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Ryan McCreesh wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 5 years, 5 months ago
In the New Yorker article “The Disruption Machine: What the Gospel of Innovation Gets Wrong,” Jill Lepore describes the flaws in Christensen’s theories on disruptive innovation. She cites his selective sampling, […]
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Ryan McCreesh commented on the post, Augmented Reality for Military Use, on the site 5 years, 5 months ago
I understand why the employees are upset. I do agree that the technology is going to exist whether it’s created by Microsoft or by another company/government.. It’s probably nearly impossible to work in the tech industry doing R&D and never create or improve anything that could be used for military purposes. The technology may be able to help US…[Read more]
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Ryan McCreesh commented on the post, Self-Driving Cars Might Kill Auto Insurance as We Know It, on the site 5 years, 5 months ago
I don’t think auto insurers will drastically change within the next 20-30 years. In the distant future, when autopilot has replaced a majority of drivers on the roads, I could see auto insurance being more like renter’s insurance. In the wired article you linked, we can see that Tesla’s autopilot, as is, is involved in accidents 1/6th as often as…[Read more]
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Ryan McCreesh commented on the post, Blockchain – The internet of the future, on the site 5 years, 5 months ago
Blockchain is incredibly diverse, and individuals are creating their own systems, while massive industry giants like IBM work on their own blockchain projects. Do you think blockchain will eventually be overrun by the large corporations with their immense resources, or do you see it continuing to be driven by members of the community? For example,…[Read more]
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Ryan McCreesh wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 5 years, 5 months ago
The New York Times article “Don’t Fight the Robots. Tax Them.” discusses the current and future states of automation. Automation is a hot topic, because it’s increasingly common and increasingly threatening jobs. […]
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This topic is very interesting. When companies hire more robots, lots of people would lose their jobs. Therefroe, they will get no money. However, the companies which use robots will make more profits.
It seems like taxing robots is a good idea, because rising costs will make hiring robots not so appealing. And, the government will get tax to help the unemployment. -
I think this is an interesting topic as automation becomes more and more commonly used in many industries. Automation processes, the used of robot, in many sense is not a 1 to 1 replacement ratio, but in many cause one to many ratio. Not only does robots replace the amount of workers needed in large ratio, it can also increase productivity, efficiency. and other potential benefits. Yet, such investment in automation will also increase unemployment rates. Vast majority of government’s money comes from income taxes and payroll taxes; with more and more companies relying on automation, hundreds of billions of tax dollars would be lost. Thus, if properly constructed like in South Korea, then such system can help reduce falls in government revenue caused by automation.
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Ryan McCreesh wrote a new post on the site Information Systems Integration 5 years, 6 months ago
In his article for the New York Times, Jeré Longman describes a fight over metrics, specifically use of the metric system in American track and field events. The Florida High School Athletic Association has […]
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This is a great summary of a great article.
I think the answer to the question you posed at the end, whether if it is the US or a team who makes the decision to adopt metric, depends on their ability to reconcile the needs of different stakeholders.
On one side, administrators, organizers, and some trainers can rely on the standardized metric system to make better measurements and decisions on how to represent achievements of their teams. On the flip side, you have spectators and coaches who are familiar with the imperial system, for whom a change will create some hefty costs.
This points out the an aspect of metric that we haven’t touched on in our readings: it seems the value of a metric is also dependent on the network effect. However, in the case of metric vs imperial, there are just two different networks. -
Unless something major happens to change the way Americans use the measuring system, I do not believe the US will be embracing the metric system any time soon. This goes back to the concept of “see, feel, change” that we learned in MIS 3535. To create lasting change, the US audience needs to see why the metric system is better, which will make them feel like a change is needed to improve the measurement system. In this case, I believe that there is no major benefit in changing it to the metric system to compel the US to make the change; it is just two different ways of measuring distance.
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Ryan McCreesh commented on the post, Progress Report for Week Ending, September 22, on the site 5 years, 6 months ago
There’s no question that Steve Jobs was an amazing presenter, but he wouldn’t have the reputation he does now, if he was working for another company. The analysis of Steve Jobs’ presentation skills points out what strategies he used that made his presentation great, but they didn’t explain how the product shaped those strategies. Steve minimized…[Read more]
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Sean M Dougherty are now friends 7 years, 11 months ago
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Ryan McCreesh posted an update 7 years, 11 months ago
@tug05776 Hey Shray, where are you working as an analyst? How is it working in the field while taking relevant classes in school, is there a lot of connection?
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Ryan McCreesh
BBA in MIS, Fox School of Business, Temple University
Email: ryan.mccreesh@temple.edu
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Thank you for visiting my E-Portfolio! I am a senior MIS major from Voorhees, New […]
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