Staying Ahead of the Innovation Curve
January 16, 2012, 1 Comment

Innovation isn’t a stop and start process. It is a continuous cycle that is equal parts community involvement, persona ...

The Utilitarian Future: Tablets Replace User Creativity?
August 22, 2011, No Comments

In Europe, tablet sales are up while desktop, laptop, and netbook sales are down. Why is this news? The touch-screen tab ...

Can Open Data Turn a Profit?
April 22, 2011, No Comments

The recent spate of budget cuts in the U.S. has threatened the existence of open data on a global level. Is it time for ...

A Conversation with USAID’s Dr. Maura O’Neill
February 3, 2011, No Comments

Dr. Maura O’Neill is the USAID’s Chief Innovation Officer. In her former life she was a seasoned private-sector entr ...

Open Data International
Questions of Scale and Responsibility
January 25, 2011, No Comments

Friday, January 21st marked the one year anniversary of data.gov.uk, one of the most prominent and highly informative op ...

Top 5
The Top 5 Open Data Portals
November 1, 2010, 1 Comment

How do you spot an excellent open data portal in a field that is still largely in its beta phase? Although the technolog ...

Data Visualization
Data Visualization’s Code of Ethics
September 27, 2010, 1 Comment

What is data visualization? As our discussion a few weeks ago with the World Bank revealed, governments and organization ...

Growth and Innovation
Balancing Innovation and Cost-Cutting
September 14, 2010, 3 Comments

Why are workers keen to cut costs? In an economy when many companies have abandoned hiring, those who still have jobs fi ...

Environmental Innovation
What is Environmental Innovation Management Software?
September 13, 2010, 1 Comment

Last week, we briefly outlined the basic categories of innovation management software. Today, we’re profiling environm ...

Construction
The Value of Old Co-Workers
September 12, 2010, No Comments

As the author William Gibson says, “there is no such thing as a utopia or a dystopia—both are idealizations.” So i ...