In the past year, Apple, Sony, and Home Depot were targeted in notorious criminal hacks. But not all hackers are bad. Pablos Holman, an inventor and hacker at patent firm Intellectual Ventures’ (IV) Laboratory, breaks electronics every day—and he thinks more people should be doing the same.
Pablos Holman Wants You To Break Your Gadgets, featured in Popular Science Read More »
BrainRush is out to turn you into IBM’s Watson. Like other companies grabbing for the big brass ring that is tech-based education tools, BrainRush wants to “revolutionize learning.” But unlike many of its competitors, Brainrush is determined to make it fun. They’ll tuck the knowledge you need inside a thousand interactive playthings like so many Greeks inside a wooden horse.
BrainRush: It Doesn’t Rush Your Brain At All Read More »
I had the opportunity to give a presentation to Procter & Gamble’s then-CEO, A.G. Lafley, four or five times in the 20 years I was with the company. And the first time was unforgettable. That day I learned a valuable lesson—the hard way—about how not to present to the CEO. I’d been given 20 minutes
How NOT to present to the CEO by Paul Smith Read More »
Entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell, the founder Atari Inc. and Chuck E. Cheese’s, delivered the keynote at the newly revamped NXNE Future Land, Interactive Conference in Toronto this week.
Atari the company might be a shadow of its former self, but Nolan Bushnell isn’t out of the games game quite yet.
The 73-year-old Atari co-founder never left games completely — but thanks to a new collaboration with mobile publisher Spil Games, he’ll get to bring ideas he’s been sitting on to smartphones and tablets.
Nolan Bushnell is making video games again! Read More »
HuffPost’s new parent-child interview series Talk To Me examines the close and often complex relationships between parents and their kids, and encourages sons and daughters around the world to make time to interview their parents.
One of the most common things I hear when working with emerging leaders – and even some established leaders – is that they don’t like confrontation. This is usually expressed in a tone that suggests it’s a personal weakness or a failure of character. When I explore this view, the response is typically vague: ‘I’m
Dealing with Difficult People, by Rob Redenbach Read More »
Holding on to your convictions in the face of mediocrity can help turn the naysayers into believers. Naysaying has always been an epidemic of sorts. The majority of people, if asked to vote, would vote on mediocrity. You might wonder why someone would freely choose mediocrity. The simple answer is this: they can’t see far
Here’s The Advice The Atari Founder Gave To A Young Steve Jobs – Nolan Bushnell in Inc. Read More »
It was January in 1913 in a remote section of Antarctica. Douglas Mawson was 14 feet away from the top of the crevice — hanging by a rope attached to his waist.
How to Live When It’s Dead Easy to Die by Dan Waldschmidt Read More »
