Interesting data from TechCrunch today on VC investments for Q2 of 2008. The venture capital market still appears healthy even with the general slowdown of the economy. One upside of what we are seeing is – as more Fortune 1000 companies “trim the fat” (which usually means shipping out high pay/long term employees) we’ll see… Continue reading TechCrunch – VC Deals In Charts (Q2 2008)
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azcentral.com blogs | AndrewJohnson: Ikea hosting women’s business conference
Ikea is hosting a women’s business conference in thier Tempe location next week Tuesday (July 22nd). Details below. Welcome, guest register | log in News • Sports • Money • Entertainment • Style • Travel • Moms • Pets • Weather • Traffic • Food • Home • Video JobsCarsReal EstateRentalsClassified INNOVATORS CIRCLE News on… Continue reading azcentral.com blogs | AndrewJohnson: Ikea hosting women’s business conference
2007 Turing Awards
This years winners are Edmund M. Clarke, E. Allen Emerson, and Joseph Sifakis. This years winners are recognized for their work on Model Checking: Model Checking is a type of “formal verification” that analyzes the logic underlying a design, much as a mathematician uses a proof to determine that a theorem is correct. Far from… Continue reading 2007 Turing Awards
Obama is a Mac, Clinton is a PC?
Just because I find the entire thing funny… NYT on Monday published an article entitled Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC? Yep… this is what our electoral process has come to…
Politics and Innovation
So where do the candidates for President stand on technology and innovation? I’ve reviewed each major candidates site to find their views regarding technology and innovation. You can find each candidate’s page below. John McCain Mitt Romney Barack Obama Hillary Clinton I believe these issues are central to both the health of our economy and… Continue reading Politics and Innovation
The future of the LAN
ComputerWorld ran an article today calling into question the future of the LAN (local area network). The article features Bob Metcalfe (Wikipedia) – one of the inventors of Ethernet. “We are just at the point where you can talk about terabit connections without sounding like a wack job,” Germanow noted. As for market share, Ethernet… Continue reading The future of the LAN
We shouldn’t confuse computer literacy with information literacy.
File this under “Yikes! That can’t be good.” Press Release from The British Library. A new study overturns the common assumption that the ‘Google Generation’ – youngsters born or brought up in the Internet age – is the most web-literate. The first ever virtual longitudinal study carried out by the CIBER research team at University… Continue reading We shouldn’t confuse computer literacy with information literacy.
NY Times public Copyright debate.
The New York times is running a series this week which will feature a public debate regarding the necessity of copy protection: This week, Bits will host a debate about copyright issues and technology between Rick Cotton, the general counsel of NBC Universal, and Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School. See the entire… Continue reading NY Times public Copyright debate.
Is there ANY downside to telecommuting?
Boston.com published an study done by Pennsylvania State University which – apparently – found only benefits to both employers and employees to telecommuting. Although some companies and workers feared telecommuting could hamper career prospects or lead to a breakdown in relationships with managers and co-workers, the researchers found no evidence to support it. “Telecommuting by… Continue reading Is there ANY downside to telecommuting?
More from Nicholas Carr
Wired Magazine did a Q&A with Nicholas Carr last month that some of you might find interesting. Many of Mr. Carr’s points are valid – however I still take issue with his primary point – that IT does not matter. I also wanted to clarify something from my previous post…