Mixed reality is perfect for our innate multitasking habits Keep an eye out for the potential of spatial computing. Multitasking in a new hybrid world To continue to improve workflow we need to improve multitasking itself.Spatial Computingoffers us a way past that edge into new more effective patterns of multitasking. Increasingly, with the help of wearable mobile computers, like the Magic Leap One, my digital lifestyle is joining me in the real world....

Norio Ogha, the former president and chairman of Sony Corporation, just died. While I don’t expect most readers to know him since his death barely made the news, this man had a fascinating and interesting career path. Not only was he the inventor of the CD but he was also an aspiring professional opera singer, and went on to read at the prestigiousTokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He was also a pilot and enjoyed flying Sony’s chairman and himself around the world in the company’s corporate jets....

Mixpanela real-time analytics service that tracks users interaction & engagement is calling out Google Analytics, on a billboard on highway 101. This picture was posted onTim Trefren‘sFacebook profiletoday. Trefren along withSuhail Doshifounded Mixpanel in 2009, their investors includeMax Levchin(co-founder of PayPal) andMichael Birch(Bebo founder). I spoke with Suhail Doshi about the ‘war’ they have declared on Google. Doshi explained to me that if I wanted to know how many people where playing Cityville the number I would care about would not be how many times people opened the app, but rather what people were clicking on....

Last weekMixtent, a social skill ranking website, went viral on my Facebook stream and we covered thestory. Today is the official launch of Mixtent and I had a chance to do a more in depth interview with one of the founders, Jonathan Gheller. How was the idea conceived? Gheller: Mixtent uses Facebook to find your social graph, and then it uses Linkedin to list your skills so that people can vote for the best person in that skill....

When something sends me more Facebook notifications then CityVille it grabs my attention. WelcomeMixtenta hot or not style social reputation website. Mixtent has yet to launch and is founded byJonathan Gheller. The website is based in Paolo Alto and is“funded by some of the top Angel Investors in Silicon Valley”. Mixtent merges Facebook and Linkedin and allows you to compare two people in a certain skill. The votes are then plugged into a central leaderboard, building a social reputation skill platform....