A Country of Technology – Israel

Many of my RSS feeds and blogs I read there is technology and innovation coming out of Israel in a big way. It’s difficult to keep up with the reports on technologies, acquisitions and new startup companies that seem to happen there weekly. What’s the deal? I did a little research [...]

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Technology and Real Estate Mashups

When it comes to real estate technology, you are helped out by mashups everyday and may not even realize it. What’s a mashup? Basically, it’s a combination of Web applications that are “mashed” together to do something totally different. In the real estate industry, mashups are most prominent in map form, such as integrating [...]

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FlippingPads

Ran across a new social network for those involved in real estate, at pretty much every level of involvement. Called the Flipping Pad.
In this community are areas to post properties for sale or others that are of commercial interest in one way or another. You can create a user profile, find other members to [...]

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What Matters Most…Invention or Innovation?

The academic research on the topic states that “invention” is defined as the creation of new things. “Innovation” happens when these new things are delivered to the marketplace for the benefit of consumers/society.
Facebook is an example of an innovative networking tool that connects users of all ages from all parts of the globe. But [...]

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SPAM: Opt-In Email?

At work early. Coffee, check. Bran muffin, check. Open Parallels then Outlook…will it work on the first try, check. Whoa, what’s this? A half-dozen “business proposals” from London and several people in South Africa who I don’t know are waiting for my “urgent reply” with my bank account number… [...]

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Logic Puzzles

It’s closing in on Independence Day, my elected representatives are on vacation and I have some thoughts on Logic Puzzles…yeah, I need a day off work!
Many of the leading nonprofits leverage the internet to mobilize us and advocate on important public policy issues. Literacy-tests to vote were abolished long ago, but members of Congress [...]

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