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iPad – Part 3: Other Reading

Many of us have weighed in on the various aspects of e-books and e-readers. The jury will be out for quite awhile as the publishers, Apple, Sony, Google, Lenovo, Dell, and numerous others refine their strategy for what goes into a book, how it is displayed, and how it is priced. While the book war […]

Supernova 2008 – Part 5

I learned a lot at Supernova as I do every year. It is difficult to explain the depth and breadth of what transpired at the conference, but hopefully I will hit some highlights and provide links where you can learn more. One of the many interesting topics was “networks” — something that we take for […]

Temporarily Out of Service

Two nights ago, for some mysterious reason, my entire web site disappeared from the server. I have been using the Dreamhost shared hosting service in Southern California for a couple of years now and have been quite pleased with the price, performance, reliability, and support, but they were as puzzled as me as to how […]

Supernova 2008 – Part 2

Supernova began last Monday morning at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center. There is no sign of recession in the Mission Bay area — construction cranes everywhere. The 300 acre former rail yard was created in 1998 as a redevelopment project and seems to be flourishing. It has attracted a lot of biotechnology research and […]

Supernova 2008

3-6 billion mobile phones with up to ten sensors each. Trial with 150 students driving around and providing anonymous information about where they are, how fast they are going, etc. and have it centrally integrated and then made available to everybody who is driving.– traffic prediction. Further out possibilities include tracking of influenza through personal […]