“Bottom up” approach is better than a “top down”

Some schools have been disappointed with the seemingly small gains made by students when IT technology such as laptops have been introduced to the classroom.  But as I have been writing for years, proper IT planning involved much more than simply throwing technology...

We need better broadband, and soon.

The power of the Internet.  In the small town of Diller, Nebraska, Blue Valley Meats doubled its employees and saw 40 percent growth by setting up a Web site and selling its beef online.  But this happened only after Diller got broadband. Which is why the Recovery Act...

Google raises the bar

It’s been interesting to watch the reaction to Google’s announcement of open access Internet service to select American homes at a jaw-dropping 1 Gbps. That’s roughly a 100-fold increase in bandwidth from the maximum speeds offered by most of the larger internet...

My top ten themes from 2010 Davos, part 2

The World Economic Forum has wrapped up and the small town of Davos is being returned to the skiers. I’ve developed my top ten themes from the five-day event. I posted themes 1 – 5 yesterday. Here are themes 6 – 10. 6. The world needs better governments. Some...

My top ten themes from Davos, part 1

The World Economic Forum has wrapped up and the small town of Davos is being returned to the skiers. I’ve developed my top ten themes from the five-day event. I’ll post five today and five tomorrow. 1. The state of the world is not good. The theme of Davos was...
Don Tapscott