I ran across an interesting article today by Eric Lundquist of eWeek. In this article, titled "SAAS Route Could be Bumpy", Lundquist points out what should be (but apparently is not) obvious: that the SaaS model requires a lot of investment dollars just to keep the lights on, much less provide innovative new functionality to […]

Originally posted on February 28, 2007
Nathan McNeill Comments on DEMO 07 Technologies
eJamming and the Importance of Context
This product enables musicians to “jam” with each other online in perfect sync. I highlight this product as an example of practical innovation. Innovations fall in basically two categories:
1.                  Innovations that change the nature of how we live, […]

First posted on February 21, 2007
More Comments to Come from Nathan McNeill
Too Little Too Late
I have officially given up trying to blog about each and every company that I saw at DEMO 07. I have gotten about halfway through the 70 companies, and run out of time and energy. I’ll continue to comment […]

Originally posted on February 15, 2007
Nathan McNeill Continues His DEMO 2007 Commentary
SplashCast
Yet another video syndication mechanism which will, presumably, be driven by advertising. You never can never tell with products like these, and it could just be that I am out of touch with the “MySpace generation”, but it sure seems like the space […]

Originally posted February 13, 2007
Nathan’s Comments Continue
Magnify.net
Easily create a video channel, and then aggregate content from the web related to the channel’s topic. Great presenters; not sure of the business model.
Yodio
This product provided an easy way to create a podcast and share it with an online community. You could also pair the podcast with […]

First posted on February 07, 2007
Remote Support DEMOgod: News from DEMO 2007
SupportSoft
This demo showcases a new service by SupportSoft that offers tech support to consumers. They claim that the product can automatically optimize a PC in under 6 minutes. Maybe in the lab or on the DEMO stage, but what about in the real […]