The May Report: 7/21/2011: The great offices now occupied by Vibes, an historic architectural space at 300 W. Adams with hammocks swinging from the 7th floor and an internal walkway; IfbyPhone has moved into the same building: Jack Philbin says “it is the mobility version of 600 W. Chicago Ave”; FFF kickoff features five firms and Jeff Scheur, founder of noredink.com gave the best presentation, as a presentation, as he is an English teacher at Whitney Young High School; Crowdsavvy.com to launch during TechWeek; Ben Joravsky of The Reader gives Rahm some initial report card grades and here is something I did not know: Rahm wants every teacher to visit each student’s home twice a year!; Some thoughts on the 10x multiplier effect and the elitism of TechWeek

Editor and publisher: Ron May, ron@themayreport.com, ronaldmay@aol.com, www.themayreport.com , 773-525-3944.

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IPTComm 2011 * Registration * Sponsorship * Program information

Join us for IPTComm 2011 – the only international academic conference solely devoted to IP telecommunications research

WHEN: August 1-2, 2011

WHERE: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago

EARLY REGISTRATION: Until July 1 – $300

REGULAR REGISTRATION: After July 1 – $400

WEB: www.iptcomm.org

PROGRAM:

The program includes keynote talks, invited talks and presentations of peer-reviewed papers published in-cooperation with the ACM. This is complemented by industry-focused talks and demonstrations. Highlights of the program are listed below. For more detail, and to register for the conference and hotels, please visit our web site at www.iptcomm.org . The technical program will be complemented by social events at some of Chicago’s great restaurants and venues. www.iptcomm.org/program/social/index.html

KEYNOTES:

Harald Alvestrand of Google: Real-time Web: Multimedia from specialty item to commonplace component

Scott Bradner of Harvard University: The evolution of IP from Has-been to Is-all

INVITED TALKS:

Brian Rosen, Neustar: Next Generation 911

Mohammad Shahidehpour, IIT: Smart Grid

Vijay Gurbani, Alcatel-Lucent: SIP Common Log Format

Bruce Lowekamp, Skype: Reflections on P2P Telecommunications

TECHNICAL PROGRAM:

Please see our web site at: www.iptcomm.org

SPONSORSHIP:

IPTComm attracts an international list of participants involved in cutting edge IP telecommunications research. It offers sponsorship opportunities for your company, organization or institute at gold (US$2000), silver (US$1000) and bronze (US$500) levels. For more information about sponsorship opportunities please contact admin@iptcomm.org. We look forward to seeing you at IPTCommn 2011.

QUESTIONS:

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

The Scoop section:
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– Briefly noted, by Ron May
– Red Foundry Hosts Mobile App Hackathon for Chicago Techweek
– TechWeek: Meet with IndieGoGo’s Erica Labovitz
– GeneXus USA CEO Dane Drotts Helps Chicago TechWeek Attendees Unlock “The Startup Puzzle”
– Arc Technology Group Launches OurNewNeighborhood.org – Incorporating Microsoft and Joomla Technology
– Scott E. Miller: Answers Ron’s question about a manufacturing renaissance
– What’s Your Opinion of M2M?
– As Seen on Phone
– Dan Ehrmann: A job posting from ClubExpress: looking to hire an experienced graphic designer and HTML programmer to help improve the look and feel of our customer websites
– Thursday, July 21: Tech Cocktail
– TechWeek – gtrot Grows Up
– Ben Joravsky: Rahm Emanuel’s report card so far: there’s room for improvement
– Convener in Chief, by David Brooks
– Emanuel effort to reinvent city government getting a $6 million boost
New York Mayor Bloomberg’s foundation awarding grant for Chicago innovation project
– This sounds like spam to me
– Mass customization, the concept that Scott Miller told me is a key to the revolution in manufacturing
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The Scoop section:
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Briefly noted, by Ron May

* I don’t know if it is the heat, but my computer is moving very slowly.

Here’s an elite party Sunday evening:
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Sidebar Grille
221 N La Salle St
Chicago, IL 60601

Official TechWeek VIP Mixer sponsored by New World Ventures
Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (CT)
Chicago, IL
Official TechWeek VIP Mixer sponsored by New World Ventures
Sunday, July 24, 2011 from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM (CT)
Chicago, IL
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I don’t generally like events that are billed as VIP and I like secret events even less.

