Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
30Nov
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I was catching up on news this morning and 2 unrelated stories jumped out at me, the first being a case brought by ad company Sanbreel against Facebook. The issue at hand was whether or not Facebook amounted to a public utility and as such an essential service, and the judge who reviewed the case [...]
5 days after Hurricane Sandy New Yorkers have gone from waiting in line for the newest iPad to waiting in line for a few gallons of gasoline. A few days ago I wrote about our societal reliance on technology and the risks it imposes in the event of incapacitation. Now I see this is even [...]
In watching the coverage of hurricane Sandy’s aftermath on the east coast I am struck by something that is a consequence of our technology driven society… what happens when all that technology becomes disabled because of environmental conditions, otherwise known as water? We depend on electronics in nearly every conceivable object we encounter on a [...]