For all the folks wondering if Foursquare has jumped the shark, and more specifically, what’s the point? — the point is Foursquare is about to become the shark, at least in the blue ocean of mobile, location-based social networking. Since launching in March 2009 at SXSW, I’ve been waiting for the Silicon Alley start-up to create some real value …
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John Backus, managing partner of New Atlantic Ventures, discusses the future of television: Take a look at some major developments so far this year: – Netflix was once viewed as an invincible Wall Street darling and the stock has nearly fallen off a cliff as it struggles to evolve its business model. But it realizes …
I recently encountered a state-of-the-art wind tower on the freeway. The base was separated into three parts and the turbine into another three. Carried by six trailers flagged with “wide load” and trailed by escort cars. Yeah, it was big. The current trend in wind power is to go bigger and bigger with more complex …
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I bought my 2004 Acura RSX as a new car back in November of 2003. In the eight years since I have driven 100,000 miles. That’s 12,500 miles/year which is 31% below the national average of 18,000 miles/yr. It also includes four cross-country trips from Los Angeles to Washington DC (10,560 miles). Of which, the milestone …
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This week, 1X57 is heading North by Northwest to Vancouver for the World Future Society‘s annual conference, World Future 2011, to kick off a new phenomenon we’ve co-produced, Futurists:BetaLaunch – an innovation showcase slash tech petting zoo featuring 12 ideas in beta that offer an exciting vision of the future. Although this is 1X57’s first …
Are you an entrepreneur, inventor, or working for a start-up? If so, here is an opportunity for you to get in front of 1,000 influential futurists and an online community of over 35,000. We are pleased to announce the Futurists: BetaLaunch in partnership with the World Future Society, a 45-year old non-profit organization dedicated to …
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Are you an entrepreneur, inventor, or working for a start-up? If so, here is an opportunity for you to get in front of 1,000 influential futurists and an online community of over 35,000. We are pleased to announce the Futurists: BetaLaunch in partnership with the World Future Society, a 45-year old non-profit organization dedicated to …
Continue reading “Press Release: Call For Start-Ups, Entrepreneurs, & Inventors”
For the 5th Ignite DC, Steve submitted a proposal. It was accepted and he was asked to present at the event. Below are the full text of the proposal and a video of the talk. – Proposal Have you been to an Apple store lately and noticed that nobody is queuing? Their are no cash registers, …
Meme – An idea or pattern of thought that “replicates” like a virus by being passed along from one thinker to another As an idea or pattern of thought government 2.0 (gov 2.0) is still being defined and debated. To some it is merely an extension of Web 2.0, to others it is the serious …