Technological ambiguities
How many times do you buy a product expecting it to do one single function; and it doesn't? Maybe you bought a new computer expecting to only write letters. Perhaps…
Copycat innovations
da Vinci, Monteverdi and Shakespeare were all great creators in their respected fields of art, music and literature. Though it could be argued as to the quality of each, it…
Whitebox electronics
We (you, me, and everyone else) see it all the time. We hear about it. But just what does it mean? Parts that look the same; even have the same…
Data hoarding
Six years of e-mail categorized by sender, subject, and listed in separate folders. 1,562 pictures of eBay items sold over the last four years. 118 gigabytes of music with a…