Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, October 14, 2015: I have a question I shouldn’t be asking. At Innovate Mississippi, we work to drive innovation and technology in Mississippi. I’m also a self-proclaimed technology evangelist. Even so, I have actually found myself wondering lately: Is technology evolving too fast?…
Posted by: Mollie Bryant Clarion-Ledger, Business October 12, 2015 Internet providers are working to bring broadband to rural Mississippi, where the Federal Communications Commission reports about 40 percent of residents lack the service. Eight counties don’t have broadband service at all, FCC data show. View Article
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announces that the next Discovery Luncheon, which is a community-based event that spotlights Mississippi’s rich entrepreneurial culture, will be held Tuesday, October 20, in Oxford at the Powerhouse from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Organized by Innovate Mississippi, this first Oxford Discovery Luncheon is presented…
Posted by: Contributing Columnist, Mississippi Business Journal Feature, News, Energy, October 8, 2015: While I am on the topic of energy and how we produce and use it in Mississippi, I would like to share another technology that gets very little mention in the mainstream media, but has tremendous…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, October 7, 2015: What uniquely online content do you enjoy? We have explored the world of “The Long Tail” in the last two columns and the whole idea that the internet has enabled user-generated niche content to thrive — stuff that’s on topics so…
Official Press Release For Immediate Release October 6, 2015 Contact: Chellese Hall 601-709-8964 Chellese@mcm.ms Maurine Jackson 601-709-8978 maurine@mcm.ms XQ: The Super School Project! Nationwide roadshow engages community at the Mississippi Children’s Museum Jackson, Miss. (October 6, 2015) – What if we can innovate the high school experience? The Mississippi Children’s…
(Ridgeland, MS) - Innovate Mississippi announces that the next Startup Weekend will be held November 6-8 on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg and in a partnership with the university’s Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship. Powered by Google for…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, September 30, 2015: Last week I introduced the concept of The Long Tail, which originated as a 2004 article in Wired magazine by Chris Anderson. This concept essentially outlined the phenomena that was transforming the distribution of content via the Internet through cheap…
Posted by: Contributing Columnistin Columns, Economic Development, MBJ FEATURE, NEWS, OPINION, TechnologySeptember 24, 2015 In my last column I shared the nationally acclaimed story about how the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center (MBMC) in Jackson kept its lights on in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by relying on their combined heat and power system. Another…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, September 23, 2015: “It is estimated that a week’s worth of The New York Times has more information than a person was likely to come across in his or her lifetime in the 18th century.” That’s a line from the video “Shift Happens”…