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He&#x27;s had previous gigs at &#x3c;i&#x3e;Embedded&#xd;&#xa;Computing Design &#x3c;&#x2f;i&#x3e;magazine, Motorola, and General Dynamics.&#x3c;&#x2f;p&#x3e;]]></description><copyright>Copyright 2026</copyright><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 05:00:00 EST</pubDate><generator>https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Trillions and Trillions of Devices Everywhere]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23696&#x2f;Trillions-and-Trillions-of-Devices-Everywhere&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Somewhere in my font of near-useless TV trivia sticks a moment that perfectly defines marketing the Internet of Things. Searching IMDb quickly revealed the source of the memory as &#x22;Shadow Chasers&#x22;, a short-lived 1985 TV series about a team searching for the paranormal.&#xa;&#xa;In the opening minutes of the]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23696&#x2f;Trillions-and-Trillions-of-Devices-Everywhere]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[With a Bluetooth Beacon, and a Coupon, and a Mom in the Aisle]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23612&#x2f;With-a-Bluetooth-Beacon-and-a-Coupon-and-a-Mom-in-the-Aisle&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[In a recent conversation about the Internet of Things &#x28;IoT&#x29;, we got on the topic of monetizing data from devices. Someone asserted there is little value in one social stream - unless it happens to be that of Ashton Kutcher or similar - but instead the value is in millions of streams. I strongly disa]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2013 05&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23612&#x2f;With-a-Bluetooth-Beacon-and-a-Coupon-and-a-Mom-in-the-Aisle]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Interrupting the Disruption and Getting Back to Innovation]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23192&#x2f;Interrupting-the-Disruption-and-Getting-Back-to-Innovation&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the quintessential reads for technology strategists is &#x22;The Innovator&#x27;s Dilemma&#x22; by Clayton Christensen. It portrays the concept of disruptive innovation, an unexpected change opening up new markets and ecosystems, unlocking value difficult for most to access in an old market.&#xa;&#xa;Technologists]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;23192&#x2f;Interrupting-the-Disruption-and-Getting-Back-to-Innovation]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smooth Seas Do Not Make Skillful Automatons]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22979&#x2f;Smooth-Seas-Do-Not-Make-Skillful-Automatons&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[We usually associate technological mishaps with extenuating circumstances&#x3a; bad weather, mechanical or electronic failure, poor decision making by software or humans. We tend to seek identification of a single, overriding root cause, thinking if that were isolated and dealt with, system failure would]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22979&#x2f;Smooth-Seas-Do-Not-Make-Skillful-Automatons]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Open API Changes, Look Out]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22626&#x2f;When-the-Open-API-Changes-Look-Out&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[&#x22;We&#x27;re opening our API.&#x22; Four words guaranteed to get developers really excited and get instant press coverage. By allowing programmers to freely access the application programming interface for something, a whole wide world of applications and data sharing opens up when a vendor opens their API.&#xa;&#xa;I]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22626&#x2f;When-the-Open-API-Changes-Look-Out]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Long Range Un-plan]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22363&#x2f;The-Long-Range-Un-plan&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Most tech businesses have this religious ritual known simply as the long range plan. In it, they try to take the wisdom found in their combined product&#x2f;service roadmaps - usually extending two, maybe three years into the future - and synthesize a view of the way things should or could be in 5 to 10]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22363&#x2f;The-Long-Range-Un-plan]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[&#x28;Smart&#x29;watch What Happens Next]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22325&#x2f;Smart-watch-What-Happens-Next&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Technology always seeks the next frontier. The search for &#x22;the next big thing&#x22;, which may be made up of a bunch of little things in a world with billions of people and more billions of things to connect with, is always on -even if we may not need it. Suddenly, the smartwatch has become the next pos]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;22325&#x2f;Smart-watch-What-Happens-Next]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dear Santa, Please Bring Technology That Brings Us Together]]></title><link><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;21584&#x2f;Dear-Santa-Please-Bring-Technology-That-Brings-Us-Together&#x3f;from_rss&#x3d;1]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dear Santa,&#xa;&#xd; &#xd; It has been many years since I have written you. I was taught never to &#xd; ask anyone for anything for myself, that it is a presumptuous and &#xd; selfish thing to do, so this is not for me. 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Both stories - and, the &#xd; trial is weaving quite a story - involve the attempt to bring facts to &#xd; bear on a theological position ingrained in culture, but have a much &#xd; wider implicat]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04&#x3a;00&#x3a;00 EST</pubDate><guid><![CDATA[https&#x3a;&#x2f;&#x2f;cr4.globalspec.com&#x2f;blogentry&#x2f;20681&#x2f;Inherit-the-Screen]]></guid><dc:creator>dondingee</dc:creator><dc:subject>Left2MyOwnDevices </dc:subject></item></channel></rss>