011 Technology Pioneer winners
Posted in Internet, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, tagged Aster Data, Davos, Foursquare, Medicine in Need, Opower, Spotify, Technology Pioneer Programme, World Economic Forum on September 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This week the World Economic Forum, an independent, not-for-profit international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas. Per their website, the Technology Pioneers programme is the World Economic Forum’s way of identifying and integrating those companies – normally in a start-up [...]
Mobile Applications- 157 fascinating stats about the Past, Present, and the Future
Posted in Internet, Silicon Valley, Technology, tagged 157 Mobile Application stats, Android App Store, Data about App Stores, Iphone App Store Data, Mobile Applications, Mobile Entertainment on August 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I’ve written in this blog a few times, like many, I’ve become an addicted smart phone user. In this post, I laid out my iPhone App storage usage patterns vs the average usage patterns, and raised some questions about the future growth and characteristics of users of these platforms. Now, I’ve come across some [...]
Academic Globalization- The Emergence of International Universities
Posted in Education, Globalization, Silicon Valley, tagged Academic Globalization, Ben Wildavsky, Global Mobility in Higher Education, How Global Universities are Reshaping the World, IIT Mumbai, International Universiities, KAUST, The Great Brain Race, The Race between Education and Technology on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week I attended a World Affairs council lecture titled Academic Globalization- How International Universities are Reshaping the World. Author Ben Wildavsky, former Education Editor for US News & World Report and currently a fellow at the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation, discussed his recent book titled, The Great Brain Race, How Global Universities are Reshaping [...]
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