The day after President Obama (@barackobama) gave Ireland a shot of optimism, it is worth remembering that plenty of hard work is still needed to pull the country of the mire. Ruminating on an insightful conversation he had with his hairdresser about her business, Harvard Business Review blogger, John Baldoni, said, “Inspiration is useless [...]
05.24.11 | Entrepreneurship | John P. Muldoon
The web was invented to further scientific research but it is doing a bad job at it, according to James Boyle. “Right now we are generating scientific information at digital speeds but reading it at analog speeds,” he said. Scientists face one big challenge, Boyle said. That is accessing information. Despite the amount of research [...]
05.13.11 | Innovation | John P. Muldoon
Isn’t if funny how the basics of science fiction are already in use today? From the earliest days of Star Trek to movies like The Minority Report, people have manipulated displays on surface tops or in air. Even two years ago, it still seemed far away, according to “Microsoft’s Storyteller,” Steve Clayton (@stevecla). But now [...]
05.10.11 | Fun stuff, Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Hopefully that headline grabbed your attention. It might even be more effective on Twitter. It contains many of the keywords designed to hook you on magazine covers, according to Norah Casey, owner and CEO of Harmonia, Ireland’s largest publisher. Casey is also one of the potential investors on Ireland’s version of The Dragons’ Den TV [...]
05.9.11 | Entrepreneurship, Management, Media, Organisation, Social Media, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
