Looking back 2009 – I like to remember my top 3 happiest moments with my friends in the scientific world:
(1) Spinning around L’Arche de Triomphe in Paris with George and Bernadette. It’s wild when we were in a convertible on a perfect summer night. Tres Chic!
(2) Enjoying A Midsummer’s Night Dream in La Scala Opera [...]
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Dr. Rachel Yager specializes in developing strategies for using new emerging Web technologies to attain high impact business solutions. She has expertise in computational intelligence, knowledge engineering, and business analytics for decision support. She earned her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems, Masters and Bachelor Degree in Engineering. She advises companies on digital architecture, emerging technologies, and new product R&D.
Remembering 2009
Notes from Leonardo Da Vinci
Recently, I attended the Web Intelligence conference in Milan, and I saw Da Vinci’s The Last Supper for the very first time.
I was never a great fan of Mona Lisa – having great disappointment with the very small canvas hanging in Louvre. As a doctorate student in Paris, I could not understand what’s the [...]
Voice of Reason for Health Care?
I admire the voice actors who volunteer many hours reading the entire health care bill — see NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/health/policy/14audio.html:
Listen to the Health Care Bill Read by Professional Voices
By ANDREW ADAM NEWMAN
Published: September 14, 2009
About 60 voice actors volunteered to record the proposed health care bill, H.R. 3200, a 1,017-page doorstop. The reading, available free at hearthebill.org, clocks in just [...]
Top 3 Questions to a Survivor of 9/11
As a 9/11 survivor, I’m often asked questions about my escape from the North Tower.
Most people, if they gathered enough courage to ask me, want to know the following:
(1) What did you feel when the plane hit the tower?
Answer: I felt the floor swaying in slow motion 5 times, and then the light dimmed for [...]
The Spectrum of Decisions
We recently decided to renovate our apartment in New York City. Steve, our take-charge no-nonsense contractor gave a tour of our living room, and suggested that “Linen White” is the color to paint.
Having absolutely no idea of what linen really shows as “white”, I decided to research a little and play with the color [...]
If Only Chocolates Can Save The Day
Inc.com just published an interesting slide on The Best Industries for Starting a Business Right Now – http://www.inc.com/ss/best-industries-starting-business-right-now
Perhaps chocolates serve some neuropsychological cravings our brains require to function in current economic crisis, Candy is the first suggestion of making it big as a business. According to the slide, the list of promising ventures are:
Candy
iPhone Apps
Health-Care Technology
Self [...]
What needs to happen to kick-start new housing construction?
This poll shows overwhelming agreement on what needs to be fixed in current economic crisis:
http://polls.linkedin.com/poll-results/37901/sxwau
What needs to happen to kick-start new housing construction?
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May 18th, 2009 | Rachel Yager | 0 comments | Continued
Data and Information with Einstein’s Speed
Can we use Einstein’s special theory of relativity – the speed of light is the same in all reference frames, irrespective of their relative motion — to describe the “speed of data” in a flat world of global internet economy?
It’s 130th Anniversary of Albert Einstein’s Birth!
For all his fame and glory, the man was true [...]
Vocabulary of Changing Times: Trophy vs. Value Apartment
In the center of our economic crisis, the marketing concepts used in realty advertisements are adjusting to the mood of our real-estate market. In the article published in New York Times:
Adjectives Get Evicted
By TERI KARUSH ROGERS
Published: March 1, 2009
The new broker advertising vocabulary does not include “luxury,” “prestige” or, heaven forbid, “trophy.” Brand names that [...]
IADIS International Conference (Algarve, Portugal)
IADIS International Conference 2009
Algarve, Portugal.
25 – 27 February 2009
IADIS – International Association for Development of the Information Society is a non-profit association.
See http://www.iadis.org/
A new paradigm is sweeping the society, organisations and the business environment. In fact, society and business world alike are moving from its tangible bases to intangible ones based on knowledge and [...]
