Future Now
The IFTF Blog
Being the only IFTF staffer based in New York City, I've been taking a "maker" approach to office space. Why carry thousands of dollars per month...
I love it when our local rag, the Palo Alto Daily News, is the the source for one of my posts. And it's even more fun when a headline is brought to...
As we have embarked on various social media projects over the last few months, we are learning something new literally every day. We are seeing the...
I'm looking forward to learning about new trends in social networking, marketing and hearing what other industry leaders are doing in this area. The...
Online playlists are everywhere, some services better than others. As with most things that come in multiple forms on the web, I've messed around with...
The Institute's new future of making map got a mention in the New York Times. ...
You may have already seen this video scenario. I thought it would be useful to review it again for this project. IFTF put the sceanrio together for...
Like Allison, I'm excited about the upcoming week. I had the pleasure of meeting some of the IFTF and Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab folks at the...
BusinessWeek Asia is reporting some genuine news for me - about the growing threat of India's home grown Maoist insurgency, the Naxalite movement,...
I am excited to be a part of this exercise with IFTF and in exploring the many boundless (at least initially!) opportunities for the AHA in the area...
The role of discussion groups in social networking appears to be fundamental. However, when medical information is discussed, there is a risk of...
A couple of weeks ago, I came across a Business Week headline that warmed the cockles of my Health Horizons blogger heart: "Medical Advances--Through...
The Resilience Alliance, an organization promoting the study and support of social and environmental resilience, has converted its Resilience...
With the rise of recommendation-based music discovery systems like Last.fm and iLike, and the increased importance of friends and contacts as trusted...
Participatory web service Dopplr, which allows individuals to coordinate travel and inform colleagues about where they'll be, has now introduced a...
Jon Lebkowsky has a piece in the Austin Chronicle entitled "The Serious Play in Saving the World," building on the South-by-Southwest panel he ran in...
The cover story of the current ESPN Magazine, "Let 'Em Play," explores the bigger issues surrounding the augmentation of our biological bodies with...
We are pleased to present our map of the Future of Making! This is our first Creative Commons–licensed map and we plan to share and distribute it at...