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BNC after hours – secret invite only party!

Time Wednesday, July 27 · 5:30pm – 8:30pm

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Location Citizen Bar
364 W Erie
Chicago, IL

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Created By Business Network Chicago

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More Info ‘Where Chicago’s Top Professionals Go To Network’

Network with the best in Chicago’s business community including C-Level executives, entrepreneurs, investors and deal-makers.

Come and celebrate the summer with us and expand your network of valuable business connections.
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May again. That invite was sent out secretly of course by Jean Pickering. BTW, David Carman and I had a good conversation last night. And he was not wearing a tie. Nobody was.

We talked about Zaarly and how they got their proof of concept with 250 sales over a 48 hour period at SXSW, something that we don’t expect to see at TechWeek, oh I mean Tech Four Days. Zaarly was funded by Lightbank shortly after they strutted their stuff at SXSW.

Carman told Jeff Scheur of www.noredink.com about School Town which is now tied into about 3,000 schools if Dave has that right. Jeff has pilots in 50 schools now.

PegWise, www.pegwise.com has revenues and is expecting to do $250K this year. Jarred Trost, one of the founders, worked for years with Josh Metnick at www.chicago.com. Jarred was a developer. They have a kind of auction site with a reserve price that only the seller knows.

I’ll hold off on Len Bland for one report but I have the headline ready: Get ready for blanching Bland — the water is hot! Len, your mild manner can be deceptive. You are low key in style but not in content and a lot of folks get fooled by that.

The Compete event on Monday with 35 start-ups and the demos should be good.
I want to give Geoff Domaracki a chance to say what he and Jon Pasky are thinking. Yes, one headline is already written:
What does $350 buy in Chicago? Three days of Lollapalooza or four days of Tech”Week”: Why TechWeek is a bad fourth generation Xerox of SXSW, with all the interesting content missing: Take your pick, the A List or the C List.

I get that they offered the deal for $199 on the early bird special. I get that there are dozens of partner events, but the rule of 10x really applies here. In the speaker and panel line-up what event would you be wiling to pay more that $30 or $35 for?

BTW, Juan Soto called at 3:22pm today, Thursday, to ask my opinion on his spending $350 for TechWeek. I told him to go to the exhibit hall but forget about paying the $350 for the whole shebang.

Also, BTW, hot weather brings out the true character of a person. Rahm gave a Chris Christy style answer to Mary Anne Ahern about where he is sending his kids to school. To the limited extent that I interacted with him, that’s the Rahm I recall from 730 N. Franklin Street back in 1990-1992. The real Rahm is about to show himself.

With the possible exception of the guy from Craig’s list, the speakers are retreads and are maybe local celebs but that is about it.

I think the reason they won’t break it up and allow folks to buy tickets for individual speeches or panels is that they know that some of the events will have empty rooms.

The bigger issue and question is this: Aren’t we acting like Groupon has gone public and Lightbank has funded fifty firms and four or five other firms have filed for IPOs already?

We’re getting way ahead of ourselves.

In that sense, it’s 1999 all over again.

My concern is for the average Joe Schmoe attendee, not the people with press passes or the speakers and panelists, but rather the entrepreneur or worker bee who is hanging by a thread.

Have Geoff and Jon thought about what the longer term impact and message is from the way they have positioned this?

Whether Groupon succeeds or fails, whether those Lightbank firms get follow-on funding or not and the same can be said for GrubHub or firms backed by Hyde Park Angels or Heartland or by angels from Lon Chow to Matt McCall to Bob Geras to Kevin Willer and many others, we’re not there yet.

In classic Chicago fashion, we are calling it way too soon. Right Mike Rhodes? Remember the Sync.

Flip, we’ve seen this movie before and Bob Bernard wherever you are, the same to you too.

How many times do we have to relive this cycle before it sinks in?

