R.I.P - Paul A. Samuelson
Nobel-winning economist Paul A. Samuelson dies at age 94<div><div></div><div>NPR Obituary</div><div></div></div&...
What the iPod tells us
Via twitter.com@delong <blockquote>First, nationality matters. While the iPod is manufactured offshore and has a global roster of suppliers, the greate...
Solar Lanterns Bring Light to Rural India
I am happy to see this step in the positive direction from an Indian company which makes solar lanterns. It’s a classic example of Michael Porter’s competiti...
TED India - SixthSense Technology Presentation
Earlier this month TED held their conference in India – TED India. I happened to view this presentation by Pranav Mistry from the MIT Media Lab. The vision h...
Perspectives on Aging
I have spent a good part of this year and last researching challenges and opportunities in healthcare. There are many challenges and even more opportunities....
Google’s Moment of Truth
Google is a great company. There is no doubt about that. However, when you are wildly successful, like Google (or Apple), you inevitably run the risk of bein...
iPhone Killer?
This CNET Review covers the design and features of the Motorola Droid running on Verizon Network. IMHO, this product is likely to threaten and even wipe out ...
Global Fertility Rates vs Wealth
This Economist video visually illustrates how fertility rates will stabilize to the “replacement rate” (around 2) as countries get richer. Take a look at how...
Google Wave
Google has launched this product to users by invitation only. It is intended to be a real-time communication and collaboration platform which, according to G...
Animation: The Geography of Jobs - TIP Strategies
The following is a wonderful animation of job losses in the Unites States starting the year 2004. Press the PLAY button to see what happens Q1 2009… Wow!<...
Windows Phone is here…
Windows phone Retail Video
United States of Europe? – Lisbon Treaty (one year later)
Last year, we watched the Irish go through a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty. Read: The EU Dream - A setback. At that time, they rejected it. However, now t...
Fermat’s Last Theorem
Fifteen years ago today, Andrew Wiles, the British mathematician finally nailed the solution. Wiles was absolutely obsessed by the 350 years old problem that...
The Online Education Revolution
This is an interesting post about perspectives from the President of Thunderbird - School of Global Management (my alma mater)… I think the MIT Open Coursewa...
Shanghai sidesteps ‘one child’ rule
Shanghai, or should I say China is now worried about supporting its aging population. In hindsight, drastic measures like the “one child” policy don’t appear...
Sean Gourley: The mathematics of war
This talk will make you think. If what Sean is talking about is applied intelligently and it works I see profound implications to world order. Even if that d...
Get the real facts on Swine Flu
This free book is published by the National Academy of Sciences. Their web site has hundreds of other informative books.Swine Flu <p>[Original Flash vi...
Malcolm Gladwell speaking with Fareed Zakaria on GPS
Fareed Zakaria brings on highly influential guests on his wonderful show called GPS (“Global Public Square”). I truly enjoy his show. Watch this clip from CN...
Visualization
I have long been a fan of Edward Tufte. Love his work, go to Edward Tufte’s Web Site and check it out yourself. Enjoy the Visualization Magazine below. How ...
Hulu.com
This holiday season we enjoyed a “staycation.” We stayed home and had a vacation. Watched a few holiday movies. I got the opportunity to explore the Net. Hul...