Greenland – Part 3 (The conference)
The Konference Sarfarissoq took place in Nuuk — the capital of Greenland — at the Katuaq cultural center. The conference began with a Greenlandic dinner at the Hotel Hans Egede (the only hotel in Nuuk) and included an A cappella singing performance by a group of natively dressed Inuit men and women. It was quite […]
Greenland – Part 2 (A unique place)
Thoughts about the conference to follow shortly, but since Greenland is such a unique place, it deserves some comments first. Greenland is actually part of the Kingdom of Denmark and is the world’s largest island — about 80% ice-capped. The history is a bit complicated but it is certain that the the culture started with […]
Supernova 2008 – Part 6 (final)
This will be my final comments about things I learned at Supernova 2008 in June. The prior comments are all in the conference section of patrickWeb. A "People" panel was moderated by BJ Fogg, whom I first met when he presented YackPack at Demo a few years ago. The research shows that people are endlessly […]
IBM Happenings: July 2008
There has been no summer slowdown at IBM where July brought a slew of announcements in hardware, software, services, acquisitions, and strategic alliances. The list of announcements made during the month is below. The company announced record second-quarter results with profits up 28 percent on $27 billion in revenue — roughly $300 million per day! […]
iPhone – Update No. 13
I am sticking to my story — the iPhone 3G is fantastic. There are some issues however. The iPhone is much more than a "cell phone" — it is a platform. The six basic elements of the platform are the iPhone itself, the network (AT&T in the United States), iTunes, the "App Store", MobileMe and, […]
