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Author: Chris Minnick

Education is the Safeguard of Democracy

Prague Library

For the wellbeing of our planet, our country, ourselves and all people, education must do more than just prepare people to have jobs. In places where citizens have the right and responsibility to vote, it’s imperative that they understand what they’re voting

Chris Minnick March 9, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

The Rise and Fall of Yellow Marketing

William Randolph Hearst

In the early 20th century, when William Randolph Hearst was building his media empire, access to information about the world was controlled by a relatively small number of media outlets. Hearst’s newspapers were able to influence public opinion and world

Chris Minnick March 9, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Giant Little Mistakes

stepping on a banana peel

Shortly before ending his campaign for the Republican nomination for President, Jeb Bush’s staff made the biggest mistake you can make as a web publisher. They forgot to renew one of the campaign’s internet domain names,  jebbush.com. To make matters worse,

Chris Minnick March 9, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Do We Need IoT?

toaster and toast

Ever since the beginning of the Internet, people have been connecting ordinary household objects to it. In the early days of the Web, webcams were extremely popular. The first webcam was the Trojan Room coffee pot, which was pointed at a

Chris Minnick March 9, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Computer Science is a Liberal Art

Computer Science is a Liberal Art

There is a tendency today for people who aren’t programmers or IT professionals to joke about their lack of computer skills. It is not uncommon to hear an otherwise brilliant person remark something about not being able to figure out their iPhone

Chris Minnick February 13, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Is this normal?

Is this normal?

Our society tends to see artists or writers and people who love what they do as “different”. We often label these people as insane or wild exceptions to the “rule” (partly based on whether or not they’re successful). If you

Chris Minnick February 12, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

What is “The Cloud”?

What is “The Cloud”?

You hear a lot about cloud computing and things being ‘in the cloud’ these days. It’s become a magical term to describe just about everything having to do with computing. But, what do marketers and computer people mean when they

Chris Minnick February 8, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Paul Graham, Income Inequality, and the Silicon Valley Myth

Paul Graham, Income Inequality, and the Silicon Valley Myth

Paul Graham, famous venture capitalist and founder of Y Combinator, just wrote an essay defending income inequality. In fact, he not only defends income inequality, he espouses the “great benefits” it holds and the power it puts into the hands

Chris Minnick January 6, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

Are You Socially Credit-Worthy?

credit score

In China, a new social credit system, sponsored by the government, has been implemented called Sesame Credit, which is part of the giant Chinese eCommerce company, Alibaba (which is still part of Yahoo!). Here’s how it works: Users of the system

Chris Minnick January 6, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more

The WatzThis? Plan

planning

Here at WatzThis?, we don’t work particularly hard. Instead, we tend to put great concentrated effort toward one or two important things, and we spend A LOT of time planning. Our headquarters currently has 2 whiteboards, one large paper flip chart,

Chris Minnick January 6, 2016October 30, 2018 Articles Read more
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