novelties

George Gilder on The Coming Creativity Boom

Lee Gesmer
November 05, 2008 15:58

OK, I know that George Gilder lost a lot of money for his investors (and himself) in the late ’90s and early 2000s.  So, he’s a lousy investor.  But, that doesn’t detract from his inspirational beliefs about technology. His article in the November 10, 2008 issue of Forbes is fun, i...

“Yesterday’s masters of the universe are today’s cosmic dust”

Lee Gesmer
October 30, 2008 13:22

I’ve heard this quote attributed to Alan Abelson of Barron’s, but who knows, it may be from Kansas. Maybe Abelson used to listen to Kansas. In any event, it came to mind when I heard that the Maestro, a Master of the Universe if there ever was one, spoke thus before Congress last...

“Legally Dead” (attorney Hal Kant’s Business Card)

Lee Gesmer
October 27, 2008 13:59

From the SF Chronicle’s obit of Hal Kant, aka “the Czar”, long-time attorney for the Grateful Dead: When Ben & Jerry’s ice cream produced a new flavor, Cherry Garcia, in the early ’90s, McNally wrote in his book, the company did so without even discussing the idea...

The Google Chrome Comic Book

Lee Gesmer
September 15, 2008 16:29

The release of the Google Chrome web browser on September 2nd attracted a huge amount of publicity. The release of the browser was accompanied by a 38 page comic book, featuring cartoon figures of real-life Google employees, and explaining some of the features and technology associated with the...

Cloud Computing - The “Next Big Thing”?

Lee Gesmer
September 04, 2008 18:19

Here is a link to the slides used by Dr. Irving Wladawsky-Berger (Chairman Emeritus of the IBM Academy of Technology) in his talk entitled Cloud Computing and the Coming IT Cambrian Explosion. This was presented at Xconomy’s Cloud Computing event in Cambridge in June. While there is no...