by Graeme Codrington | May 2, 2005 | Future Trends
CNN did an excellent summary of the millennium during 1999. They gave each century a single entry summary, and then drilled down in huge detail. Check it out here. Their summary is as follows: 11 th century: sword 12th: axe 13th: stirrup 14th: scythe 15th: sail 16th:...
by Graeme Codrington | May 2, 2005 | Future Trends
Since Jules Verne put the science fiction genre on the map, these authors and movie makers have captured popular imaginations – with visions of boom and bust, glory and (mainly) terror in the future. Many of them (I would rate Asimov the best in this case) have...
by Graeme Codrington | Apr 27, 2005 | Future Trends
Contrary to most airline announcements, it is not unsafe to use a mobile phone on an aeroplane. On most flights, a few cellphones are left on by mistake, and the avionics systems on modern aircraft are hardened against radio interference anywhere. The real reason that...
by Graeme Codrington | Apr 26, 2005 | Future Trends
OK, so make sure you don’t read what I didn’t say. You still need to be worried about India and China — the matter what country or industry you’re in, if you’re not thinking about the effects that these two countries will have on you,...
by Graeme Codrington | Apr 26, 2005 | Archive, Future Trends
Blogs are the new big thing in communication – and now companies are getting on board, too. What is a blog? Very simply, its a “web log”. Do you remember Captain Kirk’s “Captain’s log, stardate xyz”? Well, that’s kind of...
by Graeme Codrington | Apr 26, 2005 | Future Trends
Is this a world first? Stonyfield Farm has a Chief Blogger – mainly charged with connecting with clients. Read the BusinessWeek story on her, here. Blogs are coming – no doubt. BusinessWeek’s current edition has blogs as the front cover. “As...
