Feb

25

In a NY Times article: Adobe Blurs Line Between PC and Web - New York Times, John Markoff features Adobe’s fisrt official release of AIR, a runtime that allows online applications (i.e. browser based applications) to be taken offline (i.e. disconnected desktop application).

This is clearly going to have big implications for the existing software developers and companies because all existing applications have to be re-written to take advantage of the capability of AIR. But the advantage is that potentially your applications could also work on many types of devices (such as advanced mobile phone) if and when Adobe ports their AIR runtime to these mobile platforms.

As with all things software, the concept is clearly very good. But there will be a number of players that all want to be the de-facto standard bearer for the new paradigm. So Adobe is not alone in this space.

Small players like OpenLazlo and Xcerion are creating “Web-top” or “Web operating systems” intended to move applications and data off the PC desktop and into the Internet through the Web browser.

Mozilla has created a system known as Prism. Sun Microsystems introduced JavaFX. Google is testing a system called Gears. Microsoft is pushing its alternative to Flash, called Silverlight.

Jan

9

Listen and Win

January 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I rarely post on political issues on this blog. But Mrs. Hillary Clinton’s recent win in New Hampshire primary warrants some very interesting mentioning. Not because of this win’s importance one way or the other, but because of how she attributed her success and I quote:

"over the last week, I listened to you, and in the process, I found my own voice. I felt like we all spoke from our hearts, and I am so gratified that you responded."

This can’t be more true in software business as well. If you, whether you are CEO, CTO, product marketing or product manager, listen to your customers and markets, you will eventually win. 

Jun

22

Guy Kawasaki talks about ‘art of innovation’ to a marketing audience.

http://zentation.com/viewer/index.php?passcode=epbcSNExIQr

Apr

8

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Apr

4

Churchill Club: 9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends by ZDNet’s Dan Farber — The Churchill Club held its “9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Debate” at the San Jose Fairmont last week. Four of the the top venture investors gave their predictions gave their predictions on the top tech trends emerging over the next few years. The event was moderated by Tony Perkins, editor in chief of AlwaysOn, […]

This year’s program is just as good as 2006’s. It seems to have mixed opinion this time around though.

Check out the Top Ten Tech Trends 2007 podcast at http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=4779

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