Author Archives: Kevin A. Barnes

About Kevin A. Barnes

Marketing executive, professional futurist and writer: Interests include science, technology and the future of just about everything.

Creative Implementation

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kevin A. Barnes

It might be your most creative, groundbreaking idea in years, but if the people responsible for implementing that idea don’t know (or understand) your vision, that idea can fall flat in execution. A lighter shade of pale The script for … Read the rest of this entry →

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Theatre Tweets

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Kevin A. Barnes

The use of cell phones and social media is normally discouraged during a live play, but the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre has begun using Twitter to it’s advantage during select performances. They’ve invited members of Milwaukee’s Twitterati to attend and tweet1 … Read the rest of this entry →

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JPL Tweetup Highlights

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Kevin A. Barnes

On Monday, June 6, 2011, I was fortunate to be among the 100 or so individuals invited by NASA to attend a daylong Tweetup at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. The event included briefings by members of … Read the rest of this entry →

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NASA JPL Tweetup

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Kevin A. Barnes

I’ve been selected1 by NASA to participate in a special Tweetup event this Monday, June 6, 2011, at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Visiting and touring JPL, which oversees all of NASA’s unmanned space probes, rovers, etc., … Read the rest of this entry →

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50th Anniversary of Kennedy’s Moon Challenge

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Kevin A. Barnes

Today marks the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s famous speech where he challenged America to land a man on the moon before the end of the 1960s. On May 25, 1961 when Kennedy gave this speech in front of … Read the rest of this entry →

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