June 25th, 2007
I don’t know whether it’s a first for blogging conferences, but the ever-innovative people at BlogHer have arranged, in tandem with their BlogHer ‘07 - “A World of Difference” conference in Chicago this July, a virtual world BlogHer in Second Life.
This should be a boon for those who can’t make it to Chicago and are […]
By Des Walsh -- 2 comments
June 21st, 2007
There’s a silly song some of us used to sing in years gone by:
There was an old man named Michael Finnegan
He had whiskers on his chinnegan
They fell out and then grew in again
Poor old Michael Finnegan
Begin again.
And I suspect my quoting just that first verse will for some readers today mean the rest of […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
June 21st, 2007
This time next week I’ll be mingling with some top thought leaders, futurists, innovative thinkers, and technology experts from around the world and with staff of the AMP finance and investment company. The occasion is AMP’s week-long Innovation and Thought Leadership Festival 2007.
The Festival is for employees and decision-makers of AMP from all departments […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
June 8th, 2007
A couple of well-worn predictions:
“Radio has no future.” Lord Kelvin, President of the Royal Society, 1897
“I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” Thomas Watson, Chairman, IBM, 1949
And for our times:
“Blogging in an ephemeral fad. Destined to burn itself out in a year or two.” Hiawatha Bray, business journalist circa 2002
He is […]
By Des Walsh -- 0 comments
May 30th, 2007
My experience in a former career phase, promoting technology transfer on behalf of a university company, taught me that there can be a big gap between developing great new technology and making that technology commercially viable.
So I’m always delighted to see a technology solution released from the lab into the wild. Especially when it has […]
By Des Walsh -- 3 comments
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