TED 2012: Glass Half Full or Half Empty – TED Style

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Zia Yusuf

Day 2 at TED ofcourse did not disappoint – how could I even think it would. What did surprise I think all of us (probably with the exception of Chris and the TED team) was the stark contrast between two brilliant talks.  These two discussions presented a very different view of our collective future. This [...]

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TED2012 Day 1 “LittleBits” for big dreams

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Zia Yusuf

Here we go again, TED 2012 started yesterday in Long Beach. I decided this year to do a short blog post every day on the talk or conversation that most inspired me.  Yesterday we had the amazing TEDFellows make their presentations.  Wonderful to see these ideas being presented in such a passionate and clear way. [...]

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Changing How We Buy Enterprise Software !

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

I recently looked up the definition of Enterprise Software in Wikipedia and saw the following description: ”Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is software used in organizations, such as a business or government, as opposed to software chosen by individuals.” The first part of the definition seemed good enough. It was the second part [...]

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What “Togetherville.com” can teach grownups !

Posted on May 22, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

I am pretty excited about the launch of Togetherville.com - the new online community for kids under 10.    As any of you who are parents of young kids know the technologies of today have created a whole new set of challenges for those of us trying to raise children in a safe and healthy environment.  While [...]

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Your “Experiencing Self” vs. Your “Remembering Self” and the Implications for Software Design !

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

I have been attending TED for a couple of years and again this year was amazed by the speakers and their insights.  For those of you not familiar with TED I would suggest that you visit the TED website  where you will find a treasure chest of the most amazing talks on a broad range of subjects [...]

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Starbucks vs. Peet’s: Why the IPhone matters more than the coffee.

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

The coffee at Peet’s tastes better than Starbucks (at least to me). Peet’s offers free wifi while at Starbucks you have to pay for wifi through AT&T.  The price of a medium Café Latte at Peet’s and at Starbucks (I refuse to call a medium a “Grande”) in Palo Alto is the same @ $3.35 [...]

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The Tablet PC – Invention (2001) and Innovation (2010) – What happened ?

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Zia Yusuf

In the Fall of 2001 at the Comdex show in Las Vegas Bill Gates talked about the digital decade and introduced the future of computing the “Tablet PC”.  Well the good news is the future of computing seems to be here, except it appears it will be delivered by Apple today in 2010, not Microsoft in 2001.   Now [...]

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