May 9, 2007
Volume 12, Number 16
CHRIS SHIPLEY: DEMO ALUMNI FIND SUCCESS ON INNOVATORS' LISTS
Late last week, I received an excited e-mail from Gail Kantor. DEMO 2007 attendees may remember Gail as the CEO of eJamming, the company that optimized Internet collaboration so musicians can play music together, in synch and perfectly timed, across a broadband connection.
Gail was excited because she and eJamming co-founder Alan Jay Glueckman were named to the elite 24 Top Innovators list put out by Fortune Magazine (http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0704/gallery.fortune_innovators.fortune/2.html).
It's an honor for these two, to be sure. They have created and put a lot of deep technology into a platform for collaborating around music, and they have made that technology look easy so that musicians can focus on creating, rather than computing.
Gail and Alan are in good company. The Fortune list included Craig Venter, a scientist instrumental in mapping the human genome; Sunil Shaunak, a professor at London University's Imperial College who is working to create low-cost alternatives to expensive, essential drugs; and Martin Eberhard, tech entrepreneur turned alternative energy car maker. The eJamming crew also shares honors with about 10 other tech entrepreneurs, at least two of which - VMWare's Dianne Green and Pleo's Caleb Chung - should sound familiar to DEMO regulars. VMWare has twice brought its innovations in virtual machines to the DEMO conference and Caleb's Pleo dinosaur came to life on the DEMO stage a little more than a year ago.
Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/demo_alumni_find_success_on_innovators_lists.php
KEITH SHAW: WHAT'S YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY?
As a frequent user of technology, I surround myself with products often considered "cutting edge" because I'm always writing about what's new or what's right around the bend. This industry (especially if you live in Silicon Valley) is dominated by the high-end, elite users of technology. So it's always surprising to talk with or discover other people who don't use or are obsessed with technology in their daily lives.
That's one reason I'm fascinated with the results of a recent Pew Internet & American Life Project survey, which aimed to sort out the types of information and communication technology (ICT) users. The "typology" survey discovered 10 separate groups of people and the relationship they have with technology. The first four groups would be considered the "elite" end of the spectrum, with two groups (5 and 6) considered the middle range, and the last four groups make up the other end of the scale. When you read the list, try and figure out what group you belong to.
Read more at:
http://www.demo.com/demoletter/whats_your_relationship_with_technology.php
DEMOTRACKER: The latest from DEMO alumni
* eJamming (DEMO 2007) reports skyrocketing signups and memberships of its beta software that lets musicians jam together over a broadband connection.
* 4INFO (DEMOfall 2006) launches MLB player alerts and statistics that send text messages to users during games.
The complete DEMOtracker archive is located at http://www.demo.com/demoletter/weather_report.php
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