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Acuho-I presentation update
My presentation: Juggling stakeholders, vendors, and complex integration points has been accepted for the ACUHO-I conference in October. I am half excited, half nervous because it has to be an hour long and it will be at a national conference. I was on a “panel of experts” at the StarRez Housing Software conference last year, but I didn’t really have to say much. It is really exciting to get the opportunity to speak at something like this, however, it is the middle of September already and I have a lot of work to do on the content. 
Another Update: Apparently the I in ACUHO-I stands for International. I am not sure if that means “Canana can come and play too,” but I guess I am technically presenting at an international conference.
Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt Resigns From Apple’s Board of Directors
Announced today on this press release, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt stepped down from Apple’s board of directors. Many have said that the position created a conflict of interest between Google and Apple as the two technology giants battle it out in several areas.
CUPERTINO, California—August 3, 2009—Apple® today announced that Dr. Eric Schmidt, chief executive officer of Google, is resigning from Apple’s Board of Directors, a position he has held since August 2006.
“Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion and wisdom to help make Apple successful,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Unfortunately, as Google enters more of Apple’s core businesses, with Android and now Chrome OS, Eric’s effectiveness as an Apple Board member will be significantly diminished, since he will have to recuse himself from even larger portions of our meetings due to potential conflicts of interest. Therefore, we have mutually decided that now is the right time for Eric to resign his position on Apple’s Board.”
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.
Microsoft Office to go online — for free
CNN Reports an interesting wrinkle in the tug of war battle for internet supremacy. Apparently Microsoft is going to release a free web based version of the powerful and widely used office software.
With Google announcing that Chrome OS, a completely web based operating system, will be on the shelves in the fall of 2010, this is an interesting counter by Microsoft. Google has been somewhat of a pioneer in the Web 2.0 shift from static web content to fully functional web based software applications. It has been fun watching the sort of Old School vs New School battle of behemoths jocky for position.
Now that we are done with the Flash era (thank God) and newer technologies allow for lighter weight online apps, it’s going to be interesting watching the industry move from desktops to the web. Pretty soon everything is going to be hosted online and you will start to see the lines blurred between your laptop and your cell phone. If you think about BlackBerries and iPhones, the movement has already started. With VPN technology, you can literally work securely as if you were in your office from just about anywhere in the world… just ask this guy: