“You can always make a better conduit of communication to people who can more directly solve that problem.” Nina Schell, a UX Design Lead for Thomson Reuters’ tax software arm in Ann Arbor, says that her role in developing software programs and user interfaces is all about communication, about building bridges between different departments. It’s…
You might have seen them at SEMA, Tech Trek, or around their Ann Arbor Spark offices they are about to grow out of. Nostrum Energy is a team of engineers dedicated to improving efficiencies in internal combustion engines and energy grids in the United States and around the world. Founded by an expert in thermodynamics…
When students search for jobs as assistants in research labs, the process is awkward and disorganized. Most labs only post high-level overviews of their research online, so it can be difficult to connect with the right opportunity and find a lab or researcher that wants to take on students, not to mention knowing whether the…
“Five years ago we kept hearing from people, ‘We give Spark funding to have this high-tech culture in Ann Arbor, and we don’t see any of these businesses,” says Jenn Cornell Queen, VP of Marketing at business incubator Ann Arbor Spark. “For instance, AR startup Spellbound graduated to a space above Arbor Brewing, but you…
Cronicle Press launched just over a month ago, and already has 1,000 users, thanks in large part to you, the professionals of Ann Arbor tech, and your enormously generous networks. We intended to start small with a prototype of about a dozen interviews we could show potential interview subjects and eventually sponsors to help get…
Until they develop the technology (waiting), we can’t be everywhere at once, and that’s what it takes to attend and cover all Ann Arbor tech events these days. So, here is a list of some tech events going on in May in Ann Arbor, plus some great lists to follow who can keep you in…
You’ve been to kids museums, hopefully as a child and again as an adult parent or volunteer. They are the coolest places. Hardly anyone would disagree. Imagine that plus exhibits that pop up customized content for your age group or level of expertise, whether you’re a kindergartener or college student. That’s now the reality coming…
“I guess one of our challenges is that we’ve been around so long,” Derek DeJonghe and Matt Thompson of RightBrain Networks say. “We’ve been in cloud computing from day one. It’s been 10 years. That means we [were born in the cloud]. I think people hear the name RightBrain but they don’t understand how we…
Do you remember that thing on old Macs where when you dumped a file in the trash, Oscar the Grouch would pop up and wave at you? If you were a kid in the 80s, I know you do. The man who developed that hack in 1989, once featured in The Washington Post, lives in…
You know someone’s a born entrepreneur when they’re 22 years old, graduating from the University of Michigan, and on their fourth venture. Peter Michaelides started his first business renting out parking lots for U of M football games at 11 years old, and the bug bit him for life. Now he’s heading off to Santa…
