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Tag Archives: tech startups
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Hey Reader’s It’s been a while. Looks like I have not written a post since last February. This does not mean that the world has stopped spinning, in fact things are moving as fast as ever in Silicon Vally North. … Continue reading
Contributing to innovation
I’ve been doing a few small hardware projects lately and they have re-kindled my interest in building things for software to run on. I don’t really keep up with advancements in the hardware space, but I have a guy from … Continue reading
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Funding Science in North America
I have been talking recently with a number of what you might call “Captains of Industry” and everyone agrees that there is a serious problem with available capital for new technology companies. The instant gratification model of the Internet generation … Continue reading
“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 4
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 Today we are going to finish our look at Chapter 1, “Cognitive Dissonance: The Pyramid of Choice.” “The Pyramid of Choice” refers to a very important concept that we have all experienced and … Continue reading
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“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 3
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 Today we are going to continue to look at Chapter 1, “Cognitive Dissonance: Spirals of Violence – and Virtue.” “Spirals of Violence” refers to the fact that many of us believe or have … Continue reading
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“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 2
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 Today we are going to look at Chapter 1, “Cognitive Dissonance: The Engine of Self-justification.” So what is “Cognitive Dissonance” ? The authors define it as: Cognitive dissonance is a state of tension … Continue reading
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“Mistakes were made (but not by me)”: Part 1
This book can be purchased at: http://www.amazon.ca/Mistakes-Were-Made-But-Not/dp/0156033909 The object of this first post it to review the Introduction and prepare for what comes in the subsequent chapters. This book by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson first caught my attention six … Continue reading
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A new way to work
It is not uncommon for technology workers to work off site from time to time. This is especially true when a quite environment is required to achieve an important deadline. I have been known to solve complex problems in a … Continue reading
“The Tile”
A couple of weeks ago I had a post called “Find my iThingy”. After describing that post to one of my friends he sent me a link to a crown sourced project called “The Tile”. http://www.thetileapp.com/ I’m sure many of … Continue reading
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Tagged C++ programming, connected things, energy harvesting, hardware, innovation, sensors, tech startups, tile
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More on Blue Oceans
I briefly mentioned in a earlier post that I was reading a book called “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. The book touches on many different aspects of creating a winning business and contains some thought … Continue reading
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