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Lessons Learned…From My Father

Earlier this month my father and namesake retired at 77 years young after a 55-year career in science. That same day I was asked about...

It’s time to start talking seriously about government and tech

I’ve recently been asked a great deal about government and the tech industry. That’s new and surprising. Over the last decade or so, the...

Goodbye Silicon Prairie, Hello Chicago School of Technology

For years now, the term “Silicon Prairie” has been applied to the Illinois and Chicago tech communities, in a forced bit of branding that...

Internet of Things Ecosystems and Collaboration

There is little doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the next big technological advancement. Gartner predicts that by 2020 there...

The changing nature of collaboration in Chicago

Since the beginning of this year, a recurring question has been popping up in my conversations with Chicago tech professionals: “Why...

How the Midwest could become be the epicenter for IoT

For tech communities outside of Silicon Valley, there is a lot of talk about how to be “the next Silicon Valley,” the theory being that...