Epic opportunity
"Epic will be our equivalent of Microsoft in Seattle, of Dell computers in Austin," predicts Mark Bakken, founder of Epic-focused Nordic Consulting. This is a familiar comparison for Epic watchers in...
View ArticleThe offbeat Bioethics Forum at Promega explores the nature of life
Imagine a serious discussion about LSD. Not "oh wow" accounts from nostalgic baby boomers or "oh hell" accounts from cops and mental health professionals. But something measured yet edgy about how the...
View ArticleLooking for love online
Fishing for love in a small pond can make your odds of hooking a mate look grim. At a certain age, the dating pool dries up into isolated puddles. Will online dating help me find true love in Madison?
View ArticleIsthmus on WORT: The culture of online dating in Madison
"Isthmus" contributor Jenny Seifert reported on the opportunities and limits of Madison's online dating scene in the May 9 issue, and discussed her story with WORT producer Dylan Brogan on the May 8...
View ArticleFighting web fraud
Timur Yarnall describes it as a "near-death experience." This was mid-2012, when the Madison entrepreneur worried he would lose his company, Broadcast Interactive Media, to web fraud.
View ArticleInformation toll road or freeway?
Maybe you've spotted it in your daily news feed in the last few weeks. Net neutrality " the idea that the Internet should remain an open, democratic, free-market medium for all people, regardless of...
View ArticleJordan Ellenberg, the math evangelist
Jordan Ellenberg really wants you to like math. Not math in the sense of calculating a tip or doing your taxes, but math as the path to understanding, math as evidence, math as truth.
View ArticleMadland: Epic Systems teams with IBM to bid on Pentagon contract
As reported last week by "Bloomberg", healthcare IT giant and local business Epic Systems is teaming with IBM to compete for an $11 billion Pentagon contract. The project would use Epic's software and...
View ArticleLevee Labs works to build a better RSS reader
The standard mythology of a technology startup goes like this: A brash entrepreneur takes on millions of dollars in investment capital, hires a bunch of business people, rents a hip, urban office...
View ArticleForward Fest 2014 grows to encompass food, music
Computer programmers and engineers, meet foodies and hopeful music-industry innovators. No longer limited to high-tech or biotech topics, this year's Forward Festival, taking place Aug. 21-28 in and...
View ArticleGeeky get-togethers in Madison
Whether you prefer the term "nerd" or "lifelong learner," Madison has something to offer curious minds nearly every day of the week. Here are a few events to get you started, all open to the public.
View ArticleYou want jobs, Wisconsin? They're in tech, stupid!
Millennials are poised to grow the state's economy, but the old guard is standing in the way.
View Article'What the hell do they do?'
This is a problem. The state's most powerful business voice has conspicuously little contact with Wisconsin's rising technology industry. Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, which claims more than...
View ArticleA municipal high-speed Internet network could help bridge Madison's digital...
Cities are tackling the connectivity problem by building municipal fiber-to-the-home networks. Political and business leaders in Madison seem to agree that the status quo is unsatisfactory. But they're...
View ArticleEpic Systems makes strategic next moves for expansion
What do you do after you've won the gold rush? When you've claimed the richest veins of ore? That's the big question for Epic Systems, the medical software giant that has become Dane County's signature...
View ArticleEpic Systems: Epic tale
Software innovator, Epic Systems, stakes out Dane County's place on global IT map.
View ArticleEpic Systems: Looking to the future
"If you're in business and you're not paranoid about the competition, you got a problem," says Stephen Dickmann, chief administration officer for Epic Systems.
View ArticleGoing gaga for Google Fiber
Bryan Chan says people keep asking him the same question: Does he worry that Google Fiber might hurt his business if Madison is picked for the company's pilot project? His answer is a resounding "No."
View ArticleBeware of cyberbullies
Even looking back on it now, Deb Archer did everything right. Like most parents today, the Dane County working mother carefully tiptoed the line between Internet safety and privacy. Archer put the...
View ArticleThe truth about adult stem cells
Saul Richman's prospects were not good. In November 2009, after what he thought was the flu turned out to be leukemia, he underwent a week of 24-hour chemo. When that didn't work, more chemo sent the...
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