Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
Guy Kingston from the University of Bristol is doing research for his MSc dissertation, he has a sub 5 minute survey for venture investors and entrepreneurs asking some basic questions (nothing proprietary or confidential). Help Guy out, take the survey.
That photograph from Mount Suribachi still stops me in my tracks. AP Wire | 08/21/2006 | AP photographer who captured Iwo Jima flag-raising dies at 94: Joe Rosenthal, The Associated Press photographer who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of World War II servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, has [...]
my ode to Nick Carr the sound of one hand clapping nothing can be done Technorati Tags: Nick Carr
Found on Valleywag… I swear he looks just like Jason Calacanis.
Steve Case says he’s sorry… is promptly sent to his room with no dinner. AOL founder says he is ‘sorry’ for Time Warner merger | Tech&Sci | Internet | Reuters.com: In an interview broadcast on Friday, Case, who was shoved aside as chairman in 2003 and who left the board entirely in 2005, said, “Yes, [...]
Debbie Landa is looking for more women to speak on technology and venture capital topics. My suggestions: – Shantha Mohan, T3Ci – Adina Levin, Socialtext – Aliza Peleg, SAP Labs – Lisa Reeves, SAP Ventures – Jen Fonstad, DFJ – Emily Melton, DFJ – Ellen Levy, Stanford – Victoria Katsov, Wall St. Technology Partners – [...]
Interesting commentary on what Alan Greenspan’s real legacy will be. I’ve never understood the unwavering praise that politicians lavished on Greenspan, but he does get credit for deftly insulating the U.S. economy from the impacts of the Asian Financial Crisis. With regard to crisis management he would also get credit for the backroom dealing that [...]
28Apr
Posted by Jeff as Companies, Enterprise Software, People
When I heard the rumor that JDA was acquiring Manugistics I didn’t even bother to write about it because I figured it was such a non-event (even in the event Oracle acquired them it would have been a non-event). One of my very good friends was a bag carrying guy there last year when Jeremy [...]
If you know me or have heard me speak you probably realize that I am a huge fan of Yochai Benkler (and Eric von Hippel as the two seem to fit together rather well). Benkler's new book, The Wealth of Networks, is out as a wiki and a downloadable PDF. Of course, if you can [...]