Oldschool Social Networking
Today’s Wall Street Journal includes an interesting article about the Wednesday 10 group–a network of (at the time) up and coming businessmen in New York that was formed in 1957.  The group was the brainchild of former columnist William Safire, and the article coincides with the gro

Wireless Wars: Quote of the day
AT&T did not file this lawsuit because Verizon’s ‘There’s A Map For That’ advertisements are untrue; AT&T sued because Verizon’s ads are true and the truth hurts. Verizon in an official response to AT&T’s lawsuit that Verizon’s “there’s a map for that” ad campaign is misleading. The background is that Verizon recently rolled out a campaign that uses a visualization of relational data to compare their 3G coverage to AT&T.  The visualization is pretty stark.  AT&T fired back that the ad was misleading, giving consumers the impression that AT&T doesn’t have ANY w

Updated: Crowdsourcing Resources Page
I’ve added a few websites to the Crowdsourcing Resources page.  Some highlights include: A prediction market for drug development Personal web-based crowdsourcing applications IBM’s internal translation project As always, let me know if I’ve missed anything good out there. Tagged: crowdsourcing

Wired’s Crowdsourced Manhunt
The current issue of Wired (not available on-line as of this posting) has a must-read article cover story: Gone.  The premise was to determine how easily someone could disappear and adopt a new identity in the digital age.  While people can easily adopt a new life on-line, it would appear exceedingly difficult to avoid detection in an age when all of our personal information and, to some extent, our every move is captured and accessible electronically. To test this ide

The notebook, netbook, iPhone, iPod, digital camera killer that hangs from your neck
I’ve seen a lot of amazing technology lately, but Pranav Mistry’s SixthSense device takes the cake.  Mistry’s goal is to truly meld the digital and physical worlds–going beyond mere AR (augmented reality) and touch-based interfaces–by eliminating the handheld interface altogether. Mistry’s device allows the wearer to take pictures, dial a phone, and edit documents simply through hand gestures. Any wall or 8×11 piece of paper will do as a display.  This kind of innovation isn’t just about improving on existing devices and capturing their market share&#