Innovation Think Tank

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 8230 affected an

What does football have to do with professional development Let me explain 8230 sometimes I like to imagine what life would have been like if I had become a professional football player Now don 8217 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 8217 t be fooled the software developer job market is still hot You may have to work a little harder to land a software engineer position And the days of extravagant office perks oh those free massages might be long gone But today 8217 s developers are hardly missing out

Since the birth of commerce business owners have assumed that directly promoting a product was the best way to sell it For a long time this worked Over the years thanks to the drip drip drip of advertorials paid reviews and infotainment consumers became deeply suspicious of promotion So business owners needed a different way

If only there were a real accurate math formula that could calculate how important a good video is for a Kickstarter project While 90 percent seems a bit extreme it 8217 s no secret that a great Kickstarter video can mean all the difference between going big and going home While some videos have all the precision

Before Kickstarter Indiegogo and other crowdfunding sites took flight a decent video a small bit of background and an interesting concept were enough to fund a project Unfortunately today s crowdfunding sites are exactly that 8211 crowded 8211 and it has gotten tougher to get media attention for projects Having a dedicated team publicist is the