Sun is celebrating its 25 birthday. Congratulations!
The interesting aspect from my point of view is that Sun is “only” 25 years old. I would have expected this company to be older than that … At Infoworld.com there is a slide show available.
Add comment February 28th, 2007
(image is referring to linkedin.com)
Just received an invitation from a member of www.linkedin.com, one of these business network sites (see e.g. alexa.com for general info and related sites). When filling in the form, I came across an interesting set of questions that argued HOW you would be using this network: here is a screenshot (image from www.linkedin.com):
There is an obvious distinction between “find” and “to be found”. I like especially the listing of criteria: finding a job, finding old friends and colleagues, finding related products and services, finding people/employees, finding business partners.
Add comment February 28th, 2007
(image is referring to brandeins.de)
There is an article on Web 3.0 in the current issue of brandeins.de (which is about change in general). The article is by Wolf Lotter (“Elementarteilchen”, pp. 52 ff) well written, critical, partly arguing for similarities with the “last hype” (that ended in 2001) but also outlining differences. Personally I like the reference to Vannevar Bush, whose article “As we may think” (of 1945) is still worthwile reading today.
Add comment February 24th, 2007
… an excellent (quaterly) magazine on Europe and politics; editor-in-chief is Paul Lendvai. See www.europaeische-rundschau.at.
Add comment February 20th, 2007
Nokia has launched an interesting product: smart2go, it will be pre-loaded on the new “N”-series. Apparently very good functionality. Google-maps is an alternative approach.
However, I think that the collaboration between Salzburg Research and Alpstein is doing better, i.e., will provide smarter navigation tools. See e.g. information on the ANET portal.
Add comment February 14th, 2007
(picture from www.thomasgraz.net)
… Karl, John and I did a trip to foster collaboration with Upper Austria and visited
There is a lot going on in Upper Austria!
Add comment February 14th, 2007
There is a new issue of NRHM, a journal published by Taylor Francis. This issue is about “Structural Computing” and it has been guest-edited by Pete Nürnberg, formerly with the University of Aalborg/Esbjerg, now with Xtructure.
I think this is particularely interesting as “structural computing” is a difficult to explain, yet exciting field. You should read Pete’s introduction: it is not just a guide to the papers but also explains the background idea of SC. He talks about “organic structures” (as mentioned by V. Bush in 1945, see http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/194507/bush – still a great read!), and finally makes the point that we should not necessarily aim at building smart tools but aim at building tools for smart people. The point is that we should focus on systems supporting the way we humans think (and work).
Add comment February 11th, 2007
… a project between Salzburg Reseach and the University of Timisoara. I presented this in August in Alpbach in a workshop during the Technology Forum. Recently I came across a site supported by Telekom Austria that hosts the presentations of the workshop. See http://streaming.telekom.at/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=424&Itemid=311
The main idea is to develop a curriculum for an industrial PhD.
Add comment February 3rd, 2007
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