I go to so many conferences, and have now seen them set up so often, that I barely notice the social media screen any more. This may be less common at academic gatherings, but at events in the technology industry you can now reliably count on the organizers setting up a giant monitor somewhere on […]
By Shane Schick — Apr 15 '14
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Its 26 pages should be short enough for anyone to read it in its entirety, but the parts of Industry Canada’s digital strategy document that deal with commercialization will probably be ones that attract the least attention over the next few weeks. For obvious reasons, the things that jump out to most mainstream media covering […]
By Shane Schick — Apr 7 '14
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A lot of the gamification experiments I’ve seen have spent a lot of time figuring out how players earn points, but for the businesses that sign on for such things, there’s often a different, more challenging kind of scorekeeping involved. I imagine for many firms, the success metrics for gamification come down to: “Did this […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 31 '14
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I always thought he would become an artist. As in, someone who painted paintings that hung in galleries. Ivo was one of those kids who could seemingly draw anything, and even in grade seven we were in awe of his talent. I recently found out he had become, instead, an architect, then a set designer […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 24 '14
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I’m not saying we chose the hotel specifically because there was a free magic show in the evening, but when you’re dealing with three young children and nearing the end of March Break, you’ll do almost anything to make the hours before bedtime disappear. The turnout was better than I expected. At least three dozen […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 17 '14
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Two weeks ago, when I came across a post called “Gamifying the office? Don’t Bother,” on the Boston Globe’s Ideas blog I started to worry that the backlash against gamification might be justified. In the post, Kevin Hartnett discusses a recent research paper from a pair of Wharton School professors that more or less debunked […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 10 '14
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You’ve decided that creating a startup is not for you, but you have found interest in the technology you’ve developed through your research. How you do now license your IP? What are the contractual issues you should be aware of? What kind of compensation models are most common? These questions and more will be addressed […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 4 '14
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When she remembers one of the first hackathons in which she participated, Hilary Mason admits what made it fun was not creating the usual data visualization or mobile app. “It was a frosted cake with LEDs that could tell you if someone was happy or sad as you approached it,” Mason, former chief scientist with […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 4 '14
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Last week I had lunch with Andrew J. Pulkrabek, executive director for 43North. Launched just a few months ago, 43North is a business plan competition that will give out a total of US$5million in funding, along with incubator space and mentoring, to would-be entrepreneurs as long as they’re willing to set up in Buffalo and stay […]
By Shane Schick — Mar 3 '14
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Jess McMullin describes himself as “a thinker, researcher and designer who helps organizations innovate services, systems and policies to create a better world.” The term “UX” isn’t in there, but he manages to convey everything about what the work he does should do. Among many other things, McMullin is the founder at the Centre for […]
By Shane Schick — Feb 28 '14
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