DEMOfall 2005
The Demo conferences allow entrepreneurs to show off new gadgets, software, hardware and business ideas. It has always been my favorite conference and DEMOfall 2005 did not disappoint. Sixty-five companies showed their stuff and, although there were some cases of companies showing solutions looking for problems, there were a lot of impressive ideas and plans. […]
Conference Update (and Microsoft comments)
The conference circuit took no summer break (see engagement calendar) and is now in full swing for the balance of the year. Next week begins with DEMOfall in Huntington Beach, California. The Demo conferences are always my favorites because there is so much technology on display and you can have open dialogue with the creators […]
Conference Update
The conference circuit takes no summer break (see engagement calendar). MRO World was quite interesting in Dallas in July and coincidentally the Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications Annual Meeting this week is also in Dallas. The Fall will be very active too. I plan to attend DEMOfall in Huntington Beach in […]
The Long Tail
Chris Anderson from Wired talked passionately at Supernova about how the Internet makes it possible to exploit the "niche" portion of the demand for products, services, and content. His theory is that there is more total demand — revenue — from a large number of little known products that there is from a small number […]
Supernova 2005
There are a lot of good conferences — Supernova is one of the best. This year was the second time I have made the trip to San Francisco to attend. There were roughly 250 technologists, investors, business leaders and media who came together to network, share ideas, and explore the business impacts of many key […]