The New York Times has an article [here] about the declining cost of supercomputers and what that means for “citizen scientists.”  From my (albeit limited) research experience it seems to me that very little research that would benefit from computing power is there is little research not being done because of lack of computing power.  [...]

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I recently came across an article in Time magazine stating that the fall of Wikipedia was inevitable, and cited how Wikipedia is not growing as fast as it once did.  I find it very fascinating that the commentary is that Wikipedia is becoming more and more bureaucratic, and in order to successfully contribute the barriers [...]

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I recently added my two cents to a panel of students discussing the pros and cons of having children while in graduate school. The website is for doctoral student in Organizational Communications and Information Systems (OCIS) within the Academy of Management. See the posting here.

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My wife, and several friends are attempting to write a full novel in a month as part of an online group of writers all attempting the same thing called nanowrimo. I’m curious what papers or book chapters would look like if academics attempted this same thing, cranking out a few pages a day on an [...]

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I came across this article the other day that is an interesting study of personal networks and computer use. Here’s an interesting come back for anyone receiving flack for spending to much time on Facebook/Twitter and not enough in the real world… This Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not [...]

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