PC Users Can Help Discover New Drugs to Treat AIDS & Other Diseases
Thanks to the digital age, scientists can advance research efforts in search of drugs to treat AIDS and other diseases. And, we can help.
HuffPost's QuickRead
Publish or Perish v. Publish and Perish
Here's the central paradox: there's more opportunity for all to publish, but more than ever, only the mega-sellers profit at all. It's like a rapidly expanding casino with a shrinking winner's circle.
In Thanksgiving for our (Very Big) Government
In light of the tremendous challenges facing our country, I am grateful for a government big enough to help us weather the financial storm.
Here to Stay?
During my short stint as head of digital communications for the Prime Minister, there wasn't a lack of will to try new ways of directly interacting with the citizens of the UK, but it didn't necessarily lead to a higher quality of debate or better outcomes.
Where is Obama on Social Media and E-Government?
At a time when the World Bank describes the Obama Administration as embracing e-government themes, why does the President-elect's own tech roadmap fail to mention it by name?
Product Review: Dymo DiscPainter (CD/DVD Printer)
What about labeling the disc -- do you scrawl a title and your name on the disc with an ugly black marker? Many people do, but it's not a very professional look.
Pulse Pen Review: Pen Stops Just Short Of Recording Your Thoughts Before You Think Them
The main idea behind the pen is to help people who take notes on something that happens aloud to capture every moment. If you miss a word while taking notes, the pen catches it.
Jewish Girls and Self-Destructive Behaviors: By The Numbers
We must help undo the damage done by impossibly high academic standards, media portrayals of unrealistic bodies, and other factors that make young women feel like they don't measure up.
Cracking the Boys Club: 10 Pioneers in Tech and Web 2.0
While there are plenty of successful women who have cracked the tech boys club, here is my list of Top 10 Pioneers in Tech and Web 2.0 that should make experts' future lists.
Obama's Right Hand: His Blackberry
I am nowhere near as important or on the same need-to-be-connected level as our soon-to-president, but you'd have to pry those communication tools out of my cold, dead hands.
Turn on, Tune In, Drop Out: How The TiVo Phenomenon Rots Identity
When did I stop thinking for myself? The day I gave in to the temptations of collaborative filtering systems.
I've Seen The New Kindle (And It's An iPhone)
The design of the Kindle has all the grace and originality of a Glenn Frey guitar solo. So I decided to wait for Kindle Version 2.0. Well, it's here -- and it's the iPhone 2.0.
One Way to Find bin Laden
One solution might be sending in this six-inch-long robotic micro-aerial vehicle known as the Com-Bat. In concept, similar to a radio-controlled toy.
Change.gov and Cluen: A Case Study in Privacy
I still hope transparency is possible in the government, but a curious investigation led me down a path to conclude that transparency is the tip of the iceberg and change.gov is not what it seems.
That's Right iPhone. I'm Keeping My BlackBerry Curve
Tempted as I have been in the past year to snag an iPhone and switch teams, it will still be me and my BlackBerry. Why? Because I learned a few things about the iPhone the first time around.
Social Isolation: A Trend That We Can Change
Over the past two decades our social isolation has significantly increased and affects our overall wellbeing and those that we care about. Why is this happening?
Recent Blog Posts
Most Popular Technology Stories
Realtime conversations about
Technology
Technology
- jmobley23
about 1 minute ago
- jnrosemas
about 4 minutes ago
- rmcaluma
about 4 minutes ago
- jenny_wakefield
about 6 minutes ago
- dzesika
about 6 minutes ago
Links From Digg, Delicious, and Google Blogsearch
Links
- Technology is easy; labor is hard » Invisible Inkling
- Finextra: Dubai Islamic Bank deploys Fiserv reconciliation technology
- Kevin Kelly On Technology As The 7th Kingdom Of Life | PSFK ...
- Usability News - When Technology Fails
- Important Gaming Technology and Programming Lanuage Sofware » All ...
- Mining Technology - A New Kind of Portable Crushing Plant
- Review: iTrip Universal by Griffin Technology | Notebooks.com
- BBC NEWS | dot.life | A blog about technology from BBC News ...
- Bleak Black Friday | Technology Industry Blog | BNET
- ManTech closes EWA buy
- Huffington Post and aQuantive? - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology ...
- GMANews.TV - Fuel-cell powered devices here soon - Technology ...
- Microsoft in Yahoo Search Talks: Report - Internet * Technology ...
- Free Technology for Teachers: Free SAT Prep - Act Quickly
- Reminder: December Technology Summit Registration - Now with ...
- Apple, Wii, HDTVs top solid Black Friday sales : Obsessable ...
- An Architect's View - Web Application Technology Preference
- Elsevier's EMBASE.com Partners ... ( AMSTERDAM December 1 /- - Fo...)
- Top News - Technology helps shatter limits of disability
- Scoop: Student Science And Technology Research Celebrated
- Why Is Movie Rental Still So Damn Difficult?
- Six Apart Welcomes Pownce
- SanDisk plans hat trick of SSD performance improvements
- Wash Post: Prohibition vs Regulation of Online Poker Debated
- The 10 Big Energy Myths
- Stainless - Google Chrome’s Mac Twin
- Fortune Magazine: Why can't Microsoft make money online?
- Mumbai Terrorists Watched World Reacted Using BlackBerry
- Mumbai Terrorists Used BlackBerrys To Stay Ahead of Police
- DICE Uses NVIDIA PhysX Technology In Mirror's Edge
Don Tapscott: What Obama's New CTO Should Do
Want to reply to a comment? Hint: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to
That all sounds nice but a lot of industry CTOs are just really good at presenting their "vision" and generally are just self-promoting. What makes a tech company rich is not necessarily what's good for the country. Some of them are surprisingly clueless but very good at duping non-tech execs with buzz words and respin of other's ideas. Our recently departed CTO really just wanted to beef up investment in India design centers and write a blog about how clever she was. Not missing her much.
Great post Don - I agree on all points listed. The one thing I would add as a key enabler of the US technology plan is the democratization of data. Open it up! The government has access to a tremendous amount of data (domestics and global) that would create the basis for all sorts of collaborative innovation if they only they made it available to the public in an easy to use format. We've already seen the potential of community innovation around open source software; what about open source government services online? Neighborhood Knowledge in California is a great example of baby steps in this direction, but if this type of data-sharing was supported at a federal level, it could be a huge boon for citizen engagement and empowerment.
Nice article. I just hope that the US focuses on getting broadband out at home first.