Voting Deadline: Midnight, Friday August 27th Its that time of year again where SXSW posts the ideas for this years speaker/panel topics and asks for people to vote.  The panel that have been proposed for me to talk to is: Hacking The Future Can you predict what the future will look like in 5 to 10 years? Hacking the future requires the ability to dream, to visualize...

Last week, I gave a keynote speech at Edelman’s Leadership event in Chicago.  Once a year, the company brings together the top ~100 executives from around the world.  Richard Edelman asked me to present a talk at lunch about the “future of technology”.  I took some liberty with the topic and focused on the needed skill of “planning for the future”....

With the recent rash of movies like Avatar, moviegoers are gaining a new love for everything 3D.  As a result, theaters are enjoying a positive impact to their bottom line.  But 3D isn’t just about the movies.  It has a role in the business world ranging from medical (3D medical imaging), oil and gas (3D geo-spatial) and financial services (3D modeling of...

The video of the “Hacking The Future” speech I gave at Maker Faire 2010 has been posted over at Fora.tv.  The foundation for the speech is the precept that the world in changing at an ever increasing pace.  To ensure we, as a civilization, are prepared for this changing future, we need to spend the time and try to understand what the future will/could look...

One of a handful of events that get locked on my calender each year is Maker Faire.  For those of you not aware of Maker Faire, its a weekend event where the DIY (Do-It-Yourself,), inventors, innovators, hackers, etc come out and show off their creations.  The event is VERY family friendly with activities and experiments for the kids in all of us to do. I will be...

A few weeks back, I was in London for press interviews and customer meetings.  The press interviews were with The Daily Telegraph, The Inquirer, Computing, Reuters and a podcast with The Guardian.  As with any press interviews, you never know when or if any articles will come from it.  In this case, the objective was not to generate a direct story but to share thoughts/ideas...

(audio) During a recent press interview, I was asked by a reporter for my view on what the next "hot" thing will be.  A question that is becoming more common with each press interview given the current market conditions.  I shared a few trends of personal interest that I’ve been tracking. So, what is the process I use to uncover emerging trends...