I'm sitting in my apartment overlooking New York Harbor while CNN News plays in the background. They're talking about the effects of Hurricane Irene, they show the cone of possible paths for the storm. NYC is right in the center. Then they show a model of the low-lying areas, where...

In an article in the latest Atlantic Monthly, I just found out about the "frugal" literature. Until today, I had no idea bookstores were teeming with titles such as:

* The Cheapskate Next Door
* America's Cheapest Family
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Today's announcement of the engagement between Prince William and Kate Middleton was big news worldwide. But in the U.S., it was a "world news" story, with little importance at home.

Much of the focus was on Kate's ring, how William proposed, and what Kate's dress might look like.

For Britons,...

In my Information Systems class at Rider University, we hold debates about current IS issues.

The first debate of the semester was about Facebook. The specific motion: Facebook is under-appreciated, it has tremendous social value.

I had assumed that most students would be pro-Facebook. After all, these were...

According to an often-quoted study from the Gartner Group, 75% of I.T. projects fail. The Standish Group conducts an annual survey of I.T. projects. Their latest report shows a decrease in project success rates.

• 32% of all projects succeeded: delivered on time, on budget, with required...

My wife and I were recently traveling through Europe. While resting in our hotel room, we quickly got bored of CNN International, and gingerly switched to the "depraved" channel.

Of course, we had heard about Al Jazeera. We heard that it was anti-American. We heard it was propaganda. From websites...

When I was a kid growing up in Toronto, schools were visited by a police car named Blinky. It was regular police car fitted with bright blue eyes, long eyelashes and a funny nose. Blinky was a gimmick designed to teach kids about safety and help introduce school children to...

Yesterday marked England's exit from the FIFA World Cup tournament. A sad day for England fans, not only in the U.K., but around the globe.

I became a soccer fan when I lived in London and have supported England ever since. More than anything, I loved the sight of...

The World Cup is undoubtedly the Greatest Global Party. 32 teams from the around the world, competing in a game that is simple yet beautiful, the very definition of sublime. This year's cup is even more poignant, the first world cup on the African continent.

It will be watched by...

A recent lawsuit rocked the software industry. Waste Management sued SAP for the "complete failure" of an ERP implementation, seeking $100 million in damages. In the documents filed with the court, Waste Management's complaints were very much focused on SAP's behavior during the sales process.

SAP fraudulently...

Internet dating has dramatically changed the way people look for romance. Eyes meeting across a crowded dance floor are increasingly becoming a thing of the past. A strange consequence of technology is its success as a match-making tool. But not everyone is thrilled.

One popular blog, ineed2know recently...

My wife recently came home appalled by an ad she saw in a newspaper. The ad was for Ashley Madison, a dating website that encourages and assists marital infidelity.

Even email has a dark side. This tool created simply to allow messaging across networks was seized early on by a group of enterprising Nigerians. The scam became legendary. A gullible victim in the West would receive an email about an enormous fortune that awaits them if they follow a...

"How many uses can you think of for a brick?" This question is often asked by recruiters trying to gauge a person's creativity. Most people come up with common uses such as:

• Build a building
• Door stop
• Paper weight

But some truly creative types go...