The Time issue has not hit the stands but the announcement itself is a part of what Jag Sheth and Raj Sisodia call The Tectonic Shift and Tom Friedman calls The World is Flat. The unprecedented collaboration between individuals and the enormous outpouring of volunteerism is all made possible by the web. For example justContinue reading “Time person of the year is “You””
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Marketing Academic in “Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee”
I had just happened to call Professor Rajesh Chandy on Monday over a problem with a US Patent database paper that my Research Assistants and me were grappling with. We were trying to do electronic searches with key words and Rajesh’s articles were not coming up in the Marketing journals. So I called Rajesh andContinue reading “Marketing Academic in “Measuring Innovation in the 21st Century Economy Advisory Committee””
Michael Richards: from privacy to Internet broadcast
The discussion about on line privacy and data security has been so far restricted to the question of your personal data being hacked and someone stealing your identity. This can result in a host of problems which can be quite severe but can be potentially corrected. A whole bunch of things can be done toContinue reading “Michael Richards: from privacy to Internet broadcast”
“Google Answers” withdrawn
I am a big Google fan and really became a fan after I started using "Google Scholar." Google Scholar searches citations of scholarly work and lists them in terms of number of citations. Researchers fume at the inaccuracies of Google Scholar because all scholarly material is not digitized (as yet) and perhaps the Scholar algorithmsContinue reading ““Google Answers” withdrawn”
Bank of America Video on YouTube
In my MBA Class on New Product and Service Development I use an excellent case "Bank of America" by Stefan Thomke of Harvard Business School to teach how experimentation might be used in development of new services. Before teaching this case we had more exciting discussions about IDEO and 3M and I was trying toContinue reading “Bank of America Video on YouTube”
Sony PlayStation 3 launches in two hours
I had tuned in the CBS evening news and was marveling at just how well Katie Couric is handling the job when I was blown away by the Sony PlayStation 3 launch story. Anthony Mason of CBS was interviewing a guy who has been standing in queue since Monday ( three nights and days) toContinue reading “Sony PlayStation 3 launches in two hours”
Dems,outsourcing and innovation
With the Democrats seizing control of the US Congress and Senate everyone involved in global outsourcing as suppliers or providers would wonder how things are going to be – going forward. To investigate this – I started looking up what folks are saying …. For those of you watching campaign ads – you would rememberContinue reading “Dems,outsourcing and innovation”
Trust,Privacy and Web Science
I recently asked a college freshman about which email account he uses with friends. Apparently most of the freshman’s friends use some chatting feature in Facebook and don’t normally send email but like using AOL chat occasionally. However college students country wide are quite cut up that everyone (prospective employers included ) can now openContinue reading “Trust,Privacy and Web Science”
Fall Back, NE Storms and Halloween.
Today clocks were turned back an hour in the North East ( Spring Forward Fall Back) and yesterday there were wind storms in Connecticut. They didn’t appear very serious but have been deadly with two deaths reported. For a while we didn’t mind the high winds as they seemed to be blowing the fall leavesContinue reading “Fall Back, NE Storms and Halloween.”
From Kansas – an academic speaks out
I was in Kansas City in April for a Sales Management Conference at the University of Missouri at Columbia. This involved a two hour drive through flat tranquil fields and then to a surprisingly high tech and rather grand University of Missouri. I must confess that the "O" word crossed my mind during this driveContinue reading “From Kansas – an academic speaks out”