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Law, Technology

Law Schools Team Up To Help Developers Fight Patent Trolls

Over the last few years it’s been great to see a number of useful law school clinics pop up, focused on taking on key issues of our modern era. While law clinics have been around for a while, those focused on issues raised by technological change and…

Internet, Internet of Things, Technology

Internet of Things (IOT) to drive $2.4 trillion by 2017

IOT: Internet of Things

I have referred to this data in panels and realized I never posted about the IDC report from May 2013. The report was launched at SMART Technology World, which is […]

Internet, Law

California weights making revenge porn illegal

  Often, people ask me why after business school I went on to attend 3 years of law school and take the New York Bar. I had a successful career […]

Devices, Innovation, Internet of Things, Mobile, Round-Tripping, Technology

Embedded Platform adds Wi-fi – more IOT in our lives!

On August 27, Broadcom announced that it was adding WiFi Direct (a Wifi standard) to its WICED (Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices) platform. And we wonder, “Hey, why did […]

Failure, Hiring, Startups, Technology

Startups: Advice from Venture Beat?

I recently read an article on Venture Beat call “Stop founding! 10 signs you’re ‘employee material’“. It had some interesting perspectives: some I agree with and some I don’t. But the […]

3D Printer, Devices, Innovation, Maker, ODM, On Digital Media

DYI for the Geek Fashionista – 3D Printed Shoes

  Regular listeners of On Digital Media (ODM) know of my obsessions: (1) Mobile Devices (2) Devices in general (3) Fry’s Electronics (4) Shoes. I had to think hard for […]

Digital Media, eBooks, Internet of Things, Tablets

Nook lives!

Just over 2 months ago, Barnes & Noble had shouted from the rooftops that it was getting rid of its Nook hardware business and concentrating just on content. Well, they’ve […]

Devices, Fortune 1000, Internet, Internet of Things

IoT: Mind your Peas and Q-urly fries…

You know me, I’m all about the connected consumer and I *love* Internet of Things (IoT for short). So When I heard that Quirky and GE was collaborating on product […]

3D Printer, Innovation, Maker, Technology

Gadget Lust: MakerBot Digitizer

I long to create physical things. I can’t knit and I’m afraid that I’m no good with wood building. My career has been focused on selling digital bits and bytes, […]

Digital Media, Internet of Things, Round-Tripping, UX

Internet of Things – not just for geeks but for everyone

Just read one of the more thoughtful analyses about the Internet of Things on GigaOm by Carla Diana, a smart object designer and Fellow at the design firm Smart Design. […]