Another pretty busy month is almost over. I spent the most part of this month doing organizational things and customer projects. My company - Applied Informatics - is now a public limited company (the new official name is Applied Informatics Software Engineering GmbH). I also visited CeBIT for one day. I went there mostly for the AutoID/RFID exhibition, but this turned out to be a little bit disappointing. There weren't too many RFID hardware manufacturers present, and the Metro Group Future Store, while certainly interesting to people new to RFID, had a bit of a "solution looking for problem" feeling to many parts of it.
Besides that, CeBIT is definitely too big for my taste. There were about 500 manufacturers of PC cases and PC loudspeaker systems present, mostly from Taiwan and China, and all presenting the same uninspired and dull products. Who the hell needs all this crap?
Now for the really good news. Next week I am flying to San Francisco. I'll give a talk at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, and I also have planned a few days for vacation (including a visit to the Computer History Museum). Then, at the end of April, I'll be in Oxford for a week, attending and giving a talk at ACCU 2006. Definitely another highlight for me.
Posted by guenter at March 23, 2006 10:57 AMHi Günter,
I wish you and Maria a pleasant journey and have a nice stay in Silicon Valley.
Siccome il mio italiano é molto meglio rispetto all´ inglese ti auguro cosí molto successo negli Stati Uniti e
"in bocca a lupo"!!!
Ci vediamo e salutami tanto la Maria
Penso che abbia bisogno di lei per farti traducere il mio messaggino!
Ciao!
Posted by: Angelika Lexer at March 23, 2006 10:03 PMThe Computer History Museum, that's definitely a place I would like to visit. How come my company never sends me to California? ;-)
Posted by: Arno at March 30, 2006 01:37 PM