Nook
I first got “Kindlized” in March 2008. Now, nearly two years later I have been “nooked”. The “e-book” — replacing the paper book with something electronic — is not a new idea. Project Gutenberg started in 1971 and has a collection of more than 30,000 books which have been digitized. Digital books can be read on a […]
Supernova 2009
Commercial Air travel is not a barrel of fun these days but leaving home at 4:30 in the morning enabled me to get an early flight and a smooth trip to San Francisco. The return trip two days later was a different story. Airlines can’t control the weather and occasional maintenance issues are to be expected, but […]
Back to DACS – 2009
On December 7th, the Danbury Area Computer Society will hold it’s monthly meeting and it will be my honor to give a talk (at 7:45PM) about The Future of the Internet. (This will be the eighteenth year in a row that I have done this). The meeting will be open to the public and will […]
OCLC – Part 1
It is a privilege to be able to participate and contribute to various boards. It is also a way to learn a lot, meet great people and gain new perspectives. That has certainly been the case since I joined the board of OCLC (see press release). Fifteen years ago some pundits — myself not included — were […]
IBM Happenings: August September October 2009
The months of August, September, and October were busy ones at IBM with a flurry of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. The complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. In addition to the major focus on a “smarter planet“, IBM is heavily engaged in healthcare both as […]