The Future of Voicemail

I was recently asked what I thought about the future of voicemail. I had to give this some thought. Voicemail isn’t one of those things I think about often. In all honesty, I try to avoid voicemail. I regard voicemail as a nuisance. In fact, I haven’t even set up my voicemail box at…

Personal reverse auctions

One of the innovations I’m really looking forward to from a personal standpoint is the ability to do personal reverse auction on the Net. I think they’d really be handy when it comes to picking up bargains after deflation has ravaged the country for another few months.

Brainstorming Complex Data Visualization

Warning: this is a highly geeky post and if you’re not familiar with financial technical analysis it will probably be really boring.

One of my hobbies is trading options and futures. I dig technical analysis; the idea of assessing…

“Semantic” Web = Linked Open Data Web

One of the most unfortunate things to happen to the Semantic Web movement is its name. The word “semantic” always, ALWAYS, gets people thinking of semantic text analysis — that is, analyzing a chunk of text and figuring out what it’s about. That’s what Google is…

People as Data Connectors

In Malcom Gladwell’s book The Tipping Point, he describes a certain class of people as “connectors”. They’re people who know everyone, and thus are capable of spreading information and ideas quickly. Social networks hint at leveraging these personal connections in digital form, but…

My Secret $1Million Idea

I don’t remember where I first heard the quote, but it’s one of my favorites:

Don’t worry about keeping your great idea a secret, if it’s good enough you will have to beat people over the head with it.