Why should businesses care about the Internet of Things?

Why should businesses care about the Internet of Things?

Everyday it seems we hear of another cutting-edge bio-metric tracker, the ‘next big’ location-based sensor and data transmitter, the inevitable fleet of driverless cars, or some other ‘smart’-something– how about a fork that tells you...
SXSW 2013: Connecting the Dots

SXSW 2013: Connecting the Dots

SXSW exists in its own category: it’s not just a conference, it’s not just a festival, it’s not just a tradeshow; it’s an amalgamation of all three and more, a mecca for consumers, brands, agencies, vendors, artists, musicians, cultural icons, and of course, nerds:...
Illuminating Data

Illuminating Data

Data acts as a veil, a sort of overarching condition that results from and drives our interactions. It’s something like language in this regard; we contribute to it by our very interactions and behaviors, and we use it to communicate, to function, and to connect more...