Category Archives: Technology

New Way to Integrate Real and Virtual World

First came augmented reality, using the GPS and camera on your smartphone to layer information from the virtual world onto the real world as displayed via the camera. Now, Fujitsu has introduced a device that I came across on Mashable … Continue reading

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Optimizing Innovation Resonance

What does resonance mean to you? The word has many different dictionary definitions depending on the context, but most of them focus on vibrations reaching an ideal state. Here are two of the most relevant dictionary definitions for our innovation … Continue reading

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Will Aereo strike the Death Knell of Cable Television?

Somewhere across the vast reaches of social media (I can’t remember where) I came across a small but growing internet television service called Aereo that allows you to stream live television over the internet on any device or even to … Continue reading

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Is Windows Phone a Serious Competitor to iPhone and Android?

A few weeks ago I was fortunate enough to receive a shiny new Nokia Lumia 810 in the mail courtesy of Nokia USA. This was very welcome because I’ve been subjected to what I can only describe as a technology … Continue reading

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Accelerating Innovation Requires Accelerating Knowledge and Insight

Okay, I admit it, I came across the History Channel’s series Ancient Aliens recently and I’m intrigued, mostly because it is fascinating (and frightening) to me how long it takes to develop true knowledge and insight, but how quickly it … Continue reading

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Making Innovation Sustainable – Part 2 of 4

If you missed Part 1, you can find it here If You Want Systemic Innovation, You Need Systems to Manage It If you are really serious about creating sustainable innovation in your organization and engaging more than just a handful … Continue reading

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The Napkin PC and Other Innovative Ideas

I came across the web site for a Microsoft-sponsored alternative computing form factor contest a few years ago, and even still I must say there were a few interesting ideas that might help people begin to see the future of … Continue reading

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Designing Innovation – Can Government Help?

Can government help companies innovate, or do they tend to get in the way instead? The answer is that often regulations tend to impede innovation and progress. Other key aspects of a country’s ability to innovate are the relative risk … Continue reading

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Can Microsoft win the Android and iPhone Haters?

Nobody, including people inside Microsoft, would argue with the fact that Microsoft beat Google and Apple to the Mobile OS marketplace, but lags them both in terms of market share. According to Wikipedia, the IBM Simon was the world’s first … Continue reading

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Software Design Challenge – Less is More

I originally posed this software design challenge to application developers in September 2008 based on an InfoWorld article that warmed my heart, but have yet to see any major changes in how most software applications are designed. For far too … Continue reading

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