Busy Week

This was a very busy week and I have several stories in the queue to share more about some activities. On Monday I was fortunate to attend the Wired Business Conference in New York City. On Tuesday it was down to Dulles Airport and a visit to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum nearby. Wednesday […]

Net Attitude

Net Attitude has reached a new status – the entire book is now available to read for free here on patrickWeb. This is something I have wanted to offer for a long time but in the prior years my publisher would not allow it. I believe studies have shown that books that are made free […]

IBM Happenings: May 2009

The month of May was another busy one 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. A major focus area in addition to a "smarter planet" is an effort using IBM’s World Community Grid “virtual supercomputer” […]

Special Libraries

I am really looking forward to visiting with the Special Libraries Association at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on June 17. The SLA 2009 Annual Conference will be attended by 2,500 – 3,000 Information Professionals from 75 countries. “IP’s” are library and information science experts — people that are vital to libraries, information […]

IBM Happenings: April 2009

The month of April was another busy one 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. The major focus area continues to be a "smarter planet". (See Sam Palmisano’s letter to investors for the full story […]