THE DREAM IN ACTION

So, it appears that Google is populating suggestion searches on Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, but apparently not Islam. At first I was very skeptical of Google censoring after hearing a story on CNN, so I wanted to see if it were true on my own. Well apparently it’s true. My only guess at why they would [...]

This is a guest post by a very early to the game, iGoogle widget developer who turn a small project into a huge profit. Cameron Hall, a co-worker of mine, and a graduate of Cornell University held onto his widget just long enough so he could use the credibility as a resume builder. He ended [...]

Image via Wikipedia People think that winning an awards show like The Crunchies makes them a success…false. Along those lines, SO many people consider getting a solid round of venture funding a success…false again. Why or how is it that a company can be successful without making money (or, creating value)? If you sell your [...]

I know that every blog on the planet is going to have a post about how Google adds video chat but I thought that if its something that interests me and its something that will change the tools I use to communicate on the web I would still write about it. Bear with me… Google’s [...]

This morning I signed a petition for Free the Airwaves that would help the wireless initiatives in the US. Remember the fuzzyness between TV channels, well those radio airwaves are currently controlled by the FCC and in Feb 2009 they are going to decide whether or not they will open up that “white space” spectrum, [...]

As I watched my Feedjit widget and keep a close eye on those who show up in MyBlogLog, I saw an significant increase in readers from outside the US. Which is awesome! I love when I got to the blog of someone who’s avatar shows up in MyBlogLog and their blog is in a different [...]

Lots of schools have similar programs already.  They just don’t have huge companies.MSOE will pay for your patents, and still rarely anyone takes them up on it. Why? Students aren’t fundamentally trained to think about growing a business using their engineering skills.  Initiatives like KEEN aim to change that. We’ve actually laid a much better [...]

Well, not exactly. But did you know that… Students create interesting idea using university resources. Students create a company and have an exclusive license to use the technology, which they made at their institution. Institution gets bragging rights and extra revenue for the school. For an entrepreneur to promise a large amount of ROI to [...]

*click on the pic to watch live This afternoon I watch the BearHug Camp hosted by Steve Gillmor.  The event was focused on the progress of the micro-blogging space. One of the main topics of conversation was around live search of the Twitter data. Currently there is nothing that is “real time” and for political [...]

Last night I had the pleasure of having an extended conversation with the CTO of GE Healthcare, Nevin Zimmermann, about CEO’s and what they are able to accomplish with a given company. We talked about the past CEO of GE Healthcare, Joe Hogan, and the current CEO of GE Healthcare, John Dineen, and their differences. [...]

This week is said to be the release of Google Chrome, the much rumored Google web browser. Google released a comic book of all things to tell the tale of why (and how) they’ve built this browser to be the best. One browser to rule them all!At the roots of Google Chrome is the understanding [...]

  I love this image because for me it encompasses the way people <bias> should use the internet<bias/>. Personally, these are the three tiers of my web experience. The hardware, the interaction, the information. Tier #1: Apple  As you probably know if you read this blog regularly I recently purchased a Mac Book Pro and [...]

How many of you have never noticed the arrow between the ‘E’ and ‘x’ on the FedEx logo?  I bet quite a few. Well you’ll never be able to look at the FedEx logo again and not see that arrow. This is why graphic designers get paid good money. This logo is phenomenal.

Yesterday I had an opportunity to speak with Gary Reiner, CIO of General Electric and ask him anything that I wanted. It was part of my new gig in a GE leadership training program. I don’t discuss my job here on ActionsTalk but this experience and opportunity forced me to break that rule. Here are [...]

This morning, I needed to access my Google Docs to find a password that I had saved. After trying to open my Google Docs page to access the folder I needed I was unable to access it. It read that it was loading for over 20 minutes… If Google allows these types of error that [...]