Technology Predictions Are Mostly Bunk says L. GORDON CROVITZ of the Wall Street Journal. Crovitz’ article lists some of the funniest (or saddest depending on your point of view) technology predictions of years past. Two of our favorites: “The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys,” [...]

Stories of people getting laid off and companies closing dominated many of the headlines in 2009. Sad times for hundreds of thousands of people with the unemployment rate rivaling that of the Great Depression. When Wired Wisconsin was first beginning, we talked a lot about what technology issues our organization should focus energy on. High-Tech [...]

The holidays are always a special time of year. And the role of technology in making this season bright will just continue! Being green is not just for hippy, college students anymore. Many companies and families are choosing to send virtual e-holiday cards. There are a number of sites that allow you to send free [...]

This past week, we at Wired Wisconsin experienced what many do every day—the inability to maintain and build our organization because we didn’t have access to technology. In our case, it was our website being down. I tried to log on and post a new blog, but was met with an error message. A call [...]

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend an event held by an organization very similar to Wired Wisconsin. The Illinois Technology Partnership hosted ‘The Impact of Public Policy on the Tech Evolution’ last Wednesday, December 9 in downtown Chicago. Attendees walked away with a better understanding of the importance of policies that “keep up [...]

Back in October Wired Wisconsin hosted our first event, Government 2.0: Utilizing Social Media, with the goal of encouraging elected officials and government agencies to take greater advantage of the collaborative aspects of social media like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to connect with their constituents. Using technologies like social media to collaborate, educate, and for [...]

The Pentagon announced today that they will award a nice cash prize to the first person that enters GPS coordinates of 10 weather balloons hidden across the United States. The goal of the challenge, which isn’t the first run by DARPA (the Pentagon’s Research Agency), is to measure how quickly people are able to work [...]

With the prevalence of crime solving shows (the many versions of Law and Order and CSI) filling the TV line-up most nights, using technology to nail the “perp” is nothing new. From accessing incriminating hidden files on a suspect’s computer to using the miniscule amount of saliva (DNA) found on a straw—the important role technology [...]