HatTip to Patrick P. Didn't know that Benjamin Joffe, who co-organizes the Open Web Asia Conference with me, put up these slides. Pretty cool, Benjamin.
Lessons from Asia for Tech Sector -
Mark Suster, who blogs at Both Sides of the Table, has his take aways here:
1. Wacky, weird and low cost: Before diving into what I learned in the deck I want to share something crazy. Motorola gave us in the US the RAZR (before they stopped innovating). But China literally gave us the Cell Razor. Benjamin brought in a cell phone where the bottom pulls out and you have an electric razor. No joke.
2. Film innovation – If Benjamin’s analysis is right – even many of our most successful films have been adaptations from Asian films. I knew some were but the scope was surprising. Especially Star Wars & The Matrix.
3. Internet users in US – 225 million, mobile 260MM. China Internet: 340MM, Mobile a staggering 650MM. Don’t bet that China won’t innovate in mobile. (slide 29)
4. 70% of Korean population has Internet speeds > 5mbps (and avg = 15 mbps) – don’t bet that the Koreans won’t innovate on online content (slide 30). Larger online game market ($1 billion) than Japan despite 1/3 population and 1/2 GDP per capital (slide 99). Way ahead of the US on mobile gifting.
5. More than 90% of Japanese mobile subscribers are on 3G networks (vs. 20% in the US) (slide 30), More than 50% have mobile TV & NFC chipsets (slide 87). Mobile ARPU = a staggering $110 / month for content and commerce alone (slide 88). Massive fall-off in ringtone and massive uptick in full songs (slide 89) —> still think we shouldn’t be watching what’s happening in Asia? Sales of avatars in social games nearly 50% of total revenue eclipsing revenue from affiliate transaction, ads or paid games (slide 97). Mobile game content revenue > PC game revenue (slide 98)
6. China’s leading social network (Tencent, who’s product is QQ) already does more than $1 billion in revenue. That’s 2x Facebook estimates. Tencent market cap on public market is $21 billion, Facebook’s is a theoretical $3-15bn (slide 52). China is innovating in many of the categories that the US is trying to solve now including mobile couponing, vertical social networks, Internet TV, etc.
7. Free-to-play gaming with micro transactions has become huge in Asia with very nice profit margins. EA and others in the US are copying this success (slide 71)
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Monday, September 28, 2009
Second Annual Silicon Valley Rocks! Dec 9th in SF!
Alison Murdock, Co-founder and former President of DealMaker Media, is hosting her 2nd annual Silicon Valley Rocks! More from Alison...
Silicon Valley Rocks! is a music showcase featuring performances from Silicon Valley’s tech community - from VCs and entrepreneurs to bloggers and software developers - to raise money for Music in Schools Today (MuST), a Bay Area non-profit that seeks to rescue school music programs from budget cuts.
Right now, our Call for Bands is open! If you're in a band (or know someone who is), please submit your/their information here. We have several contenders already... For details on participation, please check the FAQs.
Also our registration and donation center is open. Event tickets include entry to the showcase and the after-party featuring the best networking, drinks, and dancing north of San Jose. Ticket purchases are tax deductible. Tickets are $25 or $75 for VIP tickets which include free drinks and food. Tickets can be purchased here.
