Category Archives: Leapfrogging development

Scenario planning: considering long-term impacts of decisions made in the present

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Tryggvi Thayer

In previous posts I said that I would, at some point, start posting some things here regarding methods used in technology foresight. Here is the first of these. It might make more sense to start with delphi methods, which really … Continue reading →

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Technology foresight: Learning from early attempts

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

Irvine & Martin’s (1984) seminal Foresight in Science: Picking the Winners, provides fascinating insights into early attempts at technology foresight. The authors describe a comparative case study of technology foresight in France, (what was then) West Germany, the US and … Continue reading →

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Technology foresight in educational policy and planning

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

One of the problems that plagues educational and other social policy regarding technology, is that it tends to chase technology in a hopeless game of cat and mouse. Policy is formulated based on currently existing technology (or what is in … Continue reading →

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Mobile carriers in a conundrum as data traffic grows

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

The Swedish Mobile technology company, Ericsson, reported at the recent CTIA 2010 conference that data traffic has now surpassed voice traffic on mobile networks worldwide. The really surprising thing about this is that this growth occurs despite the rather dismal … Continue reading →

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Global Information Technology Report 2009-2010

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

The World Economic Forum has just published its Global Information Technology Report for 2009-2010. There’s some interesting movement on the accompanying Network Readiness Index. A few E. Asian countries are continuing their upward move, most notably Hong Kong and Taiwan. … Continue reading →

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Still *trying* to have fun with the OLPC

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Tryggvi Thayer

My daughter (9 yrs) has been playing around with the OLPC laptop for about a week now. Her progress has been fairly predictable. The computer really is very easy to figure out. She’s especially drawn to the mutlimedia applications that … Continue reading →

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