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

Talking about apps for your phone …this one is amazing from MIT Media Labs . Attach a $1-2 eyepiece (the "NETRA") to your p...

Introducing the Levytator—or escalator replacement. It is a creation of Jack Levy, Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Uni...

The Associated Press is reporting that the Iranian Bushehr Nuclear Plant has been hit with a sophisticated computer worm called Stuxnet . ...

Topgrading is a best practice for hiring top performers, developed by Dr. Bradford Smart, and used by many leading companies. According to...

David Siegel has written a book called “Pull: The Power of the Semantic Web To Transform Your Business” (Dec. 2009). The main idea is tha...

Forbes Magazine (7 September 2010) has an interesting look ahead at the world over the next ten years. There were some notable predictio...

There is something fascinating to me about the doomsday clock—where we attempt to predict our own self-destruction and hopefully prevent ...

I really like Tony Robbins and especially his show on NBC "Breakthrough." Tony Robbins is incredibly motivational, inspirational...

There is a lot of interest these days in managed print solutions (MPS)— sharing printers and managing these centrally—for many reasons. ...

Imagine your airplane flight with 40% more people than today's already crammed cabin... (Pretty unimaginable right...

The Wall Street Journal recently reviewed (Sept. 10, 2010) “The Man Who Lied to His Laptop,” by Clifford Nass. The book examines human-...

Some exceptional Earned Value Management (EVM) instructional videos. These are great whether you are studying for your Project Management ...

This is too much…an article and picture in MIT Technology Review (September/October 2010) of a robotic boss, called Anybot—but this bo...

A Federal Enterprise Architecture Board (FEAB) would provide “teeth” to further implementing enterprise architecture across government....

[Pictured (Left to Right): Andy Blumenthal, Chief Technology Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Ms. Doreen...

This is not a framework or vendor endorsement, but I liked this simple video explaining ITIL version 3. It explains the five key IT service ...

In the military and public safety world, information technology is often discussed in broader strategic and operational terms. For example, ...

I am an introvert. Does this mean I am among a minority of the population that is shy, anti-social, “snooty,” or worse? Many people ha...