News & Links List
"$1B Twitter? What Do the Investors Know that No One Else Does?" BNET
"Social media: the attention economy explained" by Adrian Chan
"Introducing Sociability: Usability for the Social Web" Mashable, Adrian Chan
"The Rise of the Non-Profit News Model" BNET
"Non-profit news ventures go big time" Reflections of a Newsosaur
"Mozilla coders join Palm, apparently jabbing Apple" CNET
"The Man Who's Beating Google
Robin Li has built the most popular search site for the world's biggest audience--in China. That's round one in an epic battle." Forbes
"Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter" Fast Company
"Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff" The Loop
"Top 10 Blowhards of the Web" PC World
"Two Cheers for Andrew Breitbart: Sometimes it takes an outsider to show the press corps the way." Slate
"Pornography and You" by Rebecca Hagelin
"The Nightmare of Christianity" The Nation
"Bill Clinton Explains Why He's Now For Marriage Equality" The Daily Dish
"Social media: the attention economy explained" by Adrian Chan
"Introducing Sociability: Usability for the Social Web" Mashable, Adrian Chan
"The Rise of the Non-Profit News Model" BNET
"Non-profit news ventures go big time" Reflections of a Newsosaur
"Mozilla coders join Palm, apparently jabbing Apple" CNET
"The Man Who's Beating Google
Robin Li has built the most popular search site for the world's biggest audience--in China. That's round one in an epic battle." Forbes
"Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter" Fast Company
"Microsoft poaching Apple store managers and sales staff" The Loop
"Top 10 Blowhards of the Web" PC World
"Two Cheers for Andrew Breitbart: Sometimes it takes an outsider to show the press corps the way." Slate
"Pornography and You" by Rebecca Hagelin
"The Nightmare of Christianity" The Nation
"Bill Clinton Explains Why He's Now For Marriage Equality" The Daily Dish
ACORN News and The Brilliant 75 Who Voted in Support of ACORN Funding
"Secret Agent Editors
The Obama scandals bring a new era of opacity at the New York Times." WSJ's The Best of the Web Today
Insightful and amusing post about the NYTimes failing to be even a semi-objective news source.
"Obama and Acorn
Is there a case for a special prosecutor?" WSJ's James Taranto
"Independent prosecutor for ACORN" Chicago Tribune
"Inside the Glorious Nation of ACORN" by Debra Saunders
"Nuts to Acorn
Acorn's chief organizer Bertha Lewis: "we comply with all laws everywhere." WSJ's John Fund
"House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN" Washington Examiner
Obviously, these public officials vote from where their bread is buttered...
"Notable for not voting: Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a staunch defender of ACORN.
ACORN's defenders: Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Robert Brady D-Pa., Corrine Brown, D-Fla., G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., Mike Capuano, D-Mass., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Kathy Castor, D-Fla., Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., James Clyburn, D-S.C., Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Danny Davis, D-Ill., Diane DeGette, D-Colo., Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., Mike Doyle, D-Pa., Donna Edwards, D-Md., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., Bob Filner, D-Calif., Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, Al Green, D-Tex., Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Rush Holt, D-N.J., Mike Honda, D-Calif., Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill., Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Tex., Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex., Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, Rick Larsen, D-Wash., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., John Lewis, D-Ga., Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., Markey, D-Mass., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., McDermott, D-Wash., McGovern, D-Mass., Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., Jim Moran, D-Va., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Richard Neal, D-Mass., John Olver, D-Mass., Frank Pallone, D-N.J., Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., Donald Payne, D-N.J., Jared Polis, D-Colo., David Price, D-N.C., Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Bobby Rush, D-Ill., Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., David Scott D-Ga., Bobby Scott, D-Va., Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., Brad Sherman, D-Calif., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., Pete Stark, D-Calif., Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Diane Watson, D-Calif., Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Robert Wexler, D-Fla., Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif."
The Obama scandals bring a new era of opacity at the New York Times." WSJ's The Best of the Web Today
Insightful and amusing post about the NYTimes failing to be even a semi-objective news source.
"Obama and Acorn
Is there a case for a special prosecutor?" WSJ's James Taranto
"Independent prosecutor for ACORN" Chicago Tribune
"Inside the Glorious Nation of ACORN" by Debra Saunders
"Nuts to Acorn
Acorn's chief organizer Bertha Lewis: "we comply with all laws everywhere." WSJ's John Fund
"House votes to cut off funding, but 75 stand by ACORN" Washington Examiner
Obviously, these public officials vote from where their bread is buttered...
"Notable for not voting: Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a staunch defender of ACORN.
