Archive for December, 2007
Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
According to NPD, 73% of americans have never heard of Google Docs let alone of online office suit. This number might even be more important for France. However this does not mean that online office applications are doomed from the beginning. In my own experience, everytime I shared online ...
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Friday, December 14th, 2007
According to the Herald Tribune, Nintendo is losing over a billion dollar due to bad sale forecasts!
As many parents in the States and Europe, I have struggled with my co-parent-competitors to find this year’s Xmas tree holy grail, the soooo popular Nintendo WII. I’ve got 2 kids that are ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
Xpree a prediction market software vendor is looking for its director of business development in San Francisco. The job post is only available on LinkedIn.
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
Thanks to John T. Maloney for pointing this out on teh prediction market google group. McKinsey in its latest quaterly emphasizes the importance of prediction market as one of the business technology in the rise.
Eight business technology trends to watch
by James M. Manyika, Roger P. Roberts, and Kara L. Sprague
7. ...
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Friday, December 7th, 2007
J'ai appris ce matin que "Télécom Paris devient Télécom ParisTech le 1er janvier 2008".
Je n'ai pas suivi les débats et les tenants et aboutissants de ce changement de nom mais je ne peut pas dire que je soit enchanté du résultat.
Télécom ParisTech ? Mais que viens faire ce "Tech" ...
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Joshua Porter who writes on his Bokardo blog about interface design and their underlying users motivations, has put up a very good list of books to read on the subject of social design.
The Bokardo list includes well know classic titles such as "the long tail" by Chris Anderson, "Wisdom of ...
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