May 1, 2013, Neurogaming Conference, San Francisco—The new and emerging sensors are enabling new game interfaces. A panel moderated by Jim Gatto from Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP reviewed the possibilities and considered future applications. The panel members were Stanley Yang from Neurosky, Anders Grunnet-Jepsen from Intel, and Ali Israr from Disney Research. Yang opened…
April 29, 2013, Open source Business Conference, San Francisco—Jim Whitehurst from Red Hat talked about open source going into the mainstream and losing its niche status. The trends and drivers in the industry are coming from a newfound respect for the values of open source software. The shifts start with technology and innovation. As a…
February 26, 2013, RSA Conference, San Francisco—Scott Chaney from Microsoft proposed some interesting concepts from a software company. The challenges of securing computers from attacks and the costs of a security breach are common headline material these days. One concept is to ensure end-to-end trust. This idea requires a hardware-based security structure to address the…
February 7, 2013, Electronic Imaging Conference, Burlingame, CA—Marti Hearst from UC Berkeley described the requirements for future search user interfaces for multimedia. The growing volume of non-text entries on the Web demands a different search UI. Many of the search principles for non-text search are highlighted in the website http://searchuserinterfaces.com/book/, which identifies the issues associated…
January 9, 2013, Variety Entertainment Summit, Las Vegas—A panel looked at the evolution and challenges of delivering content to audiences watching across many type of screens. Guy Finley from M.E.S.A. moderated the panel. Panelists were Andy Hendrickson from Walt Disney Animation Studios, Chris Cookson from Sony Pictures TV, Darcy Antonellis from Warner Brothers, Lincoln Wallen…
October 11, 2012, TV Next Conference, Santa Clara, CA—The role of apps in TV and entertainment is growing, causing changes in all areas of the industry. A panel comprised of Eric Anderson from Samsung, Brian Glicklich from Glenn Beck TV, Tom Morgan from Net2.TV, and Kun Gao from Crunchyroll considered the issues. Mark Donnigan from…
February 14, 2012, Cloud Connect Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Geva Perry from Thinking Out Cloud talk about the adoption rate of cloud functions. Cloud services and functions are being widely adopted, and finally the data reflects actual usage. He noted that most analyses and surveys are based on executive inputs, rather than users. In fact, most…
November 2, 2011, International Game Innovation Conference, Orange, CA–Li-Te Cheng from IBM Research described their efforts to find moments of play in the enterprise. We are finding that a Silicon Valley fixture, mixing work and play, is important for overall productivity and innovation. Integrating the aspects of play into the workplace is challenging due to…
September 13, 2011, IDF, San Francisco—Paul Ottellini, CEO, talked about the future of computing at the Intel Developers Forum. Computing is going through some fundamental transformations resulting in the user becoming the center. Although increased productivity is always a goal, we’re now in the early stages in the evolution in computing. PC used to…
April 27, 2011, AppNation, San Francisco—Jonathan Carson from The Nielson Company presented some numbers about the app platforms. The biggest driver for the move to apps is the growth of the various platforms for their use. Starting with smart phones, this platform is growing rapidly and is expected to become the majority platform for mobile…