Observations-Engagements

Sacrum Profanum

Collin Canright — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:20:56 +0000

I am listening, on this 9-11-11 tenth anniversary remembrance day, to the opening concert of Sacrum Profanum, a new music festival in Kraków, Poland. Much of the week’s program is devoted to the music of American composer Steve Reich, whose music I have loved since my high school music buddy introduced me to “Music for 18 [...]

Groupon Chicago

Collin Canright — Sun, 29 May 2011 03:41:47 +0000

Why Groupon is a perfectly Chicago company It’s hard not to read about Groupon, currently the most mediafied of Chicago companies. It’s got a What’s Hot tab on TechCrunch. It’s national burger weekend deals made Crain’s and other media, and it’s one of several pre-IPO companies cited as examples of a new tech bubble. Groupon brings [...]

Whiteboard Challenge

Collin Canright — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:00:21 +0000

Ideas for Blood Vessels, Captchas, and Cars Win 2011 MIT Enterprise Forum Chicago Whiteboard Challenge Winners of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum Chicago provide additional evidence that innovation is alive and well in Chicago in a wide range of sectors. The three winners spanned medical, internet, and personal services. The MIT Enterprise Forum Chicago Whiteboard [...]

Noteworthy Links (Digital Design) for 2011-04-30

Collin Canright — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:02:32 +0000

Information Architects – iPad: Scroll or Card? A post from iA’s Oliver Reichenstein on the debate between “Card Sharks” and “Holy Scrollers” over whether digital “pages” should scroll or flip. It causes me to remember that web navigation schemes are hypertext conventions conceived decades before the web and pads. The post provides essential context, commentary, and [...]

Noteworthy Links (Ideas, Service) for 2011-04-25

Collin Canright — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 02:02:03 +0000

How To Steal Like An Artist (And 9 Other Things Nobody Told Me) I liked Auston Kleon’s idea of newspaper blackout. I really like this post on how ideas evolve. Nothing is original. Yet combinations of existing ideas (mashups in today’s parlance) can produce strikingly original results. This post provides a good description of the process [...]

Desperately Seeking . . .

Collin Canright — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 02:17:19 +0000

I don’t really recall the 1985 movie “Desperately Seeking Susan” much–I had to look it up at www.imdb.com to know it was a 1985 movie and to confirm my memory that Madonna was one of the stars. I don’t recall if it was good or know whether it’s the kind of movie people watch more [...]

Chicago Payments

Collin Canright — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:02:58 +0000

The Chicago Payments Information Exchange (CPIX) is live on the Built in Chicago. The group’s purpose is to build on Chicago’s history of innovation in payments and create greater visibility for this financial technology market. In addition to providing a good overview of treasury management and payments in 2010, they are also good examples of my [...]

Super Bowl Pool!

Collin Canright — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 23:24:26 +0000

Help Support My Graduate School You may be snowed in, and the Bears may not be in the game, but the game does go on. So does the Wright Foundation for Transformational Leadership’s 2nd Annual Super Bowl Squares Fundraiser. As you may know, I have been developing myself as a leader by studying human potential at the Wright [...]

China Banking

Collin Canright — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:00:04 +0000

China and India remain high on the financial and banking agenda, with attendees at SWIFT’s Sibos 2010 conference packing the room for a session called “India and China: How Do You Choose?” The rise of China especially, in both currency and trade, played as a theme through Sibos, the annual financial and banking conference held [...]

Noteworthy Links for 2010-09-07

Collin Canright — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:02:40 +0000

Over-the-top success of Groupon signals new Chicago tech formation “Our investment has created a home for thousands of new jobs and has helped shine a national spotlight on Chicago as a technology leader,” [Chicago Mayor Richard M.] Daley said. “The fast-growing technology field is an essential part of our plan to make Chicago the most competitive [...]