ACORN's defenders: Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisc., Xavier Becerra, D-Calif., Robert Brady D-Pa., Corrine Brown, D-Fla., G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., Mike Capuano, D-Mass., Andre Carson, D-Ind., Kathy Castor, D-Fla., Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., James Clyburn, D-S.C., Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., Elijah Cummings, D-Md., Danny Davis, D-Ill., Diane DeGette, D-Colo., Bill Delahunt, D-Mass., Mike Doyle, D-Pa., Donna Edwards, D-Md., Keith Ellison, D-Minn., Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., Bob Filner, D-Calif., Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, Al Green, D-Tex., Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y., Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, Rush Holt, D-N.J., Mike Honda, D-Calif., Jesse Jackson, Jr. D-Ill., Sheila Jackson-Lee, D-Tex., Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Tex., Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, Rick Larsen, D-Wash., Barbara Lee, D-Calif., John Lewis, D-Ga., Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., Markey, D-Mass., Betty McCollum, D-Minn., McDermott, D-Wash., McGovern, D-Mass., Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., Gwen Moore, D-Wisc., Jim Moran, D-Va., Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Richard Neal, D-Mass., John Olver, D-Mass., Frank Pallone, D-N.J., Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., Donald Payne, D-N.J., Jared Polis, D-Colo., David Price, D-N.C., Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., Lucille Roybal-Allard, D-Calif., Bobby Rush, D-Ill., Linda Sánchez, D-Calif., Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., David Scott D-Ga., Bobby Scott, D-Va., Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., Brad Sherman, D-Calif., Albio Sires, D-N.J., Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., Pete Stark, D-Calif., Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., Niki Tsongas, D-Mass., Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Diane Watson, D-Calif., Henry Waxman, D-Calif., Robert Wexler, D-Fla., Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif."
Friday, September 25, 2009
Social Media Revolution
One of the better videos that provides an overview, facts and insights into how social media has changed our world.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Big Think: Why Have We Traditionally Devalued Teachers?
Zeke Vanderhoek answers the question, "Why have we traditionally devalued teachers?"
Adrian On The History of Liberty in North Korea
The History
In 2004, two passionate individuals learned about the North Korea crisis and felt a burden to tell the rest of the world what had gone unnoticed for too long. Learn how LiNK was born. Join them in continuing to tell this story.
In 2004, two passionate individuals learned about the North Korea crisis and felt a burden to tell the rest of the world what had gone unnoticed for too long. Learn how LiNK was born. Join them in continuing to tell this story.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
TED Fellow Application Deadline, This Friday!
I should have posted this earlier, but if you're interested in attending TED 2010 as a TED Fellow (free!) you can apply here. It's primarily targeting activists, nonprofit leaders, creatives and others who typically cannot afford to attend TED.
More from Tom Rielly, TED Fellowship Director:
About the TED Fellows Program
The TED Fellows program is an international fellowship program designed to nurture great ideas and help them spread around the world. Benefits of the Fellowship include conference admission, round-trip transportation, housing and all meals. Fellows will also participate in a pre-conference with the opportunity to present a short talk for consideration for TED.com, elite skills-building courses taught by world experts, social opportunities and surprise extras.
The program seeks remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields. The program focuses on innovators in technology, entertainment, design, science, film, art, music, entrepreneurship and the NGO community, among other pursuits. The program targets individuals from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle east, though anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to apply. Applicants are generally between 21-40 years of age, though anyone over 18 and over 40 may apply. They must also be fluent in English.
For more information, please visit www.ted.com/fellows.
More from Tom Rielly, TED Fellowship Director:
About the TED Fellows Program
The TED Fellows program is an international fellowship program designed to nurture great ideas and help them spread around the world. Benefits of the Fellowship include conference admission, round-trip transportation, housing and all meals. Fellows will also participate in a pre-conference with the opportunity to present a short talk for consideration for TED.com, elite skills-building courses taught by world experts, social opportunities and surprise extras.
The program seeks remarkable thinkers and doers who have shown unusual accomplishment, exceptional courage, moral imagination and the potential to increase positive change in their respective fields. The program focuses on innovators in technology, entertainment, design, science, film, art, music, entrepreneurship and the NGO community, among other pursuits. The program targets individuals from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Middle east, though anyone from anywhere in the world is welcome to apply. Applicants are generally between 21-40 years of age, though anyone over 18 and over 40 may apply. They must also be fluent in English.
For more information, please visit www.ted.com/fellows.
Twitteleh, Twitter for Your Jewish Mother
HatTip to Net J. Love this. Someone should make one for Korean mothers called "Twittuh-ah." Their main questions would be:
1. Have you eaten yet?
2. Are you married yet?
3. Did you know Mrs. Kim's son... (e.g. got a 4.0, going to Hopkins Med)?
1. Have you eaten yet?
2. Are you married yet?
3. Did you know Mrs. Kim's son... (e.g. got a 4.0, going to Hopkins Med)?
Monday, September 21, 2009
News & Links List
"What Have VCs Really Done for Innovation?" TechCrunch, Vivek Wadhwa
"VCs Are Useless? That's Bullshit." Adventures in Capitalism
Chris Yeh's response to Vivek's guest post above, which I agree with.
