Open Source

Seeing Through the Voting Booth

Joel Epstein | Posted 11.05.2009 | Technology


Joel Epstein

In this age when we are looking to social entrepreneurs to improve the world let's celebrate the open source developers who are working to shine a light on how the country votes.

What Chocolate Can Teach Us About Curriculum

Dr. Barbara Kurshan | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media


Dr. Barbara Kurshan

Dan Ariely: "Zero is not just another discount. Zero is a different place. The difference between two cents and one cent is small, but the difference between one cent and zero is huge!"

Remixing the Book

Hugh McGuire | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books


Hugh McGuire

Writers will probably always want to keep control of their work, but who is to say that the particular collaboration between a writer and her editor results in the best possible book?

Come in, We're Open

Dr. Barbara Kurshan | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media


Dr. Barbara Kurshan

In the after hours, or time between coffee and the opening of your Sunday morning paper, why not take a few moments to further explore your lifelong interest in subjects like architecture or art?

Google Wave RELEASED For Wider Testing: UPDATE (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted 11.29.2009 | Technology


**See update and demonstration video below** Google Wave, a highly-anticipated new communication and collaboration tool, is being released to 100,0...

GM Creates 'The Lab' Blog to Test Transportation Concepts

Dave Pinter | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business


Dave Pinter

The theme of the 'Bare Necessity' is, as GM Designer Therese Tant writes, a back-to basics approach, less is more, less cost, less complexity = efficiency.

In Defense Of Free

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business


Piers Fawkes

As a business owner who uses digital technology as the backbone of my business, I found Chris Anderson's latest book inspiring and useful.

Digital Textbooks, Real Gains for Education

Lisa Petrides | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics


Lisa Petrides

Governor Schwarzenegger has a plan to make California the first state in the nation to provide its schools with free digital textbooks.

Obama, Carl Malamud, and Where Are All of the Open Source People?

James Love | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics


James Love

On Facebook, I have seen two campaigns to make Carl Malamud the new head of the Government Printing Office.

How Fast is Bottom-Up Coming Up? What Does Obama's Internet-Powered Election Mean for How Business is Managed?

Daniel Debow | Posted 12.13.2008 | Business


Daniel Debow

How long will it take for traditional business people to really start changing their organizational structures, social norms, and expectations to account for the reality of the Net Gen?"