Girls are the Answer I often start my speeches, in every corner of the globe, with a video from The Girl Effect. My wife and two daughters know exactly why I care so much about the topic. And my daughter, now 13, has given me the best gift I could have asked for. She hasRead… Read more »

The word for this post is iteration. We’ll loop around to it by the end. So while this may look like a post about mountain bikes, it’s actually not. Outside of work, I spend quite a lot of time on the back of a bike. Sometimes, depending on the trail I’m trying to ride, IRead… Read more »

Stocks had a big post-holiday week with the help of some encouraging words out of Europe on Thursday, and a “weak” unemployment report on Friday? Here are the TSP fund returns for the week of September 4 through September 7, plus the up to date annual returns. The S&P 500 broke out to new 2012Read… Read more »

I’d appreciate your views on the most important tech blogs, the ones you find are of critical importance to keeping you informed on emerging technologies relevant to your decision-making. I have a list of my favorites embedded below. These are the blogs at the forefront of topics like Big Data, Cloud Computing, BYOD, Mobile Security,Read… Read more »

The Department of Defense’s Defense Information Systems Agency recently released their strategic plan for the next 5 years. DISA is a Combat Support Agency that “provides, operates, and assures command and control, information sharing capabilities, and a globally accessible enterprise information infrastructure in direct support to joint Warfighters, National level leaders, and other mission andRead… Read more »

You dear readers are some of the most informed technologists on the planent. I think few things surprise you about Big Data. But many of us studying this concept are in a continual search for ways to explain key issues to non technologists, and that can be hard to do at times. Masters at expressionRead… Read more »