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ETech 2008

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Jay Jakosky

Two talks stuck out today. One was a brief talk from Saul Griffith of Makani Power. What I took away from the talk was the impracticality of many renewable energy sources such as tidal power and wind power. A combination … Continue reading →

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Does Processor Speed Still Matter?

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

I would have said no until the release of so many multi-core processors. Now they have swarmed the Top 500 supercomputer list. But not every supercomputer has a cluster design because not every challenge is solved faster on a cluster. … Continue reading →

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Bunnie Huang in China

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

Bunnie Huang’s tales from China illustrate the impact of globalization on individuals. Bunnie is making the Chumby, a digital device that’s left wide open for users to enjoy as they see fit. He sources the Chumby from Chinese manufacturers, with … Continue reading →

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The Landscape of Parallel Computing Research

Posted on October 2, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

I highly recommend browsing the Wiki that has been put up at UC Berkeley’s EECS dept to complement it’s original white paper (also excellent). It’s hard to predict the future applications of massively parallel systems, but we know it will … Continue reading →

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Salesforce.com’s Force and SAP’s A1S

Posted on September 16, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

Two announcements this week, all centered around small and mid-market applications built on flexible platforms. Force.com from Salesforce.com is a rebranding of their technology with a focus beyond CRM applications. This article mentions some promising case studies including 45,000 users … Continue reading →

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Master Foo Defines Enterprise Data

Posted on February 14, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

Master Foo Defines Enterprise Data

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The Singularity Is Near-er

Posted on February 13, 2007 by Jay Jakosky

I’m a bit of a latecomer to the Singularity concept. As I understand it, the singularity occurs when technological evolution is able to reproduce human intelligence, likely by simulating a human brain. It must happen, but when? Kurzweil gives a … Continue reading →

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Coding Horror: This Is What Happens When You Let Developers Create UI

Posted on November 30, 2006 by Jay Jakosky

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QlikView

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Jay Jakosky

QlikView is an amazing product. I say this as an end user and implementor for the past 5 years. A versatile data warehouse with multi-billion-row capacity and incredible speed. A BI front end for report generation, interactive analysis, dashboard design. … Continue reading →

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Authenticity

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Jay Jakosky

I saw this video last week and I have been wondering what makes it so powerful. Authenticity. Just the process, done as it has been done for a long time by the men in the video. No sound track. No … Continue reading →

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