Published by Jeffrey Mackie on May 31, 2016
We are living in a world where rapid technological change is disrupting even the most established businesses. Looking at the world from an investment perspective, the phenomenon of rapid change and disruption adds an additional layer of complexity to... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Apr 29, 2016
-Would you send your kids to school or soccer practice on their own using an Uber-type driver service? -Would you rent your car out to total strangers by putting it into a virtual online rental pool? -What are the larger economic implications of sharing... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Mar 22, 2016
Automation, computerization and artificial intelligence are powerful forces that threaten to disrupt employment in many sectors. Sectors that require a depth of knowledge and skill and have traditionally been safe from automation or replacement by robots... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Feb 11, 2016
Notes from a seminar with Ray Kurzweil I had the opportunity to attend the Abundance 360 conference a few weeks ago in Los Angeles. I came away with some interesting insights and predictions about the future trends in technology from the various speakers... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Jan 14, 2016
Just before Christmas, on December 22nd, 2015 the private company SpaceX vertically landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a landing pad after delivering its payload of 11 communication satellites to orbit. Two things stand out as remarkable feats from this accomplishment... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Dec 05, 2015
That didn’t last long. The ink was barely dry on my last blog before the service was shut down in Calgary on November 21st by a provincial court order. The city of Calgary pushed for the shutdown to allow council more time to review Calgary’s taxi bylaws... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Nov 04, 2015
Uber recently launched its service in my hometown of Calgary, despite much controversy and talk of a crackdown on the service by city bylaw officers. The service has been running for a few weeks now and the crackdown has yet to happen, yet nearly every... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Oct 02, 2015
I hadn’t intended to add a fourth segment to my series on electric cars, or intended to turn this into a forum for automotive journalism, but an opportunity to personally test drive the latest offering from Tesla presented itself last week, and I feel... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Sep 10, 2015
A few weeks ago, I was sitting peacefully on the shore of the Cline River Reservoir near David Thomson Park watching the sunset (and actually enjoying the fact that there was no cell phone coverage in this particular part of the world) when the silence... Read more Published by Jeffrey Mackie on Jun 09, 2015
What if a vehicle existed that could haul an entire family, accelerate more quickly, all while consuming roughly one-fifth the fuel of a conventional gasoline powered vehicle? It may sound like science fiction. The best of all worlds. But this may become... Read more