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Professor April 09, 2003 Nicole Coviello New Zealand I've had a look at Jerry Katz' list (from your recent Mtechie which looks great by the way) and it's both interesting and informative....[Others may also want to look at a] recent JBV piece: Fried, VH (2003). Defining a Forum for Entrepreneurship Scholars. JBV 18, 1-11. Like any ranking system, it has it's faults, but...seems to make sense. From the Editor Thanks Nicole! |
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mtechie member's research noted in Financial Times January 23, 2002 Morgan Miles Georgia Southern University Glenn, Did you know that the #1 lead story in this week's mtechie (1/22/02) refers to research by one of mtechie's own? Gina O'Connor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute? From the Editor Son-of-a-gun! I didn't know that! Congrats Gina! |
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mtechie is slowing down or news is speeding up January 23, 2002 Tunga Kiyak Michigan State University It seems like you have failed to caught up with this week's (1/22/02 mtechie issue) updates to your news stories. Either you are slowing down, or the news are speeding up :) I'll assist you this one time with updates and insights :) >3. ?Perfect compression? algorithm announcement by start-up received with derision Did you read that news release? It is just impossible even with the simplest logic: Basically, if you can take a "completely random" data string and compress it at 100:1, then you should also be able to take the resultant compressed string and compress it again by a 100:1. Therefore, by using it multiple times you should be able to take any file and decrease it to a single bit! Which is why people are cynical when the company claims it can compress "completely random" strings successfully. A good discussion of it with mathematical explanations of why their claims are impossible took place on Slashdot right away: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/01/08/137246&mode=thread >18. DVDs outsell VCRs in Q4 Apparently, the push to increase DVD sales has been so aggressive that the companies no longer make any money selling the DVD players. Therefore, they are now looking into bundling DVD players with other applications: game consoles, home networking, image viewers, etc. Check out: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20020122/tc/dvd_players_ready_for_a_makeover_1.html >24. Online customer service experience comparable to experience at brick-and-mortar-Answerthink I took this one personally. Personally, I am still waiting for my first "intelligent response" to a customer service question I've sent online. I am usually happy if I receive any response in the next 48 hours, and those responses usually tend to be a copy-and-paste of an FAQ section that is completely unrelated to my question. Simply put, you should not purchase anything online if you think you may need to contact customer service, before-or-after the sale. (Note: It is not as if I am a doubter of the Internet; we even bought our dining table set over the Internet. But one must accept the facts, if the same results turn out after repeated attempts.) >38. Kazaa will shut down service under threat of Dutch court copyright ruling. This one is really strange since Morpheus and Grokster are actually identical to Kazaa and use the same network, but they continued to be available. As I was trying to figure out its logic, it turned out to be a non-issue: Kazaa sells software, downloads proceed: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-819619.html From the Editor Mea culpa! |
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Heard about mtechie in Thunderbird U seminar in Australia January 08, 2002 Karen Clark Pacific Seeds Hi Glen, Thanks for organising the latest issue for me ! GREAT !! I recently attended a e-business course in Brisbane (Qld, Australia) lead by Candace Deans from the Thunderbird school of Management. I was commenting on the enormous amount of time it takes to keep ahead or even up to date with what is happening and one of the other attendees mentioned your newsletter, so here I am. From the Editor Karen, Glad to have another Aussie! Glenn |
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More positive spin on nanotechnology in Red Herring December 07, 2001 Joan Damico J. Damico Marketing Communications Hi Glenn, Regarding your Nanotechnology #22 Under "New Ventures." Take a look at Red Herring Nov. 2001 Issue No. 107 pp. 51-54 for a completely different and more positive spin on VC investment in nanotech. Red Herring claims that nanotech is, in fact, gaining a good percentage of VC funding as well as US government funding. While it's true that much of the nascent technology falls outside of the 3-year to market VC window, the biotech sector seems to have a few products that fall within the VC window. If anything, it's an interesting article. Thanks, Glenn. I really enjoy your publication. From the Editor Thanks for writing back, Joan. A few months back, I did in fact post a story with a positive spin. As you know, analysts, VCs, media, etc. go back and forth on what's hot. I try to report both sides. However, I missed the Red Herring piece you noted. |