"From Nothing To Something. How To Get There." TechCrunch, Seth Sternberg
"Seducing A VC: You want Kleiner Perkins' Randy Komisar as an investor? Here's what he wants from you" Forbes, Sramana Mitra
"The Plot Thickens: Skype Founders And Joost Sue Former Chairman And CEO Mike Volpi" TechCrunch
"Activity Streams: Content and Flow" by Adrian Chan
"Bing grabs 10 percent of search market" CNET
"Filtering the Real-Time Web" ReadWriteWeb
"P2P student loans for the developing world" Springwise
"Solar panels shaped like clay roof tiles" Springwise
"The Lehman Anniversary" Forbes, Nouriel Roubini
"The Innovation Tax
How Max Baucus knifed the medical devices industry." WSJ
"7 ex-CIA chiefs ask Obama to abort Holder's probe" LATimes
"The Cliff Hanger and Three Other Radical Hotel Ideas" Fast Company
"Japanese Fight Giant Jellyfish Invasion With Jellyfish-Infused Space Candy" Fast Company
"Be like Mike? No thanks" ESPN, Rick Reilly
"VCs Are Useless? That's Bullshit." Adventures in Capitalism
Chris Yeh's response to Vivek's guest post above, which I agree with.
"From Nothing To Something. How To Get There." TechCrunch, Seth Sternberg
"Seducing A VC: You want Kleiner Perkins' Randy Komisar as an investor? Here's what he wants from you" Forbes, Sramana Mitra
"The Plot Thickens: Skype Founders And Joost Sue Former Chairman And CEO Mike Volpi" TechCrunch
"Activity Streams: Content and Flow" by Adrian Chan
"Bing grabs 10 percent of search market" CNET
"Filtering the Real-Time Web" ReadWriteWeb
"P2P student loans for the developing world" Springwise
"Solar panels shaped like clay roof tiles" Springwise
"The Lehman Anniversary" Forbes, Nouriel Roubini
"The Innovation Tax
How Max Baucus knifed the medical devices industry." WSJ
"7 ex-CIA chiefs ask Obama to abort Holder's probe" LATimes
"The Cliff Hanger and Three Other Radical Hotel Ideas" Fast Company
"Japanese Fight Giant Jellyfish Invasion With Jellyfish-Infused Space Candy" Fast Company
"Be like Mike? No thanks" ESPN, Rick Reilly
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
"The Audacity of Hos" from The Daily Show
Love Jon Stewart. Though he's from the left, he calls it as most people see it. No spin. ACORN does not have one-off offices of corruption. It's a culture that spans many of its offices with illegal voter registrations and now this scandal. Of course, most of mainstream media ignored this during and after the election. Stewart rails on them for this. Very funny segment.
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
News & Links List
"RedBeacon Wins The Top Prize At TechCrunch50 2009" TechCrunch
"Intuit To Acquire (Former TechCrunch50 Winner) Mint For $170 Million" TechCrunch
"CARRIER PIGEONS: Still Faster Than ADSL" Mashable
"Cybersecurity Act Returns With a Fresh Coat of Paint" Electronic Frontier Foundation
"Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion" Forbes
"Steve: Lehman's Legacy" Forbes
"Closely Watched Buffett Recalculating His Bets" NYTimes
HatTip to Patrick P.
"Fact-Checking the President on Health Insurance" WSJ
"Young Adults Likely to Pay Big Share of Reform's Cost" The Washington Post
"Unable To Sell Their Houses, Millions Of Homeowners Are Turning Into Landlords" The Huffington Post
"Yes, Democracy Really Is Better: Thomas Friedman's bizarre praise for China's autocracy." Forbes
"Why Are Jews Liberals?" WSJ, Norman Podhoretz
"ACORN Co-Founder Defends Group's Integrity, Blasts 'Unfair' Critics" Fox News
"ACORN Fires More Officials for Helping 'Pimp,' 'Prostitute' in Washington Office" Fox News
"Tough debate for Tom Menino" Fox Boston
Hot mayoral race in Boston. Go Sam Yoon!
