Last year was a stellar year for innovation. 2011 put tablets, mobile payments, targeted therapy, education and eco-technology on the map. And it’s about time. Movements such as Occupy Wall Street (#7) and Recyclebank (#37) brought our missteps as a society to the forefront of our conscience. Kickstarter (#41) completely blew away traditional startup funding. As a… [Read more…]
March 25, 2011
As a junkie for catalysts of innovation, each year I eagerly await Fast Company’s list of The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies. This year didn’t disappoint. Naturally, Apple proudly sits atop the list, climbing from No. 3, and it makes me wonder if they continue the success of the Year of the iPad, will they’ll reign… [Read more…]
September 2, 2010
Sadly, I must admit, for the first time in years, Jobs’ latest Apple keynote disappointed me yesterday. While the sleek new iPods arriving just in time for the holiday season did impress, something was a bit lacking. Normally after a keynote, I am obsessively refreshing Apple.com to download the newest update or scrambling to plan… [Read more…]
August 29, 2010
An interesting digital discussion popped up in the last day regarding the lack of women in Silicon Valley. It all started with a Wall Street Journal post examining the fact that only 11 percent of U.S. venture-capital backed firms in 2009 had current or former female CEOs. This isn’t a new hot topic. Conferences have… [Read more…]
February 21, 2012
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