Last year Kevin Kelly gave a presentation about the next 5000 days of the web. His views are based on what happened in the first 5000 days (roughly 13 1/2 years). The profile for Kevin reveals a very thoughtful man. He is in a good position to imagine what the future will bring.
Instead of talking [...]
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The Next 5000 Days of the Web
August 27, 2008Technology Faith
July 28, 2008I just returned from America a few days ago. There was a BriForum conference in Chicago on June 16 to 18 and I was lucky enough to attend. It’s worthy of describing the conference but I’ll save that until after I write up a summary first.
I didn’t have time to do any blogging during this [...]
Storage Trends
May 15, 2008The best things are found by surprise. I’ve been wanting a history of storage capacities and costs and today I found a link to “Cost of Hard Drive Space“. Never mind that it is in a fairly raw format and only goes to 2004. It clearly shows where we have been and implies where we [...]
First Who, Then What
April 24, 20081. WHO 2. WHAT
Continuing on the path of understanding what makes good into great, the next step is understanding the value of the idea “First who, then what“. This is the third chapter of “Good to Great”.
For most companies, “what to do” is often considered more important than “who to do it”. [...]
Level 5 Leadership
April 22, 2008Yesterday I wrote about “Good to Great” in general. Today I am going to focus on an idea called level 5 leadership. It is chapter 2 of the book and I remember being surprised by its revelations. At first it didn’t make sense that it would be true but by the end [...]
Good to Great
April 21, 2008“Good to Great” is a book written by Jim Collins about the successful transition from being a good company to a great company. What makes this book unique is the extent of research done to find what made companies great. Built from a team effort over five years of work, “Good to Great” [...]
The Direction of Flash Memory
April 19, 2008There has been a certain curiosity about where flash memory is going. It is typically hard to locate good material on subjects like this. There was luck on this tonight. Jim Cooke from Micron gave a presentation at WinHEC in 2007 about “Flash Memory Technology Direction“. For those of you that love technical detail, you’ll [...]
The Silent Death of U3
February 6, 2008Over the last few days I’ve come to realize something that happened last May. It is common to miss news and assume that things are a certain way when really they have changed. For example, it would be almost impossible to know which Hollywood stars were still alive. Usually it is discovered much later. Sometimes [...]
Living In The Future
February 5, 2008Imagine that you are magically transported back in time to 1974. Some of you weren’t even alive then. Just imagine what it would be like not to have a personal computer. Imagine what it would be like not to have a mobile phone, a CD player, DVD movies, or advanced gaming. [...]
Moving Up and Down the Stack
January 28, 2008This has been going on for quite some time. Companies which have traditionally specialized in certain areas are forced to examine related areas in order to grow. Once a tech company grows past a certain point (perhaps when it reaches close to the market saturation point), it needs to understand what will help [...]
