Netflix and Amazon know when you stop and start a program, whether you wanted the whole thing, all of that. Rick Smolan amazonnetflixprogram Change image and share on social
Big Data is just that - big. But, it's a term that is largely misunderstood and difficult to explain. Rick Smolan bigdatumdifficult Change image and share on social
My company, Against All Odds Productions, has done print on demand; we were the first to do a book with a CD-ROM in the early 1990s. We do custom covers. It's always fun to do something new. Rick Smolan 1990sbookcompany Change image and share on social
A lot of people don't want to know, but I'd like to know if I have a 10 percent or a 90 percent chance of developing Alzheimer's some day. If I know I'm likely to develop it, I'm certainly going to start looking around right now to find if there is something that I can do to offset it. Rick Smolan alzheimerchanceday share on social
Insurance companies want to make sure that you stay on your medicine. Rick Smolan companyinsurancemake Change image and share on social
Do you realize the FBI filing system from the '50s was much more secure? How could you have stolen that data? It was on notecards. Now someone with a thumb drive, or remotely, can take the equivalent of millions of those notecards. Rick Smolan 50sdatumdrive share on social
Targeted ads, I think, are useful because I don't want to see all the crap. I'm not interested in buying a Mercedes Benz, but I am interested in buying a new MacBook Air. So if organizations like Facebook can actually make the ads more relevant to me, if they know what I am interested in, I have no problem with that. Rick Smolan airbenzbuy share on social
I'm not very good at science or math, even though I pretend. And I'm not very good at teaching. I'm not very patient. Rick Smolan goodmathpatient Change image and share on social
Americans are changing right before our eyes. They are choosing different lifestyles, families, traditions and ways of living. Rick Smolan americanchangechoose Change image and share on social