"A Coach's Faith
Why Tony Dungy helped Michael Vick return to pro football." WSJ
"Intuit To Acquire (Former TechCrunch50 Winner) Mint For $170 Million" TechCrunch
"CARRIER PIGEONS: Still Faster Than ADSL" Mashable
"Cybersecurity Act Returns With a Fresh Coat of Paint" Electronic Frontier Foundation
"Asia's 200 Best Under A Billion" Forbes
"Steve: Lehman's Legacy" Forbes
"Closely Watched Buffett Recalculating His Bets" NYTimes
HatTip to Patrick P.
"Fact-Checking the President on Health Insurance" WSJ
"Young Adults Likely to Pay Big Share of Reform's Cost" The Washington Post
"Unable To Sell Their Houses, Millions Of Homeowners Are Turning Into Landlords" The Huffington Post
"Yes, Democracy Really Is Better: Thomas Friedman's bizarre praise for China's autocracy." Forbes
"Why Are Jews Liberals?" WSJ, Norman Podhoretz
"ACORN Co-Founder Defends Group's Integrity, Blasts 'Unfair' Critics" Fox News
"ACORN Fires More Officials for Helping 'Pimp,' 'Prostitute' in Washington Office" Fox News
"Tough debate for Tom Menino" Fox Boston
Hot mayoral race in Boston. Go Sam Yoon!
"A Coach's Faith
Why Tony Dungy helped Michael Vick return to pro football." WSJ
ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web Trends in 2009
HatTip to Patrick P. Good presentation by Richard MacManus.
ReadWriteWeb's Top 5 Web Trends in 2009
View more presentations from Richard MacManus.
Monday, September 14, 2009
HomeBy3.com, A Job Site for Stay-At-Home Parents
HomeBy3.com is a recently launched job site for stay-at-home parents. It's primarily targeting former professional mothers that are seeking flexible, part-time jobs. One statistic they cite is that 43% of women with MBAs are not currently in the workforce, so there seems to be an untapped talent pool for companies.
It was founded by Sherry Moss and Kevin Cain. Sherry is the Director of Full-time MBA Program and Associate Professor of Organizational Studies at Wake Forest University and Kevin is a former student of hers.
Currently, to post a job on their site there is no charge and they plan to always keep it free for non-profit organizations. Since the site is new, there are only 82 job listings as of today. I like the direction of HomeBY3.com, but they definitely need to increase the volume of job postings.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
The Future Of Business by Altimeter Group
Slides from Charlene Li's webinar today.
The Future Of Business by Altimeter Group
View more presentations from Charlene Li.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
News & Links List
"The Anatomy of Determination" by Paul Graham
Discusses determination as a factor of success in startups
"'Fundamentals for Founders': What Every Startup Should Know" Knowledge@Wharton
"What Angels Want" VatorNews, Matt Bowman
"Twitter And The Revenue Dilemma" TechCrunch
"iPhone is a worldwide money-loser for carriers, report says" VentureBeat
"eBay Acquisitions and Investments" Meet the Boss
"FooMojo Announces Asia-Pacific Expansion and Opens Regional Subsidiary in Japan"
"Why I switched from PHP to Python" JoeStump.net
"RubyOnRails XSS Vulnerability Claims Twitter, Basecamp And My Confidence" TechCrunch IT
"Thomas Friedman Demands Communist Revolution" Gawker
The commenters here are hilarious as usual.
"Thomas Friedman is a Liberal Fascist" NRO's The Corner
"Thomas Friedman’s New Math of Democracy" Cato@Liberty
"Political discourse is flat, or would be if autocrats would only impose Thomas Friedman's way" Power Line
"Geithner Tells G-20 That Executive Comp Reform is "Crucial'" BNET
"Ex-Wells Fargo Loan Officer Details Shady Practices" BNET
"Wrong Turns: How Obama's Health-Care Push Went Astray" WSJ
"How American Health Care Killed My Father" The Atlantic
"The Crisis of Health Care Reform" by Michael Gerson
"A Universal Right to Healthcare?" The American, Jay Richards
"The House Bill Does Cover Illegals" Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
"Homeless Hostel So Nice You'll Want to Live There Too" Fast Company
"Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools" NYTimes
Discusses determination as a factor of success in startups
"'Fundamentals for Founders': What Every Startup Should Know" Knowledge@Wharton
"What Angels Want" VatorNews, Matt Bowman
"Twitter And The Revenue Dilemma" TechCrunch
"iPhone is a worldwide money-loser for carriers, report says" VentureBeat
"eBay Acquisitions and Investments" Meet the Boss
"FooMojo Announces Asia-Pacific Expansion and Opens Regional Subsidiary in Japan"
"Why I switched from PHP to Python" JoeStump.net
"RubyOnRails XSS Vulnerability Claims Twitter, Basecamp And My Confidence" TechCrunch IT
"Thomas Friedman Demands Communist Revolution" Gawker
The commenters here are hilarious as usual.
