BTW, I finally broke down and got an Apple product. I believe we overpayed for an Apple iPod nano (my wife liked the colours, and the availability of docking speaker systems), but I am getting into it. The docking is great, and my exploration of iTunes and the iTunes store has added to the experience. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
New Apple Toy
January 22, 2009Nortel’s woes
January 22, 2009Living in Ottawa and working in the high tech sector, it’s hard to not be affected in some way by Nortel. There are many ex-Nortel people out there, and everyone has some story about how they worked, or almost worked there. Now, with the bankruptcy protection, recently laid-off workers and pensioners are now worried about [...]
Too many solar panels
December 23, 2008Unfortunately, even the relatively new industry of solar panels is seeing the Boom – Decline curve. Are we getting too good at mass production? In a relatively short time–despite the increasing customer demand–we have made too many solar panels. Or do companies just love jumping on the next big thing? See this EE Times article [...]
Boom, decline, maintenance.
December 17, 2008The semiconductor industry is seeing a decline in demand for many products–this is especially prevalent in DRAM. Currently there are talks with DRAM manufacturers about bailouts from the Taiwanese and South Korean government. A colleague at EE Times, Mark LaPedus, writes about this being a bad idea as any bailout will temporarily save jobs but [...]
The American Consumer–who knew that they were that important?
November 22, 2008As the world’s economy spirals down the bath drain, it is amazing to think that in these days of the global economy, how much the world relied on the American consumer. With that market failing, we are seeing a domino effect around the world. Where will it end–who knows. One thing that this whole issue [...]
Science Debate ’08
September 15, 2008Ah-hah, this is what I’ve been looking for. A real indication of what the prospective candidates think of the Science and Innovation. A group of organisations got together and formed a list of 14 fundamental questions to ask the candidates. And fortunately, both Obama and McCain have obliged with their (very long) comments. I’ll analyze [...]
Japanese Innovation
July 17, 2008Continuing on the Apple/innovation theme, here is an interesting article from Newsweek about some of Japan’s high tech companies. Interesting thoughts, although I would like to see them corroborated by some other stories. Aricle here Any opinions from any people from Japan?
TechOnline Blog on Innovation
July 17, 2008My colleague Patrick Mannion has written an interesting blog on innovation–especially topical with the introduction of the iPhone. He raises quite a lot of interesting points and has an excellent interview with Andrew Hargadon, the director of the Center for Entrepreneurship and the Energy Efficiency Center at the University of California, Davis. Check it out [...]
