FutureScan
Demo will be starting two weeks from today. I am looking forward to seeing all the new gadgets, software, hardware and business ideas and catching up with many friends from the press, consultant, and investing communities. The product introductions that take place will reveal key technology trends over the coming 12 to 18 months. A […]
Open Hopes for 2006
The debate about the OpenDocument format is still underway. See this link for a list of the stories in patrickWeb about it. Bob Sutor over at IBM just posted a very good story called "Open standards, open source, open minds, open opportunities". Rather than repeat or plagiarize it, here is a link to it. It […]
Internet Phones
Today’s Wall Street Journal story, "Web Phones Go Unplugged", summed it up pretty well. There is a convergence taking place between cell phones and Internet phones. Utopia has not quite arrived but at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month there was a slew of new announcements surrounding Vonage, Skype, and various […]
DEMO Coming
Demo has always been my favorite conference and I am looking forward to the next one — to be held in Phoenix, February 6-8. The Demo conference allows entrepreneurs to show off new gadgets, software, hardware and business ideas and enables the press, analysts, investors, and technology enthusiasts to assess what they see. The product […]
Miscellany – 01-06-06
Just back from sunny Florida. When we left Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday it was 84 degrees and blue skies. It was a bit cooler when we got to Palm Coast and St. Augustine Beach. There was construction everywhere — condos, homes, malls, highways, and infrastructure. Seems like a "bubble" is a legitimate concern. The […]