Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a yearly opportunity to give praise to women in science and technology. Last year, on the same occasion, I wrote a research piece on Hypatia, a most interesting and inspiring character, but definitely not the most contemporary role model one could hope for. This year, I feel stumped; as much [...]
How can a company remain innovative through its growth? Most simply fail – with a bureaucratic management style that thinks that innovation can be achieved by having bosses yell “be creative” at their staff; other use turnover as an innovation tool: hire creative minds, squeeze out whatever can be squeezed in, then throw away the [...]
In my recent work around Mobile augmented reality I came across the idea that MAR was merely a new name for mashups, under a thin disguise of 3d and video feeds. Mashups were all the rage but a few years ago! Every Web developer and her dog were creating a “mashup application” – most often [...]