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Mark W. Bennett
Chicago, IL
Technology futurist
Interests: Technology, commercial space exploration, astronomy, physics, software, leadership, management, recreational flying, scuba diving
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One Device To Rule Them All, Should You Be Worried?
Posted Mar 1, 2015 at The New Frontier CIO
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Organizational Change, Taming the Beast!
Posted Feb 21, 2015 at The New Frontier CIO
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The Secret To Innovation And The Lost City of Atlantis
Posted Feb 7, 2015 at The New Frontier CIO
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Space Corps: Reaching The Stars Has To Start With A Big Dream!
Posted Feb 4, 2015 at The New Frontier CIO
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Cybercrime: Why are we handing the keys to the criminals?
Posted Jan 28, 2015 at The New Frontier CIO
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Mineral claims on asteroids is not currently a pressing issue but it's a problem that is just hiding around the corner.
Posted Sep 10, 2014 at The New Frontier CIO
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Simple but good advice ...
Posted Sep 3, 2014 at The New Frontier CIO
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Cost constraints drive engineering innovation in space exploration
Posted Jun 25, 2014 at The New Frontier CIO
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Asking why vs how? David Hussman's "Dude's Law".
http://www.hanoulle.be/2011/04/why-over-how-my-look-at-dudes-law/ The above is a worthwhile blog entry to read even if you aren't directly involved in an Agile software development project. It discusses a mindset that I have always found useful even if it does get me into trouble on occasion — turn over enough rocks and eventually you'll find a snake. At the root of this is the philosophy of asking "why" are you doing something before you dig too far into "how" you do it. I'm often heard telling people who want to collect lots of metrics or other data, "Why do we want that data? What... Continue reading
Posted Oct 12, 2012 at The New Frontier CIO
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Microsoft's Desktop Graphing Calculator now Free
Microsoft has started giving away their desktop graphing calculator for free. You can download it from the following link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9caca722-5235-401c-8d3f-9e242b794c3a Continue reading
Posted Jan 18, 2011 at The New Frontier CIO
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NASA Finds New Life Form | Wired Science | Wired.com
Reblogged Dec 2, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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Amplifying Collaboration with Guerilla Facilitation
Sometimes, an ineffective meeting can be more damaging than no meeting at all. But, if you're not the person in charge of facilitating the meeting, how can you help keep the group and the meeting in line? In this article, Ellen Gottesdiener offers some suggestions for both facilitators and non-facilitators that may help ease some of your meeting frustrations. Read the full article by Ellen Gottesdiener here: Amplifying Collaboration with Guerilla Facilitation. Continue reading
Posted Sep 16, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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Making computer memory work like the human brain - CNN.com
(CNN) -- How do computers remember things? It's something most of us never think about. But you may start to take notice if HP Labs is successful in commercializing a new version of computer memory, which would make our electronics dramatically faster and more energy efficient. The technology is called memristor, and it is designed to work more like our brains and less like the electronic on and off switches that run computer memory now. Continue reading
Posted Sep 1, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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Rackspace Open Sources Cloud Platform; Announces Plans to Collaborate with NASA and Other Industry Leaders on OpenStack Project
OpenStack Open Source Cloud Computing Software San Antonio, TX - July 19, 2010 - Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE:RAX) today announced the launch of OpenStack™, an open-source cloud platform designed to foster the emergence of technology standards and cloud interoperability. Rackspace, the leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, is donating the code that powers its Cloud Files and Cloud Servers public-cloud offerings to the OpenStack project. The project will also incorporate technology that powers the NASA Nebula Cloud Platform. Rackspace and NASA plan to actively collaborate on joint technology development and leverage the efforts of open-source software developers worldwide. Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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SPACE.com -- Strange Discovery on Titan Leads to Speculation of Alien Life
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Reblogged Jun 8, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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Google's Android takes No 2 spot from iPhone | Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc displaced iPhone maker Apple Inc to become the second most popular provider of smartphone software in the Image via CrunchBase United States during the first quarter, the latest sign of the increasing competition in the fast-growing mobile market. via www.reuters.com Continue reading
Reblogged May 10, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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Startup ALGO claims trading software nears speed of light | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - New software by startup company ALGO Technologies offers to cut trade execution time to levels close to the speed of light, giving exchange clients an edge in the high-frequency trading arms race. via www.reuters.com Related articles by Zemanta Technology Review on High-Frequency Trading (datacenterknowledge.com) Continue reading
Reblogged Apr 19, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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The Data Deluge
Posted Mar 16, 2010 at The New Frontier CIO
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Mar 15, 2010
Fossilized Bacteria May Point to Life on Mars - FOXNews.com
It showed that microscopic worm-like structures found in a Martian meteorite that hit the Earth 13,000 year Image via Wikipedias ago are almost certainly fossilized bacteria. The so-called bio-morphs are embedded beneath the surface layers of the rock, suggesting that they were already present when the meteorite arrived, rather than being the result of subsequent contamination by Earthly bacteria. via www.foxnews.com Ok, I know this isn't IT related but still pretty cool so I thought it worth posting. Personally, I believe the evidence is starting to really pile up in favor of life on Mars at some point in the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 1, 2009 at The New Frontier CIO
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Building iGoogle Gadgets
Posted Nov 20, 2009 at The New Frontier CIO
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The Little Red Hen - A story about rewarding productivity
This is an amusing folk tale (a modernized version) that I found thought provoking. It picked it up from a leadership article I was reading about awarding productivity. I don't really know who originally authored it, though I suspect it originates from an old folk tale for children. If anyone knows, drop me a note and I'll add some credits. The Little Red Hen Once upon a time, there was a little red hen who scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered some grains of wheat. She called her neighbors and said, "If we plant this wheat, we shall have... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2009 at The New Frontier CIO
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Technology Review: An Operating System for the Cloud
They believed it would help make personal computing less expensive, because Google would give away the software free of charge. They wanted to shrug off 20 years of accumulated software history (what the information technology industry calls the "legacy") by building an OS and browser from scratch. Finally, they hoped the combined technology would be an alternative to Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer, providing a new Image via Wikipediaplatform for developers to write Web applications and unleashing the creativity of programmers for the benefit of the masses. via www.technologyreview.com Google clearly has the clout and money to pull this off... Continue reading
Posted Aug 27, 2009 at The New Frontier CIO
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Technology Review: A Step Forward for Microbial Machines
In a deft act of genomic manipulation, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute, in Rockville, MD, transplanted a bacterial genome into yeast, altered it, and then transplanted it back into a hollowed bacterial shell, producing a viable new microbe. The technique may provide a way to more easily genetically engineer organisms not commonly studied in the lab and could aid in the expanding effort to create microbes that can produce fugenome e Image by jurvetson via Flickrngineering and opens new applications," says Jim Collins, a bioengineer at Boston University, who was not involved in the research. "I see this... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2009 at The New Frontier CIO
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Job Opening: Java Web Developer at CME Group (Chicago)
We're looking for a qualified software engineer with experience developing web-based applications in Java. If you think you've got the right stuff, take a look and submit your resume. Continue reading
Posted Aug 23, 2009 at The New Frontier CIO
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