Andy (אברהם נפתלי) Blumenthal Leadership, Technology, Life, and Faith ✡

How long will it be before the internet becomes our primary means of storing personal data and running software applications (web-based)? MI...

There’s a new way to stop by the bad guys—with microwave energy! The problem is that no sooner do we develop the improved technology, then w...

A society that is open to thoughts, ideas, and expression is free to grow and mature. This is democracy. The Wall Street Journal, 5 December...

Faster computers mean more capability for problem solving some of our most difficult and challenging business, technical, and scientific qua...

In the book the Tao of Leadership by John Heider, the author describes three roles for a leader: Warrior —“leader acts with power and decisi...

To manage IT, you’ve got to have investment reviews, but when is it too much or not effective? There are a number of executives (CXO’s)...

The day has arrived. It’s the Terminator, but for real—a killer robot made to do some serious battlefield harm. Fortune Magazine (Decemb...

When I asked a friend at work, how they enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday, they said great, they spent the day making (and then eating) tur...

How many emails a day is enough? The Wall Street Journal, 27 November 2007 reports that we are all being inundated with email and it is...

I came across some interesting lessons learned on rolling out new technology (from the perspective of franchisers/franchisees) that apply n...

With electonic contact lists in Microsoft Outlook on the computer and on organizer programs on cellphones and other electronic gizmos, why w...

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative announced at the World Economic Forum in 2005 set out to put $100 laptops in the hands of 100s of...

Giving charity is one of the most important things we can do. It is a fundamental expression of our humanity, an act of compassion on those ...

Does anyone really think you want to read a book on a computer screen? Well, vendors like Sony with their "Reader" and Amazon with...

Do you ever find your architects get bottled up with developing EA information products (i.e. they can’t seem to get the new information pro...

The Wall Street Journal, week of 24 September 2007 reports that research is being done to develop brain-computer interfaces to help “people...

In the book the “Tao of Leadership” by John Heider, he discusses “ the paradox of letting go .” He states, When I let go of what I am, I bec...

Does anyone really pay attention to pop-up or banner ads on the internet? Fortune Magazine, 26 November 2007 reports that “ blinking banner...

Zune has been playing catch up with iPod in the music player business, but from an User-centric enterprise architecture standpoint, they’ve ...

There is an interesting article by Bill Cason in Architecture and Governance Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 1 that emphasizes the importance of b...

Telepresence is replacing video-teleconferencing, big time. “Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as...

Would you believe me if I told you that the U.S. Post Office has trouble handling square envelopes? Well, it’s true, and moreover, the po...

The Wall Street Journal, 10-11 November 2007 reports on an interview with Mitt Romney, Former Massachusetts Governor and U.S. Presidential C...

What happens when users want conflicting things from their EA programs? Recently, as part of a discussion following an EA briefing, I rece...

According to Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovations (DOI) Theory, adopters of any new innovation or idea can be categorized based on the b...

Fortune Magazine, 12 November 2007 , has an amazing article about UPS ( a company which last year had $47.5 billion in revenue and 100,000...

There are a number of awards that encourage advancement in either business, technology, or the general sciences, and these advance the goals...

User-centric EA helps people in the enterprise work together as a team, rather than in individual or functional silos . EA helps fost...