Cable no more?

Read this to see how our viewing habits are changing and will change in the new year or two.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/technology/personaltech/10basics.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

As the digital and the physical worlds blur . . .

This is an amazing clip into how the physical world is becoming integrated with the digital world.

http://www.ted.com/talks/pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_technology.html

Google Wave

If you haven't seen this yet, you need to. This is a glimpse of how we'll all be communicating soon, I think. It is amazing to me how fast the world is changing. Think about the ramifications of this leap in communications and if something occurs to you, please comment here. How will this change the ways we work with and talk to each other?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6pgxLaDdQw&feature=player_embedded#

The Living Proof Project

I was lucky enough to get invited to hear Bill and Melinda Gates talk about their Living Proof Project on Tuesday night. They did a fantastic job of being Impatient Optimists--addressing the "living proof" that government and nonprofit aid programs had helped lesser developed countries to make enormous strides in global health, while remaining anxious to quickly see that more is done. Their data presentation was flawless; they even used the audience to create a living pie chart. And their video was as realistic as any I've ever seen--conveyed via a "Star Wars" type projector arm beaming pictures against a semicircular screen that made you feel as if you were in the village or marketplace portrayed. In terms of philanthropy, Gates is the Andrew Carnegie of our times, but unlike Carnegie never passed through a "robber baron" stage and seems like he has always been the "nice guy" he is today.

Tim Westergren, Founder of Pandora, visits the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Hear the story of how Tim Westergren, a former Political Science major and nanny, took his interest in music and build the online radio, Pandora.

Pandora from Richard Mitchell on Vimeo.

Think first before posting certain facts on Facebook

This is an excellent article about some of the facts you should probably be careful about posting on Facebook. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/09/28/dcot.socialmedia.privacy/index.html

Think twice about posting:

--your birthdate (can be used for identity theft)

--your mother as a friend (hackers can use her maiden name to answer security questions)

--your vacation plans (burglars can be tipped off)

One way to make your site more secure is to create "lists" that allow complete information to only close friends and family (so maybe you can friend mom after all).

Check out Tim O'Shaughnessy's quotes in Wired, Aug. 09

Tim O'Shaughnessy, from the first OPIM class to graduate from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, is quoted in the Aug. 09 issue of Wired (I know I'm late, but August was not the relaxing month it should have been.) Be sure and check it out: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/magazine/17-08/st_hotseat

Tim's had quite a career, starting with the undergraduate project he did for AOL, while taking an e-commerce class. His innovative project ended up in his being hired by AOL in 2004. After a few years with AOL, he went with Steve Case to start Revolution Health. A couple of years ago, he and some colleagues started hungrymachine.com, which rapidly turned into livingsocial.com, when they realized that their facebook applications were going to be where they had the most success.