We're looking at the Innovator's Dilemma for our Emerging Media Platforms course this week, and the one thing that came to mind was the use of smartphones for newsgathering. They disrupted cellphones and cameras and revved up breaking news coverage to a blur. Smartphone newsgathering is...
What emerging technologies can I take to the job now or in the future? In our Emerging Media Platforms class with Syracuse University, we're talking about using virtual reality and augmented reality, among other things. With virtual reality, you're brought to a whole new environment, whereas...
Angela, Charlotte, Catie and I got to taste test some sumptuous burgers at Long Island Pulse's annual Great Burger Battle on my birthday today. We lined up for a bite of each of the 10 finalists and even got a taste of the VIP pickings. My favorite burger,...
The D'Addario Foundation, the nonprofit arm of the world's largest maker of guitar strings, has been helping students in under-served communities for years by funding other programs. But this time, it wanted to do it directly, and help people in its own back yard on Long...