"Thomas Friedman is a Liberal Fascist" NRO's The Corner
"Thomas Friedman’s New Math of Democracy" Cato@Liberty
"Political discourse is flat, or would be if autocrats would only impose Thomas Friedman's way" Power Line
"Geithner Tells G-20 That Executive Comp Reform is "Crucial'" BNET
"Ex-Wells Fargo Loan Officer Details Shady Practices" BNET
"Wrong Turns: How Obama's Health-Care Push Went Astray" WSJ
"How American Health Care Killed My Father" The Atlantic
"The Crisis of Health Care Reform" by Michael Gerson
"A Universal Right to Healthcare?" The American, Jay Richards
"The House Bill Does Cover Illegals" Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion
"Homeless Hostel So Nice You'll Want to Live There Too" Fast Company
"Surge in Homeless Pupils Strains Schools" NYTimes
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Religious Freedom: The Ultimate Counterterrorism Weapon?
Insightful and informative talk by Chris Seiple, President of the Institute for Global Engagement, entitled "Promoting Values & Interests: A Case Study from Pakistan's NWFP." Christine set up this talk for Chris at Google provides the introduction.
Religious Freedom: The Ultimate Counterterrorism Weapon?
Religious Freedom: The Ultimate Counterterrorism Weapon?
Asia's Very Smart Cities: Songdo, Korea and Meixi Lake, China
This month's Forbes magazine has an article entitled "Asia's Smart Metropolis: South Korea's Songdo and China's Meixi Lake are spending billions on intelligent networks with an eco-vibe" where companies such as Cisco and 3M are highlighted.
What's missing in this discussion is smaller technology company I'm an advisor to called Innotive. It's led by my two close friends, Jimmy and Peter, who I did my first two startups with. Innotive is an integrated platform that allows for the convergence of rich media content through an interactive, zooming interface. It powers interactive displays at retail stores, such as BMW and Nike, and provides a control room solution to manage CCTV camera monitoring efficiently through one workstation. The latter product is called InnoWatch which will be integrated into the Songdo City project with over 1,000 touch-screen displays installed.
Songdo is a huge development project that spans over 1,500 acres, 150 buildings and will cost over $35 billion. It is not only a "smart" city but a green city that will be the largest private LEED development in the world since the whole city will be based on LEED building standards.
Below is an example of Innotive's InnoWatch solution:
A longer, detailed version of the Forbes' article was published online, "Very Smart Cities," which you can read here.
What's missing in this discussion is smaller technology company I'm an advisor to called Innotive. It's led by my two close friends, Jimmy and Peter, who I did my first two startups with. Innotive is an integrated platform that allows for the convergence of rich media content through an interactive, zooming interface. It powers interactive displays at retail stores, such as BMW and Nike, and provides a control room solution to manage CCTV camera monitoring efficiently through one workstation. The latter product is called InnoWatch which will be integrated into the Songdo City project with over 1,000 touch-screen displays installed.
Songdo is a huge development project that spans over 1,500 acres, 150 buildings and will cost over $35 billion. It is not only a "smart" city but a green city that will be the largest private LEED development in the world since the whole city will be based on LEED building standards.
Below is an example of Innotive's InnoWatch solution:
A longer, detailed version of the Forbes' article was published online, "Very Smart Cities," which you can read here.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
News & Links List
"Checkmate for a Wall Street wizard?
When Lehman, AIG, and Merrill Lynch were in crisis a year ago, Chris Flowers could be found at the scene. He survived the maelstrom - but now he has his own billion-dollar problems to worry about." Fortune
HatTip to Patrick P. Great read.
