Ahead of the Crowd

The Ahead of the Crowd bloggers are fascinated by the possibilities of Collective Intelligence and how computers, networks, and economics can be applied to help people in large organizations to communicate and collaborate better.

Day Radebaugh retired after a career in Information Technology at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC. He directed systems programming, local area networks, voice communications systems, and architecture planning. He is now a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Wichita State University, where he teaches engineering and computer ethics, introductory philosophy and computer science. Day spends his leisure time in the analog domain, where he listens to classical music on tube-based audio equipment, restores antique trucks, and manages the family farm in El Dorado, Kansas.

Dennis Linnell has been interested in communications since age 7, when he fired up a spark-gap transmitter he built from television parts salvaged from a trash bin. After surviving quite a few 50 kilovolt jolts, he moved on to more stimulating jobs in startup companies in the computer/network industry. As a technician at Gate Technology, Dennis helps big companies and government agencies solve problems on computer projects. In his spare time, he enjoys photography, listening to classical music, and tinkering with antennas.