Back to the 10x point. The whole of 10x is greater than the sum of its parts. If I were to put together the ultimate collection of retreads, B and C list speakers and package it all together into an aimless ball of fluff, I’d have TechWeek. There is a lot of public grousing on the part of those deemed worthy enough be chosen to speak – not that they’re ungrateful, but because no one has ever paid more than $35 to see them – much less $350. So the question becomes – unless Geoff and crew are busy handing out free invites to everyone roaming up and down Wells Street – what do you get for your money? Well – the fluff factor for one thing – which starts at the name. TECHnically – TechWeek is actually Tech Four Days – the length of a good bender. The rest of the “week” consists of “partner” events – all held around the city in the places that they’re always being held. The surprise here is that there’s no surprise.

Griffin Caprio of Bootstrappers Breakfast told me last month when they had 35 people that this month they’ll have 80. Everyone is expecting far greater attendance. But from where? How many people are flying in for the TechWeek festivities?

How many paid $199? How many are now paying $350? How many free passes, myself included, have been and will be issued?

At the last minute Geoff is trying some slight of hand. I heard that he sent a notice about people paying one price for ten events and five parties, but they turn out to be partner events. No give on the $350.
Let’s take Tech Four Day Bender apart. What is the reason/focus behind this “event?” Is it to learn something new? Well – if so – there’s some secret agenda that we’re not privy to – because there’s no one NEW speaking – and the imports are probably doing their canned best at keeping the room awake.

The exhibit hall which is cheaper but it is not clearly defined what you get there and the 35 firms competing may be where the value is, so that is midVenturesLAUNCH redux. And LAUNCH last September was no $350!

Geoff and Jon, if you’re going to play P.T. Barnum, then you’d better have the Greatest Show on Earth.

See yah tonight at Tech Cocktail.

I will write up the MoMo event for tomorrow morning. Great space, Jack Philbin of Vibes. And Irv Shapiro, welcome downtown. And David Allen, I am going to get you to write a column for TMR and Dan Luszcz, you may join in since you’re a know-it-all. And Ryan “Talks a lot” (or Addylot?) from Vibes, good seeing you again.

Jack said that 300 W. Adams could become the mobility version of 600 W. Chicago Ave. With both Vibes (90 employees in Chicago and 480 clients) and IfbyPhone in the same building (7th and 9th floor), they’re well on their way.

One nice feature of MoMo is the list of firms hiring. I’ll give you the details but those firms include Vibes, IfbyPhone, Obtiva, and www.crowdsavvy.com is launching during TechWeek.

Jeff Schwartz, one of the three organizers of MoMo here, along with Vivek (last name?) and Trace Johnson, is moving to Florida in September. His wife is from Texas and can’t stand Chicago winters. Jeff’s last meeting will be August.

Finally, hats off to Joe Nedumgottil of www.parivedasolutions.com who gave the talk. Pariveda is a Dallas bsed firm with 200 consultants and they have 20 here.

A very good discussion and Joe told both sides. Yes, he admitted that the UI for Android is inferior to iPhone and he acknowledged RAM and battery life problems. But he made a good case for the superior functionality of Android if you have the time and the willingness to make the effort. David Allen (dallen@qmobilesolutions.com) chimed in frequently with words of caution about how slippery the features of Android can be. That guy seems to know his stuff. Another talker/contributor is Eli Gratz who works at GE Healthcare in Milwaukee.

Let me get this out.

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Red Foundry Hosts Mobile App Hackathon for Chicago Techweek

Subject: Red Foundry Hosts Mobile App Hackathon for Chicago Techweek
Date: 7/20/2011 2:35:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: tatvshow@yahoo.com
To: ron@themayreport.com
CC: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Red Foundry Hosts Mobile App Hackathon for Chicago Techweek

Chicago-based mobile app platform Red Foundry is partnering with Techweek (techweek.com/) and S.P.A.R.K Chicago sponsor, the Illinois Technology Association (ITA), to hold a free mobile app Hackathon. The Hackathon (www.redfoundry.com/2011/07/red-foundry-sponsors-chicago-hackathon/), taking place on July 21 from 6 to 9 p.m., located at ITA, will teach startups, entrepreneurs, and business professionals how to quickly and effectively build a mobile app for their business without using any coding.

In addition, Red Foundry has officially partnered with Apps for Metro Chicago, and invites any developers or individuals interested in competing in the Apps for Metro Chicago contest to experience their platform and learn about the powerful functionality available through Red Foundry.

