You have heard about spimes. They are a new class of objects, originally envisioned by Bruce Sterling, author and Wired columnist, who also invented the term by compressing ’space’ and ‘time’. Spimes are aware of their environment, they know where they are, and when they are, and keep track of some parameter around them. Sensing, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Grand challenges for engineering in the next 100 years
February 12th, 2008
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On Feb 15 the voting for the ‘Grand Challenges For Engineering in the next 100 years‘ is going to start. This is the contribution I wrote for the discussion there:
Atomic scale assembly, and programmable matter… A better understanding of quantum mechanics, and the software capable of exploiting it will give us unparalleled power over the [...]
Strategic Marketing Evolves – lecture at the California School of International Management
February 7th, 2008
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Here is the slidecast of my lecture from yesterday at the California School of International Management
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“Strategic Marketing Evolves – The changing role of brands in the network age”
Disintermediation is immediacy. After a hiatus of ten thousand years, during which more and more sophisticated tools were needed to overcome [...]
Endorsing Barack Obama
February 4th, 2008
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The changes necessary to keep our societies aligned with the needs of a desirable future can only be accomplished by those who belong to that future.
Barack Obama is a choice for a desirable future.
It also helps that, according to the Washington Post’s political compass survey, my views are strongly aligned with his.
The planet is intertwined, [...]
Dealipedia to add transparency to corporate deal flow
February 4th, 2008
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Dealipedia is launching today, aiming to apply wikinomics to the collection and mashing up of information about corporate deals, including financing, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and even bankruptcies.
So many times there are announcements of interesting deals that are shrouded behind a ‘details were kept private’ veil. What Dealipedia is betting on, is that there will [...]
Seminar about strategic marketing and today’s technologies
February 1st, 2008
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I have been invited to hold a lesson at the California School of International Management’s course on Strategic Marketing. The lesson will be delivered online, via Skype, and Second Life on the island of Lipari, on Wednesday, February 6, starting 2PM PST (11PM CET). If you would like to attend just let me know in [...]
