Innovation

Google, a company that doesn’t let grass grow under its feet, keeps an internal list of “top 100 ideas” generated by its staff. The top execs at Google track the list. Google’s co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, addressing a technology conference in Monterey, California, on Saturday, said they encourage their employees to pursue their own ideas and projects. The ...

Fast Company has done a retrospective of sorts about the lessons of the “New Economy.” And why not; FC along with Wired, was one of the foremost proponents of the New Economy hype. Their name is ample testimony to that. My impression is the magazine has barely survived the bust. There are some reflections on what the truth turned out ...

Here’s an article about how encompassing cell phone use is in Japan. It’s a way of life. The phone is an extension of the self. The Japanese are way ahead of the US in third-generation phone use, so is this a foreshadowing of what’s to come in the US? I dunno. Seems to me these things are like single frames ...

Is there a future to blogging? Well, here’s an article that suggests that blogging has room to innovate and evolve. The author suggests that it’s time for blogs to begin digging into niche topics and narrower markets of people: local discussions or just relevant, timely information about specific topics. Like cancer? Maybe. Like Relay? Maybe. And technology is not standing ...