Digital Technology

Instagram vs. Kodak: Smart Customers Sidestep Stupid Companies

Michael Hinshaw | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Customer Relationship, Digital Technology, Disruptive Innovation, Social Networks, Service Design, Kodak, Instagram, Customer Experience, Business News
Michael Hinshaw

The bigger question is why a larger, established company like Kodak didn't invent Instagram, or an app like it. They have the resources, the talent and the opportunity. What is it that stalled -- possibly fatally -- this once-smart company?

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Making the Earth Our BFF

Patricia Draznin | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Digital Technology, Recycle, Compost, Ecosystem, Environment, Green, Earth Day 2012, Reusable, Pollution, Carbon Footprint, Comedy News
Patricia Draznin

With Earth Day hurtling toward us faster than you can skin a free-range carrot, we consider our nation's progress in cleaning up the ecosystem that we've been trashing for decades. Here at the Oh Zone, we did what any skilled researcher would do to find the answer. We asked Siri.

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The Reality Of Kids And Screen Time

| Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Kids Reading, Digital Technology, Digital Media Study, Newborns, Toddlers, Screen Time for Kids, Kids Technology, Children and Media, Kids Watching Tv, Parents News

By Caroline Knorr (Click here to read original article.) Did you read to your kids today? Did you park them in front of the television? Did you han...

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Time, Well-Being and the Political Moment

Paul Stoller | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: The Great Depression, Government Shutdown, Public Servants, Standard & Poor's, Credit Crisis, Public Service, Politics, Digital Technology, Well Being, Wealth, The Internet, Niger, Social Misery, Economic Crisis, Social Isolation, Poltical Isolation, Double Dip Recession, Technology News
Paul Stoller

In America, the land of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, there seems to be a limited pool of well-being. We are wired-in, but existentially alone; we are electronically connected in social networks, but isolated from social groups.

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Digitalman: Faster Than a Speeding Byte

Peter Block | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Information Age, Computer Age, Information Economy, Facebook, Digital Technology, Digital Age, Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network, Social Network, Technology News
Peter Block

No technical obstacle stands in Zuckerberg's way. He never needs a help line, never is referred to a system administrator, never is asked for an "SSID" or a password that he has not memorized.

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Has the Business Card Finally Had Its Day?

Andy Miah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Business Cards, Web 2.0, Digital Technology, Kindle, Ereader, Ethics, Public Domain, Linkedin, Digital Age, Flickr, Technology News
Andy Miah

How should we regard the business card in a digital age? For a few years now, I have been photographing business cards. but today, I decided that they should go into the public domain.

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We Need to Reinvent Brain Care

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Working-Memory, Chief Medical Officer, Sharpbrains, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Merit Behavioral Care, Cornell University, Cognitive-Enhancement, Neurocognitive, Mental-Health, Medicaid, Cognitive-Reserve, Nimh, Mental-Wellness, Cognitive, Neuroscience, Digital Technology, Neuropsychologist, Brain-Resource, Digital, John Docherty, Self-Regulation, Cognition, Webneuro, Meditation, Health, Healthy Living News
Alvaro Fernandez

An assessment of basic neurocognitive function should be an essential part of any psychiatric evaluation. The mental health field should adopt a brain-based model for diagnosis and treatment.

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China's Senior Market: Gray Today, Golden Tomorrow

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dove, China Mobile, Nao Bai Jing, Pocari Sweat, Burberry, Hsbc, China, China Mature Market, Debeers, Chinese Consumers, Digital Technology, Nike, Anta, Chinese Culture, Lining, China Grey Market, Nestle, New Zealand Tourism, Generation Gap, Aia, Ericcson, Business News
Tom Doctoroff

Marketers must realize that, as incomes rise, the Middle Kingdom will become more modern, more international, but not more Western. Goods must be positioned in accordance with cultural imperatives.

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