Last weekend it was a cold and wet outside so Christina and I went to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. It probably wouldn't have been Christina's first choice of things to do on a Saturday, but I really had a good time. Truth be told, I think I brought out the inner geek in her, and she had a good time too. The museum itself is great, it starts with the abacus and takes visitors all the way to modern day computing. In some ways…
My parents let me know last night they had to put Otis down which surprisingly came as quite a shock. Otis has been a part of the Person family since I was in high school in Maryland. Otis was always my mom's dog as Maggie was my dad's. I will always remember the day my parents brought Otis home, he had never felt grass before so when they put him in the grass he didn't quite know how to react to it. For the next twenty or so…
The Future of Interactive Content in Corporate Communication I commented on a LinkedIn discussion board comment/question today and wanted to share it. A: The Future of Interactive Technology The other interesting thing I like about Qwiki is they are using it as a platform. I was fascinated by what they are looking at as a future alarm clock (see video link below). I'd imagine it won't be too many more years before our bathroom mirrors are huge rear projection touch sensitive screens which let us see news, weather,…
Comparing Revenue Per Employee Across Major Companies Yes, I'm a data geek and I crunch company operating results for fun. Check this out... Wolframalpha is a public data search engine which allows for lots of complex data analysis. The data below is how much revenue each publicly traded company generates when it is divided by the total number of employees it has (per year). I work in the retail sector, so I first looked at how much revenue each company makes if it were divided by their number…
I'm going to give you a scenario and by doing, so I'm hoping to prove a point. Let's say everyone in the world has to go to prison even though they haven't committed a crime. Let's also say there are only three prisons which are an Apple prison, a Windows prison, and a Linux prison, and you get to choose which one you are going to spend the rest of your life in. You are told and many believe the Apple prison is great, fantastic, wonderful, insanely awesome,…
From Mailman to Post Office Builder I recently participated in a LinkedIn discussion, and I wanted to open it up to the world (or anyone who wanted to read or contribute to it). It is partially edited so it reads better in a blog format. I thought what John Clarkson commented back was brilliant. What do you think? Any brave souls out there? Social media's value is that it is created and communicated by the people for the people. If you look at newspapers, broadcast television, and FM/AM…
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