Red Foundry’s app development team and SPARK Chicago (hosted by Technori) will kick-off the event by presenting an informative review of mobile app options, and offer a tutorial on how to effectively build an app using the Red Foundry platform. Red Foundry will also teach individuals how to incorporate distinct features into their app, such as push notifications, user-generated content, and geolocation services; all valuable tools that can be used in the Apps for Metro Chicago contest.

Representatives from the Apps for Metro Chicago (www.appsformetrochicago.com/) will also provide guidance to those who would like to participate in the contest on how they can create a winning app and one that will help improve the Chicago community. The next Apps for Metro Chicago hackathon is on August 15 and will focus on transportation apps, with the overall contest winners receiving $50,000 in cash prizes.

Event information for Red Foundry’s Mobile App Hackathon:

WHAT: Red Foundry presents a “Mobile App Hackathon” Partnered with Illinois Technology Association and Techweek

WHERE: Illinois Technology Association
200 S. Wacker Dr. – Floor 15
Chicago, IL 60606
312.435.2805

WHEN: THURSDAY, July 21, 2011 6 – 9 p.m.

Red Foundry is also a donating sponsor for SPARK Chicago (www.sparkchi.com/), providing three days’ worth of pro-bono development services, free mobile application services and specification consulting for the winning teams. The winning teams are also eligible to receive $100,000 to benefit the launch of their startup, provided by SPARK Chicago and their major sponsors.

“Mobile apps are the future for businesses, major organizations, startups and even the great city of Chicago,” said Jim Heising, CEO and founder of Red Foundry. “With more people accessing the internet from mobile devices, we hope to teach startups, business professionals, and developers how a mobile business strategy is essential to your overall business plan, and how it can propel your services that much further. The mobile app Hackathon will demonstrate that at a cost-effective price and without coding knowledge, individuals can build a visually appealing and dynamic app in a matter of minutes. We’re excited to see the results of the mobile app Hackathon and the unique technology startups that will be presenting at SPARK.”

Jim Heising was also named one of the “Techweek 100,” the 100 most innovative names in technology (techweek.com/conference/techweek-100/).

RED FOUNDRY | Red Foundry is a complete solution for building and managing mobile apps, all without the code. The breakthrough platform enables anyone to build completely dynamic apps, from stunning content-based mobile apps to powerful enterprise solutions. Used by developers, small and medium businesses, and enterprise organizations to create customized mobile business solutions easily and affordably, Red Foundry reduces the development creation process from months to days. Learn how to make mobile work for you at RedFoundry.com.

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Technology Access Television
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TechWeek: Meet with IndieGoGo’s Erica Labovitz

Subject: TechWeek: Meet with IndieGoGo’s Erica Labovitz
Date: 7/20/2011 12:47:26 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: maura@goldinsolutions.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Hi Ron-

Understand that you’ll be attending TechWeek from July 22-29, 2011, and wanted to see if you’d be interested in meeting up with IndieGoGo’s Erica Labovitz.

Erica can provide her thoughts and industry anecdotes on how an idea can turn into a thriving company, what financial options exist for entrepreneurs in the current economy, and which services and applications are changing how we interact.

Additional information on Erica is available below for your reference. Please let me know what days and times work best for you.

Best,
Maura

Erica Labovitz – IndieGoGo, Director of Marketing
Erica joined IndieGoGo in 2010 because she believes anyone with a great idea and the passion to act on it, should have the opportunity to raise money. Prior to coming to IndieGoGo, Erica was a Brand Manager at Kraft Foods, Inc. During her tenure at Kraft, she worked on over ten different businesses within the portfolio, including roles on both base business marketing and product innovation.

Erica is also a proud board member of The House Theatre of Chicago, where she recently completed two terms as Treasurer. She also was instrumental in developing the company’s On The House program, which was created to give Chicago’s inner city youth the opportunity to regularly attend House productions. She spends much of her leisure time in the community and has traveled extensively to volunteer, including time in New Orleans, Israel, and Tanzania.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from The Wharton School of Business and a Master’s of Science from Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy.

Erica is a Cleveland Browns season ticket holder, an amateur triathlete, and a really big fan of karaoke.

