Digital Entrepreneurship

Our initial discussion on the true definition of digital entrepreneurship was thought provoking. Even definitions become more malleable in the digital age. At least one of the students remarked about how exciting it was to be part of the emergence of a new area, and I can only agree.

I look forward to seeing where this crew takes us!

http://www.sfasu.edu/pubaffairs/pressreleases/august2008/29-texas_institute_creativity.asp

http://feedroom.businessweek.com/linking/index.jsp?skin=oneclip&fr_story=4ff1e4b3a9adab1fad937c0f767acc92c93cf3ae&rf=ev&hl=true

The margin of error is the way that statisticians provide detailed information about the uncertainty associated with a particular estimate from a sample to a population. A key point that is misinterpreted all over the place is the fact that the margin of error reported in the media is generally the amount that should be added or subtracted from BOTH candidates estimated percentages in order to report the uncertainty!

A nice explanation is in this pamphlet on polling from the American Statistical Society: http://www.amstat.org/sections/srms/pamphlet.pdf

“A misleading feature of most current media stories on political polls is that they report the margin of error associated with the proportion favoring one candidate, not the margin of error of the lead of one candidate over another. To illustrate the problem, suppose one poll finds that Mr. Jones has 45 percent support, Ms. Smith has 41 percent support, 14 percent are undecided, and there is a 3 percent margin of error for each category.
If we note that Mr. Jones might have anywhere from 42 percent to 48 percent support in the voting population and Ms. Smith might have anywhere from 38 percent to 44 percent support, then it would not be terribly surprising for another poll to report anything from a 10-point lead for Mr. Jones (such as 48 percent to 38 percent) to a 2-point lead for Ms. Smith (such as 44 percent to 42 percent).”

First impressions: The waiting area for the flight was filled with a great diversity of ethnicities, including westerners and lots of others. Once we booted the belligerent woman in front of us to her proper seat, all was terrific. The overnight flight was not too full with some empty seats in the rows in front and behind us (but not ours sadly). The airline has high customer service! Good food, a nice toiletry bag with slippers and an AMAZING in flight entertainment system. It was a comfortable way to spend the 12 and a half hours, with two good meals, several movies (No Country for Old Men is fairly violent!), a great companion and nice people to work with us.

And once we landed, it is remarkable. Everything is in English. Everyone is helpful. It is very easy to navigate customs, baggage claim, and the Hyatt people even gave us a drink while we waited for the car. When it arrived the nice attendant walked us out of the airport and WHAM-the heat hits you. It is 7:45pm, dark outside, very hot and humid. We walked through an active crowd only to encounter a BMW 740LI for our transportation. Nice car!

The Grand Hyatt hotel is nothing short of beautiful with a massive rainforest inside to frame the 8 or more restaurants you can choose from. The staff are friendly and the rooms are spacious and luxurious. Thank you RIT for my 5 star hotel!

We ended up eating at Wox the first night because by the time we decided everything else had closed! It was tucked away in the corner of the rainforest, with just a few people eating.

More to Come!

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dotSyntax, LLC has taken 4 of the 6 awards at about.com’s 2008 IM awards!

View the full article here: http://im.about.com/od/imreviews/ss/IMBestWinners.htm

1. Most Improved IM
2. Best Third-Party Instant Messenger
3. Best IM Feature
4. Developers of the Year

Congratulations to RIT’s own Steve Shapiro and team!

A big announcement in web design world-Now, you don’t have to. Facebook releases their Javascript library so rather than writing Facebook applications, you can use Facebook as a user base. Coolness.

Check it: http://www.allfacebook.com/2008/01/facebook-extends-platform-to-the-web/