Innovation Think Tank

IoT has traditionally been associated with the Connected Home. The idea that your car can talk to your front door, which can talk to your lighting, which can talk to your stove. The standard example of IoT is that your car – using embedded software and the cloud – is able to inform your front […]

When the Internet of Things (IoT) first became a “thing”, just a few years ago, expectations for the space were astronomical. Analysts were predicting the market for connected devices by 2020 could be as high as 100 billion units. Thankfully, in terms of managing expectations and pleasing investors, forecasts these days are less hyperbolic. But […]

In today’s tech-centric world, introducing kids to computer science is so important. Despite that the technology industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in the US, many schools cannot afford computer science programs. According to Newswire, only about 25% of high schools in the US offer computer science classes. With our schools not yet able […]

The Nest thermostat has been an iconic example of an Internet of Things device, but today it is the epitome of IoT failures. Nest had an epic meltdown for devices all across the world that left homeowners out in the cold… literally. As the New York Times reports, “The problems with the much-hyped thermostat…affected an […]

What does football have to do with professional development? Let me explain…sometimes I like to imagine what life would have been like if I had become a professional football player. Now, don’t get too excited, there was little chance of that ever happening, but I find it an interesting thought exercise. Call it Monday morning […]

While whispers of layoffs might be making the rounds, don’t be fooled—the software engineer job market is still hot. You may have to work a little harder to land a software engineer job. And the days of extravagant office perks (oh, those free massages!) might be long gone. But today’s developers are hardly missing out. […]