At TEDxBelfast last night I was inspired by the stories of individuals who passionately believed in an idea and then made that idea a reality. From working with autistic children to building a new arts centre, these people all made a difference. Presented in Titanic Belfast in front of the replica of the famous staircase, it was an unforgettable evening. As with
Over the past year, Deloitte have publish a short series on digital leadership and are wrapping it up with the final edition "Innovating for a Digital Future". Each publication looks at the different challenges facing leaders in the digital era particularly in the technology, media and telecoms industries. This last one examines the challenges around innovation and how it's possible to
For some time now, when it came to desktop and laptop computer hardware, innovation has seemed to be somewhat stagnate. After all, what more can be done with word processing software? How can spreadsheets possibly be improved? How can the browsing experience be made better? Can email be made more effective or efficient? Form impacts function, but function often defines
David Politis of Xi3 Microcomputers ) presents the Xi3 Modular Computer. It is an extremely small form factor and operates on only 20 watts of power, yet contains a dual-core AMD Athlon x86 processor operating at 2 gigahertz. The standard model ships with 2 gigabytes of DDR 2 RAM and 8 gigabytes of solid SSD solid state drive memory. The
On Thursday, at the i/o conference, Google unveiled a project two years in development, Wave. Answering the question, "What would email look like if it were invented today?" Google's answer awed me. For the normal person, like myself, let me just say that it brings instant delivery, interaction, commenting, joint authoring, and media/attachment sharing into one mix. It is not