Tag Archives: technology

Steve Jobs, entrepreneur, artist

Commentable: October 5, 2011
Forest Gump, the paragon of grace under incomprehension, remarked about making a great deal of money “from a fruit company.” He had no idea, but the audience did. Everyone saw the image of the colorfully striped apple and knew what it meant. Steve Jobs and his company, Apple Computer, touched almost everybody. Jobs and company [...]
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Technology predictions so awful, they’re good

Spun: March 2, 2010
Making predictions about future technology, or even the impact of current technology is tempting fate. That is to say, you’re fated to be wrong, much of the time…at best. I should know; it’s what this blog does a lot. However, I’ve always liked the definition of an expert, attributed to Niels Bohr or Werner Heisenberg [...]
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Also tracking: Science and tech disappointments

Impact: General    January 13, 2010
Turning the year to a new decade is bound to produce a wide variety of retrospectives. Lists are always popular. I came across an interesting list the other day at the Scientific American site: 10 Science Letdowns of the New Millennium by Katherine Harmon. The original is presented as a slide show. Why, I’m not [...]
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Technology on the way to extinction…?

Spun: November 17, 2009
This is the time of year when media people like to play “Top Ten List” for just about anything. The process of forming these lists brings irascible people together to champion their own favorites and argue (ever so politely…or not) with their colleagues. Some of the lists produced are also illuminating to those who read [...]
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