William Jarrell – Techcitement*

Crowdsource Your Book With New Online Publishers

William Jarrell — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:00:22 +0000

Last week, Amazon’s Publishing Group announced the launch of a seventh imprint, this one specifically for literary fiction including novels, short story collections, and memoirs. The imprint will go by the name Little A, as well as a digital-only version called Day One for individual stories from debut writers. Amazon’s new imprint follows in the […]

Medellín, Colombia Voted Innovative City Of The Year By Arguably Less-Deserving Sponsors

William Jarrell — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:00:37 +0000

Last week, Medellín, Colombia was voted Best City of 2012 in terms of innovation, besting the two other finalists, Tel Aviv and New York City. The beautiful city of Medellín deserves to be recognized for the drastic advancements it’s made since the brutal Escobar reign centered around cocaine. However, and I hate to say this, the […]

A New Medal For A New Brand Of Warfare

William Jarrell — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 21:39:59 +0000

On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the Pentagon is creating a new medal to recognize an extraordinary achievement of servicemen outside of the combat zone via Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) or cyber warfare. The Distinguished Warfare Medal doesn’t require the recipient to have risked his or her life, setting it apart from all […]

QR Codes Invade Rio’s Historic Spaces

William Jarrell — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:02:36 +0000

Rio de Janeiro’s Conservation and Public Works Department is in the process of embedding 30 site-specific Quick Response (QR) codes throughout the city’s black and white mosaic sidewalks. Yes, those pixelated, Space Invader-looking blocks will be, well, invading Rio’s historical attractions to give Rio’s tourism department an injection of technology. Portugal, Wales, Italy, and Colombia […]