The Problems (Drawn from the list identified by Social Capital on December 15, 2018) Disrupting Programming Can we enable people who don’t know programming to build applications? Is there a way to structure, pipe, and manage data better? Disrupting Education Can we educate humans in interesting ways so that they learn to think in multi-disciplinary ways?... Continue Reading →
Whole-I-Ness: A New Job to Be Done for Christianity
In many ways, Western Christianity is now a solution in search of a problem. We are a victim of our own success, having effectively worked ourselves out of a job by eliminating the "pain points" of Judaism, paganism and animism while diffusing most of our benefits into the culture. Like a technology-centric startup, we now find... Continue Reading →
Stark Realty #20: Redemption
[The following is the final installment of a science-fiction serial I started writing at Matterport, where I worked from May to December of 2015. Someday I will get the rights to publish the entire story, but for now, enjoy this little vignette.] Stark Realty #20: Redemption “He didn’t kill your mother, Tanya.” panted the newly-arrived Jane Hathaway.... Continue Reading →
Can Startup Thinking Solve the Innovator’s Dilemma?
When I discussed theories about how and whether Apple has solved the Innovator's Dilemma, I neglected to mention my favorite theory: Institutionalizing Startup Thinking (IST) Apple has solved the Innovator's Dilemma by institutionalizing startup thinking. This is characterized brilliantly by an Andreessen Horowitz post on Why We Prefer Founding CEOs: The technology business is fundamentally the innovation... Continue Reading →
Has Apple Solved the Innovator’s Dilemma?
Last October, along with many other tributes to the late Apple co-founder, James Allworth claimed that Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator's Dilemma. His explanation is that Apple avoids the traditional pitfalls that stifle innovation because: Apple hasn't optimized its organization to maximize profit. Instead, it has made the creation of value for customers its priority. This... Continue Reading →
HTML-Based Church Website Solutions Compared
The following table summarizes key information from the various church website solutions I profiled yesterday. The top three (from my perspective) are: CityGates (demo) http://www.webmedley.com (demo) Elexio (demo) Rank Site Features Editing Samples Trial High CityGates Powerful Web Publishing - CityGates ? Great Design - CityGates Log In : DemoChurch Low OurChurch.Com audio, video, prayer... Continue Reading →
Free The Geeks: Towards A Liberal “Tech” Education
In this era of declining computer science enrollments â and ongoing concern over the math and science competency of American students â I believe it is time for technical institutions to undertake similar soul-searching. In particular, we need to rethink the historic divorce of science and engineering from the so-called liberal arts â those nominally intended for "free men."
iHack, therefore iBlog 