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Open source manufacturing

May 262013

Open source hardware promises to change manufacturing and resurrect the art of soldering

May 26, 2013
Posted by Paul Wallbank at 11:04 pm
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future
Tagged with: 3D printing, crowdsourcing, future, manufacturing, open source, quadcopters

Was the netbook the Trabant or Model T of the computer world?

Jan 022013

After only five years the netbook computer comes to an end having being killed by tablet computers and vendor hostility. We will remember these systems as the Model T or Trabant of the PC world?

January 2, 2013
Posted by Paul Wallbank at 2:48 pm
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cloud computing, computers, Innovation
Tagged with: apple, innovation, Intel, ipad, laptops, Linux, manufacturing, microsoft, netbooks, PCs, Steve Jobs

Bringing manufacturing home

Dec 012012

How GE is reviving its American manufacturing operations

December 1, 2012
Posted by Paul Wallbank at 10:48 pm
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business advice, China, economy, Innovation, management
Tagged with: china, GE, managerialism, manufacturing, united states

Six billion pairs of socks

Sep 102012

How shallow beliefs don’t substitute for economic analysis or business sense

September 10, 2012
Posted by Paul Wallbank at 7:23 am
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business advice, economy
Tagged with: china, economy, exports, Japan, manufacturing, socks

Risks and opportunities in crowdsourcing

Apr 052012

There are real benefits and dangers for business in the globally connected marketplace

April 5, 2012
Posted by Paul Wallbank at 12:24 pm
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business advice, cloud computing, consumer, economy, future, Innovation, Internet
Tagged with: crowdsourcing, manufacturing, offshoring, outsourcing, project management, services

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Decoding the new economy

This blog looks at how society and business are changing in the 21st Century.

While the site has a focus on technology, I also look at the human factors along with the demographic and economic changes that are driving how we live, work and play.

About Paul
I'm a writer, speaker and broadcaster with a fascination about how our business world and society is evolving.

Since being invited on ABC Radio in 1998 to discuss Y2K issues, I've been speaking on technology and change for over 12 years. I've also written seven books.

I've founded four businesses and my team built PC Rescue into a national computer help network. I have a consulting business, Netsmarts, which helps businesses deal with challenges in the new economy.

Today I speak and write on change along with consulting to businesses on how they can take advantage of opportunities in today's fast changing marketplace.