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Maura White

Account Manager

Goldin Solutions

w: 646.727.4307

c: 850.445.5220

maura@goldinsolutions.com
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GeneXus USA CEO Dane Drotts Helps Chicago TechWeek Attendees Unlock “The Startup Puzzle”

Subject: GeneXus USA CEO Dane Drotts Helps Chicago TechWeek Attendees Unlock “The Startup Puzzle”
Date: 7/20/2011 2:59:50 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: tatvshow@yahoo.com
To: ron@themayreport.com
CC: RONALDMAY@aol.com

GeneXus USA CEO Dane Drotts Helps Chicago TechWeek Attendees Unlock “The Startup Puzzle”
Panel discussion July 23 from 9:30-10:30 a.m.

TechWeek

CHICAGO – (www.twitter.com/techaccesstv) – GeneXusUSA CEO Dane Drotts is among the business leaders and visionaries speaking at TechWeek, a technology and innovation expo and conference in Chicago July 22-29, 2011. With more than 200 speakers and 70 sessions from the most innovative technology leaders and companies around the world, TechWeek is this year’s must-attend technology event.
“I’m honored to share the stage with John, Katy and Brian”
Drotts is participating in a panel discussion titled “The Startup Puzzle” that will help entrepreneurs make key decisions: who’s going to build your product? What will it look like? How do you differentiate it from others? How are you going to promote it? Whether you’re a startup or an established business, you need the right partners to make your idea a success, and the panelists will convey the most efficient and successful ways to strategize, design, build, implement and market startups.
Panelists include:
Dane Drotts, CEO of GeneXus USA, whose passion is helping startup companies innovate and cost-effectively build software solutions. GeneXus USA helps businesses develop applications for any platform and technology 75% faster with its Smart Device Generator.
Katy Lynch, founder of SocialKaty, a team of marketing professionals performing full service social media management, from developing marketing campaigns to running Facebook ads and maintaining Facebook and Twitter accounts.
John Roa, head wizard at AKTA Web Studio, a User Experience strategy and User Interface design company. AKTA fills the crucial void between product strategy and front-end development.
Panel moderator is Brian Mayer, a co-founder of midVentures and founder and president of M-Flat Media.

“The Startup Puzzle” panel is Saturday, July 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
“I’m honored to share the stage with John, Katy and Brian,” Drotts said. “We’re the best at what we do in our individual areas of expertise. But when you work with us as a team, you’re able to achieve synergies that are only possible when you start a project with the right partners in place and the complete picture in mind.”

Keynote speakers at TechWeek include United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra; Jason Fried, co-founder and CEO of 37signals; Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark; Matt Moog, founder and CEO of Viewpoints; and Penelope Trunk, CEO of Brazen Careerist.

The TechWeek conference and expo at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart includes 10 tracks that cut across every vertical of technology innovation. In addition, there are dozens of independent exhibits, workshops, events and parties held at venues around Chicago.

ABOUT GENEXUS USA
GeneXus USA is a global provider of innovative and cost-effective software solutions for building mission-critical applications faster and smarter. Founded in 2004, GeneXus USA is headquartered in Chicago with a branch in Uruguay, and is a minority and woman-owned technology company.

For more information, email info@genexususa.com, call (312) 836-9152 or visit www.genexususa.com.

For the latest information about new and emerging technologies and the firms using them, follow GeneXus USA on Twitter at @GeneXusUSA.

ABOUT TECHWEEK
From Fortune 500 CTOs to job-seekers and technology enthusiasts, TechWeek invites the entire community to amplify the signal of technology and give credit to those individuals who are impacting the business and technology landscape on a global scale, from managing fast-growing technology companies to inventing new computer programming languages. For more information about TechWeek and to register to attend, visit www.techweek.com.

