by JAK | May 25, 2012 | big data, big ideas, TED
Last week I heard a fascinating story about a project where conservation staff have developed a remote controlled microphone to record bird calls especially Kiwi in the wild. What was really interesting to me about the story was how they wrote some software to scan...
by JAK | Jan 19, 2012 | big ideas, industry futures, TED
As many readers know there has been a internet blackout on a number of very large websites like wikipedia and WordPress.com and .org on 18th of Jan. As Clay Shirky sees it – SOPA & PIPA are designed to “raise the cost of copyright compliance” for...
by JAK | Nov 15, 2007 | industry futures, this blog
A few weeks back Microsoft paid a large sum for a very small slice of Facebook. There has been a lot of commentary but this post makes the most sense and includes some very good underlying reasons for that deal. For some earlier discussion see Microsoft & Facebook...