"A VC Model for the New Economy: 'Back to the Future'" peHUB
"India's Idle Tech Talent" Forbes, Sramana Mitra
"Google Wave Starting To Crest" BNET
"Google Executive to Quit" WSJ
Kai-Fu Lee is leaving.
"The Influentials: New Approaches for Analyzing Influence on Twitter" Web Ecology Project
"The Pennsylvania Start-up That Changed The World" Forbes
'How Oil Creek Valley beat Silicon Valley to the punch by 150 years.'
"Predicting the Future" InsideWork, Al Lunsford
By coincidence, Al discusses some of the oil industry's history written in the Forbes article above.
"A Generous Economy
What should be the heart of an economic system?" Inside Work, Dan Wooldridge
"Healthcare activist bites off finger of counter-demonstrator, authorities say" LA Times
It's amusing to hear some comments from the Left stating how much bigger the 65 year old man was than the 30-something man that bit off his finger. Hello? The man is 65 years old.
When Lehman, AIG, and Merrill Lynch were in crisis a year ago, Chris Flowers could be found at the scene. He survived the maelstrom - but now he has his own billion-dollar problems to worry about." Fortune
HatTip to Patrick P. Great read.
"A VC Model for the New Economy: 'Back to the Future'" peHUB
"India's Idle Tech Talent" Forbes, Sramana Mitra
"Google Wave Starting To Crest" BNET
"Google Executive to Quit" WSJ
Kai-Fu Lee is leaving.
"The Influentials: New Approaches for Analyzing Influence on Twitter" Web Ecology Project
"The Pennsylvania Start-up That Changed The World" Forbes
'How Oil Creek Valley beat Silicon Valley to the punch by 150 years.'
"Predicting the Future" InsideWork, Al Lunsford
By coincidence, Al discusses some of the oil industry's history written in the Forbes article above.
"A Generous Economy
What should be the heart of an economic system?" Inside Work, Dan Wooldridge
"Healthcare activist bites off finger of counter-demonstrator, authorities say" LA Times
It's amusing to hear some comments from the Left stating how much bigger the 65 year old man was than the 30-something man that bit off his finger. Hello? The man is 65 years old.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
News & Links List
"Skype Sale To Investor Group Led By Andreessen Horowitz Confirmed" TechCrunch
"Skype Sale Nears: Why eBay Shareholders Should Be Mad" GigaOm
"How Facebook Ruins Friendships" WSJ
"Oh, RSS Is Definitely Dead Now: Feedburner CEO Dick Costolo To Become Twitter COO" TechCrunch
"At 40, the Internet still reshaping history" CNET
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Disney's Excellent Move on Marvel
Missed a day of blogging. I have a lighter load this week, but obviously not with my side projects and our twin girls :)
Anyway, I really like this move by Disney ("Spider-Man Meets Mickey Mouse: Disney Buying Marvel For $4 Billion In Stock, Cash") in acquiring Marvel. Not just because I was a comic collector and huge fan of Marvel growing up, but the timing of the deal was excellent. Marvel's new strategy for movies and licensing was on the uptake with Iron Man being the first film they took full control of the production process. In the past, they weren't always happy with the end result of their licensed characters on the big screen. The results of their new approach speak for themselves with a domestic gross of $318 million and a worldwide gross revenue totaling $585 million.
After Iron Man's success, Marvel was licking their chops at their long list of untapped characters for the big screen. Now this catalog of 5,000+ characters is Disney's. Great play and acquisition.
Anyway, I really like this move by Disney ("Spider-Man Meets Mickey Mouse: Disney Buying Marvel For $4 Billion In Stock, Cash") in acquiring Marvel. Not just because I was a comic collector and huge fan of Marvel growing up, but the timing of the deal was excellent. Marvel's new strategy for movies and licensing was on the uptake with Iron Man being the first film they took full control of the production process. In the past, they weren't always happy with the end result of their licensed characters on the big screen. The results of their new approach speak for themselves with a domestic gross of $318 million and a worldwide gross revenue totaling $585 million.
After Iron Man's success, Marvel was licking their chops at their long list of untapped characters for the big screen. Now this catalog of 5,000+ characters is Disney's. Great play and acquisition.
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