Monday, November 04, 2002

Sam Palmisano's On-Demand WebCast http://www.investor.ibm.com/investor/events/ibm1002/#  There's some really fascinating concepts in this presentation; it's impressive that IBM is placing such a huge emphasis on this kind of R&D development. Palmisano's demanor and delivery is in great contrast to some of the tech execs in the Bay Area: http://www.ivtweb.com/webcast/siebel/101502/ , who sometimes look like really smart HS kids the way they posture and pose on stage. Anyway, IBM's sinking $10Bln into the development of this On-Demand message. I'm working on an essay that highlights some of these ideas, as part of the next Stencil Group in-depth paper. Amy Wohl had a nice summary of the IBM news for those interested: http://www.wohl.com/wa0288.htm 4:06:15 PM    comment []

Michael Chabon in SF this week -- For anyone in the Bay Area, Michael Chabon (http://www.michaelchabon.com) is appearing at Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Books (on Van Ness), this Wed. evening @ 7PM to promote his new book, Summerland(http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0786808772/shopperpointcom/102-6196284-6142529). I just started it in the past week and it's a real joy. In some ways very similar to "Cavalier & Clay," and in other ways *very* different. As Chabon describes the book "as a fantasy, based in the contemporary world, and set against a background of American myth, in the way that Puck of Pook's Hill and Susan Cooper's novels are set against a background of British and Celtic myth." http://www.michaelchabon.com/current.html Not sure what the latter is in reference to, as I must admit ignorance on both "Puck of Pook's Hill," and Susan Cooper, but I'll have to look into it, based on this writer's endorsement. 3:59:41 PM    comment []

Wealth of activity over the past several days; just trying to absorb all of it. Obvious headline is the MSFT/DOJ decision, but the Q3 GDP came out last week, as well as Sam Palmisano presenting IBM's vision of "On Demand Computing." Commentary to come soon. 3:55:38 PM    comment []