• signing off for the day and gonna unwind… cya tomorrow.. #
• fueled and ready for more wes activities, mainly in breakout sessions today. general session at 2pm #
• WES2008 general session starts in less than 30 mins. more live blogging to twitter coming up! #
• @sarahzielie i know!! i can’t believe she heads to alaska today.. hell of a roadie!! #
• @kimberlyreed have a fun and safe roadie to alaska! can’t believe i won’t see ya till aug. i’ll be following your twitts! #
• yes, i am in the front row, hehe. its bright! #
• 10 mins until start, co-ceo of rim will be speaking today and awards will be given #
• bob picciano from ibm also speaking #
• ray kurzweil speaking too, excited to hear him speak! #
• i really want a wall of leds for my room! so sweet looking. should be starting any moment #
• WES 2009 will be May 5 to 7 next year #
• wireless leadership awards video playing #
• jim balsillie handing out awards #
• innovation in public sector - city of new york and telnav #
• innovation in private sector - britisch american tobacco #
• business impact - jp morgan chase and co #
• bob picciano taking the stage. general mgr for ibm #
• speaking on collaboration enabled business optimization #
• the world now produces more transistors than grains of rice #
• opportunities offer challenges, embrace virtual workplace #
• new initiatives increasingly focused on optimization #
• ibms strategy; offer a full eco system of integrated mobile apps that hook to corp dbs and assetts #
• showing ibm apps that leverage the mobile/virtual office #
• ray kurzweil speaking next #
• the web within us: when minds and machines become one #
• progress is exponential #
• health and our body will enter the info tech era #
• genome is the code of humans #
• info tech influences all that we do care about, gave several examples in the bio world #
• solar technology example #
• the future can be predicted, atleats the overall impact of it #
• demoing a device to read pics and text for the blind, very cool #
• takes pic and uses voice feedbacks #
• device also can translate to by sending data to a server that ocrs images and translates #
• has his own 3d conferencing in his house #
• countdown to singularity #
• explaining the shift of paradigms #
• 3d computing is the future and most likely the way computing paradigm may shift #
• will everything become information? #
• end of the show! but what a great speaker and session! that should wrap up my wes twitting. peace #
• nothing like working via citrix in florida by the pool w/a corona in hand.. hehe… (rubbing it in!!) #
• @ahbanks @ShamansTears hehe.. yea.. btw, i am now inside drinking a nice ole budweiser.. wait bud?? no blue moon.. #
• btw, according to our futurist, 2029 is gonna be one hell of a year.. machines will pass the turing test.. #

Posted by on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 11:59 pm.