http://www.tapsns.com/blog Mark Anderson Strategic News Service Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:33:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From NPR & KPLU Radio: On this month's Future in Review with Mark Anderson [of Strategic News Service], Mark predicts the technology sector will recover before the rest of the economy does. He tells KPLU's Dave Meyer to keep an eye on computer chip sales. Listen Now! http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/prediction-tech-sector-will-recover-first/ I will be covering this in more detail in tomorrow's issue of the SNS Technology Letter (at www.stratnews.com ) .  But I thought there should be more public conversation about these two aspects of this well-covered, but poorly analyzed, issue. The first, and most important issue is Steve's actual health condition.  ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/the-two-issues-behind-steve-jobs-health/ When I first wrote that George Bush the Younger would be the Worst President in United States history, it was before he had taken office.  Too many of our members, perhaps used to the give and take of backroom politics, seemed to think I was using hyperbole, or, more likely, ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/the-most-invisible-ex-president/ The good news is so obvious that half of the stories in the media are completely missing the point: We have likely avoided global economic oblivion.  The Republicans, who are largely at fault for this horrible experience, have been incessantly whining about spending, self-dealing, and anything else their focus groups can ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/the-good-news-and-the-bad-news/ The Future in Review (FiRe) global technology conference announced this week that Elon Musk, CEO & CTO, SpaceX; CEO & Product Architect, Tesla; and Chairman, SolarCity, has been named "FiRe Entrepreneur of the Year." The award was presented live at the conference in San Diego, California, on May 21, 2009, ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/elon-musk-is-first-recipient-of-fire-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award/ Guest blogged by Glen Hiemstra, Founder & Owner, Futurist.com Last week included four eventful days at the annual Future In Review conference put on by the Strategic News Service. This year, the last at San Diego’s Hotel del Coronado [FiRe 2010 is moving to the Terranea; future FiRe locales aren’t yet ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/06/world-on-fire-notes-and-impressions-from-fire-2009/ From NPR and KPLU Radio: Every spring, KPLU technology commentator Mark Anderson (of Strategic News Service) hosts the Future in Review (FiRe) conference in San Diego. The Economist calls it "the best technology conference in the world," and it's attended by executives and scientists from the computing and telecommunications industries. Mark ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/npr-kplu-radio-air-water-and-fire/ From Techflash: University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska is known as a straight talking rabble-rouser who doesn't pull many punches. And he certainly lived up to that reputation today at the OVP Venture Partners Technology Summit, criticizing everything from the state's inability to adopt a broadband policy to a ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/washingtons-smug-tech-industry-needs-kick-in-butt/ Guest blogged by Glen Hiemstra, Founder & Owner, Futurist.com My year as a consulting futurist and speaker began on January 8, 2009 with a speech on future trends for Cobalt, a company that does websites and other computer services for the auto-dealer community, historically General Motors dealerships.  They obviously face some ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/what-comes-after-the-great-recession/ Guest-blogged by SNS Member Russ Daggatt Former New York Senator and UN Ambassador, Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously said, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." Increasingly, it seems, Republicans are trying to create not only their own facts but their own reality. This is particularly problematic when ... http://www.tapsns.com/blog/index.php/2009/05/the-new-new-deal/