Last week we watched as the space shuttle Atlantis took its last trip into space. This marks the end of the space shuttle program but if you look around your home or office you can see proof of the impact the program has had on our lives. Thousands of technologies developed for the space shuttle [...]

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Memorable Business Cards

July 27, 2011 by

Business cards are an integral part of competent networking. The standard is simple, a small piece of rectangular paper with essenti contact information printed somewhere on it. However, more and more businesses are getting creative with they way they use their business cards. These new creative designs are increasing memorability and therefore generating more positive [...]

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Exploring Virtual Teams

July 22, 2011 by

The way businesses are organized has changed as technology has grown. We frequently see companies reorganizing their teams into virtual teams, also known as geographically dispersed teams (GDT). This enables people in different countries to collaborate on a single project. Like most things in life, there are advantages and disadvantages to this style of team [...]

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Another tech bubble

July 20, 2011 by

It’s easy to get a feeling of deja vu these days. Every week delivers big news of another tech IPO. We read about super-sized valuations for businesses that haven’t turned a profit. Sounds familiar doesn’t it? It has a certain late 1990s flavor.  Are we experiencing another tech bubble? A reprise of dot-com mania? If [...]

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What is a QR Code

July 15, 2011 by

We’ve all seen the odd black squares that are constantly being photographed by smartphone users. They’re called QR codes, an innovative re-imagining of barcode technology. Originally used for tracking components in vehicle manufacturing, these codes are now used in a much broader context. The use of QR codes is even finding new life in creative [...]

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The Connected Age

July 13, 2011 by

Technology has advanced to a place that allows for constant connectivity. Getting a hold of someone is as easy (and as impersonal) as sending a simple text message.   Regardless of where we go, as long as we have a smartphone in our pocket, we are within reach. This has been a beneficial change in many [...]

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After years of expectation and premature announcements, the tablet revolution is finally here. And it’s maturing: the innovative fervor is now sweeping business. That’s right, business. It turns out that these gadgets are more than just shiny toys for wasting time. Large and small organizations in nearly every industry have hopped on the tablet bandwagon. [...]

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Spammers made a large amount of money during the early days of the Internet. However, if some tech-savvy delinquent thought to earn some extra money via spam on today’s Internet, they might want to look at a new line of work. The truth is, since the all time high of spamming assaults in 1997, spam [...]

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