Clod | February 3, 2012
Ignore the build-versus-buy dilemma. Make friends. The handful of companies profiled in this issue — those scrambling to build the biggest and baddest ebusiness power tools — all sit on an unmistakably huge opportunity: building the infrastructure behind the ecommerce of tomorrow. So huge, in fact, that it might leave Web firms with the notion [...]
Clod | January 4, 2012
Almost as important as the chair is proper placement of the keyboard. It should permit elbows and wrists to be at a comfortable angle for typing. If the desk or table is about elbow height, the keyboard can go right on the table or desk. If not, an articulating or adjustable keyboard tray can be [...]
Clod | December 6, 2011
5. Online Networking Skills The early educational pioneers of the Internet recognized that one of its major benefits was to be found in the opportunity to link the classroom to an expert.
Clod | December 6, 2011
3. Information “Coping” Skills Beyond the importance of teaching the fundamentals of using the Internet in the classroom, there are many other reasons to introduce the Internet into the classroom now. One has to do with the fact that we must prepare our youth on how to deal with a world that involves a constant, [...]
Clod | December 6, 2011
Basic Skills of the Future As the Internet begins to play an ever more important role in our economy and society, it is clear that the educational system must get on board. In so doing, the system can ensure that the youth of today are provided the basic and necessary survival skills of tomorrow.
Clod | December 6, 2011
If we think about these three key trends, we can come to appreciate the role that the Internet is set to play — and can quickly come to realize that the Internet isn’t an educational frill. It is a necessity.
Clod | July 11, 2011
At a recent seminar in Helsinki, Finland, for New Economy professionals, a presenter asked the attendees how many of them had, at some point in their careers, signed a confidentiality agreement with Finnish wireless giant Nokia. More than half the attendees raised their arms. “Finland is a team,” said one attendee. “The coach is Nokia.”
Clod | June 21, 2011
When e-mail first became popular, a college professor observed a dramatic transformation in the behavior of a colleague from another university. The woman, a highly regarded academician, had been quite shy, barely speaking to others at professional meetings. Through e-mail, she seemed to come out of her shell. She became quite talkative over the Net, [...]