Ted Simpson

Baltimore Tech Breakfast

Ted Simpson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 19:13:24 +0000

Attended a great meetup this morning called the Baltimore Tech Breakfast at DLA Piper’s local offices. The format was rapid-fire, with 6 tech companies delivering 5-7 minute demo/pitches. In between pairs of pitches were shout-out rounds during which anyone can … Continue reading →

Jobs numbers got you down? Here are 5 articles to help you make sense of what is behind unemployment numbers.

Ted Simpson — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:04:05 +0000

The recent not-great job numbers here in the US seem to make everyone a bit blue (U.S. Economy Adds 69,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2%). That is understandable, but it is worth thinking about some of the reasons why … Continue reading →

Give us one day and we will get you up to speed on enterprise technology in higher education

Ted Simpson — Tue, 29 May 2012 14:25:43 +0000

I’ll be presenting at the Higher Education User Group (HEUG) 2012 Mid Atlantic Conference on Friday, June 1, 2012 at Towson University. This one day conference is packed with sessions on cloud computing; mobile applications; Oracle Campus Solutions, HCM, and … Continue reading →

Here is everything you need to know to create your own brilliant tech startup.

Ted Simpson — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:30:07 +0000

Took a good General Assembly class recently taught by Mattan Griffel (@mattangriffel) called ‘Teach Yourself to Code’ — see the slide deck & resources here. This class, plus the few resources below are all you really need to get started … Continue reading →

Forces Shaping Strategy in the Higher Education Industry

Ted Simpson — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:49:45 +0000

It being January, the blogosphere and twitterverse are rife with posts with predictions of what will be happening in higher education over the next year. This is not exactly one of those posts. Rather, I hope to outline a few … Continue reading →

What would you do to shape the global future?

Ted Simpson — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:59:50 +0000

What are the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century? What are the characteristics of the next generation of global leaders? What would you do to shape the global future? These are from a set of heady questions posed to … Continue reading →

World Trade Center One Rising

Ted Simpson — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 17:00:47 +0000

The other day I drove down Broadway into lower Manhattan, looped around by Battery Park, and headed back uptown on West Street. While waiting at a light, I looked up and snapped this photo of World Trade Center One, rising … Continue reading →

Where wilt thou lead me?

Ted Simpson — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:06:38 +0000

There was an article in the Wall Street Journal’s Business School Bulletin this week about a leadership course offered at Columbia University’s Business School based on the plays of Shakespeare. Having spent my undergraduate years as an English major (focusing … Continue reading →

Executive Suite: Google’s Eric Schmidt on Making it Happen, Smartly

Ted Simpson — Tue, 03 May 2011 19:50:14 +0000

We took a few minutes today to watch a great set of video clips featuring Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt. In a great one-liner near and dear to my heart: “you need a certain amount of discord in your meetings. … Continue reading →

Leadership in Information Technology: a Wall Street Journal Special Report

Ted Simpson — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 10:10:59 +0000

The Wall Street Journal has published a reasonably good report called Leadership in Information Technology. The intended audience is business leaders who perhaps are not yet aware of the true cost/benefit and business value of information technology. While that is … Continue reading →