On April 29, 2008 at Fish & Richardson in Redwood City SDForum Mobile SIG hosted the Digital Media Quarterly to discuss business models, pitfalls, technology, and controlling content. Richard Horning of Fish & Richardson moderated a panel including Neal Hansch of Rustic Canyon, Eric Ries of IMVU, Todd Sawicki of Lookery, Richard Yen of Blueprint Ventures and Jian Zhang of Tradescape, Inc. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
The U.S. government is sending everyone $600 as part of stimulus package to get the economy going again. What can you do with the money? Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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On April 28, 2008 at the Computer History Museum, Fiona Tang showed me the Babbage Difference Engine No. 2 being installed for exhibition on May 10, 2008. It is the perfect graduation present for any Victorian gentleman who wants to accurately calculate the carbon footprint of any orphan labor sweatshop he builds. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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Free Stuff
You know a company is in trouble when it gives away free stuff. From DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by dj as Blumbers, Commentary at 4:04 PM PDT [815 Views]
The passing of science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke reminded me that Robert A. Heinlein died twenty years ago. I used to live up the road from his barb wired compound in Santa Cruz. I think his early work from 1939-1942 holds up very well. His juvenile novels from the 1950s run a close second. People swear that Stranger In A Strange Land is his best novel but I like The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress. Below are few of the more interesting examples of his work.Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
On April 24, 2008 at Arthur’s in Santa Clara, STC Silicon Valley chapter held it’s spring Schmooze. It was a big happy crowd of people networking for the next job. In honor of Earth Day, everyone got a free tote bag. Pat Harvey won an iPod and Andrew Davis won a tank of gas. The good news is he drives a hybrid. Text from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
Here the top ten things overheard at the Web 2.0 Conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Text from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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On April 22, 2008 at AMD’s campus in Santa Clara, SDForum with Astia and Moss Adams presented this month’s Clean Tech Breakfast. The topic was “Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies - What’s Real?”From DJCline.com
Andrea Cohen of Nixon Peabody moderated a panel with Eric Darmstaedter of ClearFuels, Jason Matlof of Battery Ventures, Hendrick Meerman of Cobalt Biofuels, Bill Reichert of Garage Technology Ventures and Marianne Wu of Mohr Davidow.From DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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My Life With Dissociative Identity Disorder
By Herschel Walker with Gary Brozek and Charlene Maxfield
Foreword by Dr. Jerry Mungadze
Walker was born a poor African American child on the wrong side of the tracks in rural Georgia. He stuttered and suffered from obesity and Osgood-Schalter disease. He witnessed the Klu Klux Klan terrorizing other children. The result? Walker has multiple personalities. Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
At least one presidential election is over. Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Twelve Predictable And Avoidable Pitfalls Every Project Faces
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On April 15, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, the EE Times held the ACE Awards. Comedian Craig Ferguson gave an energetic and cathartic performance. Text stolen from DJCline.com
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On April 15, 2008 at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, the EE Times held the ACE Awards. Text stolen from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
On Tuesday, January 15, 2008 in Palo Alto at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and SDForum held the fifth quarterly Venture Breakfast Series in partnership with PWC. Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
Inside The Secret Culture Of The IRS
By Shelly L. Davis
Foreword By Mary Matalin Text stolen from DJCline.com
Don’t mess with the IRS. More oversight is needed. Always. Accountants must be held accountable.
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On April 14, 2008 San Jose hosted the annual Embedded Systems Conference. Here are the top ten things heard at the event. Text stolen from DJCline.com Read the rest of this entry »
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Userless Usability
I heard of a hilarious usability joke in Portland. No users? No problem.Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
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On April 9, 2008 at DLA Piper in East Palo Alto SDForum’s Emerging Tech SIG hosted Ribbit’s co-founder and Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Crick Waters. He presented “Bringing Mobile Voice to Web Applications”. Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
On April 9, 2008 at SAP in Palo Alto SDForum presented “Virtualization: The New Frontier”. IDC’s John Humphrey moderated a panel with Raju Bopardikar of LeftHand Networks, Simon Crosby of Citrix, Bob Quinn of 3Leaf Systems, Roland Wartenberg of SAP and Peter Sonsini of NEA.Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »
On March 24, 2008 at Swissnex in San Francisco, SDForum hosted the Global Open Source Conference. It brought together investors, entrepreneurs and government experts to discuss the effects of open source software around the world. Text stolen from DJCline.com. Read the rest of this entry »