Word: dyson
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...ICANN proposal named nine interim board members of the corporation who will be responsible for its operation until a permanent board of 19 members is elected. Wilson is one of four Americans named to the board; the others are Esther Dyson '72, author and chair of EDventure Holdings, George H. Conrades, president of GTE Internetworking and Frank Fitzsimmons, senior vice president for global marketing at Dun & Bradstreet Corp...
...conference featured addresses by the CEOs of Oracle, IBM, Sun and America Online, as well as by Microsoft Executive Vice President Steven A. Ballmer '77, and Esther Dyson '71, a leading computer analyst and former Crimson executive...
...Center will host the Second International Conference on Internet and Society in May to address issues of security, property and quality. Renowned thinkers in the field, such as Scott G. McNealy and Esther Dyson, '71, will be present...
...bracing sense of optimism; three-fourths of the white youngsters believe race relations will get better, as do more than half the black teens (adults of both races are more skeptical). "What we're seeing here is a hidden aspect of the black survival process," says Michael Eric Dyson, author of Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line and a visiting professor at Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies. "You imagine a reality better than the one in which you presently live. I wouldn't call it optimism; it goes too deep. It's hope. Hope goes...
Release 2.0 is steeped in Dyson's personal experience and authority. As a result, even the most jargon-filled paragraphs fall within the understanding of the common reader when augmented by Dyson's conversational sidenotes and proposals. Her intent to elucidate the workings and promising features of the Internet is clearly stated and reiterated from an economic standpoint throughout the book. Though the target audience seems to be limited to male members of the corporate world, almost anyone can appreciate the tidbits of advice that constitute the book's conclusion. "Trust but verify." "Be generous." "Always make new mistakes." Equally...