How good are you at multitasking? Try this game …
[caption id="attachment_614" align="alignleft" width="294"] http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenvance/4538434224/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] I recently came across an article showing that laptops in the university classroom lowers performance, both for the...
Can technology leaders really have charisma?
[caption id="attachment_564" align="alignleft" width="240"] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons (cc 2.0)[/caption] Despite a decent performance by Ashton Kutcher, Joshua Stern's biopic on the late Steve Jobs has been panned...
Stanford Prison Experiments
[caption id="attachment_497" align="alignleft" width="300"] flickr.com/photos/sonofgroucho/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] I came across the Stanford Prison Experiments while working on a paper exploring cybercrime. In 1971, a professor...
Mobile Banking Machines in Africa
[caption id="attachment_504" align="alignleft" width="300"] flickr.com/photos/karstenkneese/ (cc 2.0)[/caption] Opportunity International is piloting a project bringing mobile banks to rural areas in Malawi. Surveys of Opportunity clients...
Roller Coasters & Remote Leaders
[caption id="attachment_508" align="alignleft" width="300"] By Lakeyboy at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons[/caption]Over the last couple of months I've had the opportunity to observe a...
The Next Time You Need Your Spleen Removed …
[caption id="attachment_511" align="alignleft" width="200"] en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shadow_Hand_Bulb_large.jpg (GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2)[/caption] Robo-surgeons. Creepy. Before your next surgery you might want to ask your surgeon if...