Big companies are looking closer term, and even the most technological companies spend less than 1% of sales on research. Startups have suffered the burst bubble.

The cost of electronics in a modern car now exceeds the cost of its stall.

It's hard to propose a $100 laptop for a world community of kids and then not say in the same breath that you're going to depend on the community to make software for it.

Rote learning is a killer for most of us and for some people, it really excludes them.

Computer science departments have always considered 'user interface' research to be sissy work.

The best way to guarantee a steady stream of new ideas is to make sure that each person in your organization is as different as possible from the others. Under these conditions, and only these conditions, will people maintain varied perspectives and demonstrate their knowledge in different ways.

What's the difference between obsolete and cutting edge? Obsolete works.