Bruce Eric Montgomery
Executive Producer & Host
Technology Access Television
200 S. Wacker Drive, 15th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606-5865
(312) 725-8601
tatvshow@yahoo.com
www.tatv.org
www.twitter.com/techaccesstv
www.facebook.com/brucemontgomery
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Arc Technology Group Launches OurNewNeighborhood.org – Incorporating Microsoft and Joomla Technology

Subject: Press Release: Arc Technology Group Launches OurNewNeighborhood.org – Incorporating Microsoft and Joomla Technology
Date: 7/18/2011 7:54:32 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: robert.jacobi@arctg.com
To: ronaldmay@aol.com

Robert Jacobi presents:
Make Growing Your Business Easy at
Joomla Day Chicago on August 5, 2011
Join Arc at Joomla Day Chicago

August 5-6, 2011

July 18, 2011
AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH ARC

Arc Technology Group Launches OurNewNeighborhood.org – Incorporating Microsoft and Joomla Technology

Dear Ron,

Joomla and Content Management Leader Announces Open Source Solutions for Microsoft and Joomla Content Management System (CMS)

Chicago, IL, July 18, 2011 — Arc Technology Group, a leader in content management announces the release of OurNewNeighborhood.org, which delivers custom open source extensions to the Joomla community for integrating Microsoft services. OurNewNeighborhood.org is a proof-of-concept Joomla site running on Microsoft Windows, SQL Server with Reporting Services and IIS.

OurNewNeighborhood.org is built on an open source content management system, Joomla, and integrates Microsoft services including Live ID, Bing Video, Bing News, Bing Search, Bing Maps and SQL Server Reporting Services. Arc created and released to the open source community free extensions that enable interoperability for Joomla and Microsoft services and are available via OurNewNeighborhood.org.

“With the release of OurNewNeighborhood.org we look to extend the world’s most popular open source CMS to the Microsoft platform,” said Robert Jacobi, President of Arc Technology Group. “The site demonstrates to Microsoft users that the most effective CMS can be easily deployed and integrated on their existing infrastructure with current staff and resources. It’s very exciting to leverage all of these technologies which will improve the customer experience, reduce costs and promote adoption of open source and Microsoft together.”

“Microsoft is excited about this new site and Arc’s contribution of extensions back to the Joomla community which assist interoperability with Microsoft technologies.” said Grace Francisco, Microsoft Senior Business Development Manager. “We have also featured Arc’s contribution on Microsoft’s Joomla website to increase awareness to the broader community.” Additional details can be found at www.microsoft.com/web/joomla.

Ryan Ozimek, President of Open Source Matters, said, “this is a great example of leveraging Joomla to integrate powerful services like Microsoft’s technologies into websites to provide a rich user experience.”

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

About Open Source Matters

Open Source Matters, Inc. (OSM) is a not-for-profit formed under United States and New York state law that provides organizational, legal, and financial support for the Joomla! open-source project. OSM has been incorporated as a New York not-for-profit to ensure the Joomla project and future projects continue to exist beyond the participation of individual volunteers.

If you need to put your content to work call Arc where open solutions drive business success.

About Arc Technology Group

Arc Technology Group is a leader in content management solutions specializing in Joomla, assisting companies ranging in size from Fortune 50 to entrepreneurs in managing content to reduce costs, increase revenue and accelerate workflow. Our approach integrates strategy and technology to help customers succeed. For more information, visit www.arctg.com.

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Scott E. Miller: Answers Ron’s question about a manufacturing renaissance

Subject: RE: Diane Swonk of Mesirow said on Meet the Press we’re in a mfg. renaissance. True?
Date: 7/19/2011 9:16:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time
From: scotte@theinnovationmachine.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com

Ron,

I saw that as well. Diane moderated a panel discussion last month for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs about the revival in US Manufacturing. It was a great event – a lot of good information from Chad Moutray and William Strauss as well as the VP of Manufacturing at Navistar.

It is true – from the Federal Reserve – “US Manufacturing is outpacing the rest of the economy by 3-to-1″. Although, there are a number of underlying reasons why this is so.

The real manufacturing ‘renaissance’ is still in its infancy. Innovative advanced manufacturing technologies are what can truly boost our economy by increasing consumer demand (especially exports) and creating jobs. This type of manufacturing will be much different than what your current perception of manufacturing might be. Instead of manufacturing kettles we will be manufacturing kidneys (it’s coming). Instead of mass production it will be mass customization. Instead of massive machines it will be microscopic machines.

It would be great if an aspiring journalist or one that has already made their mark as one of the “100 most innovative names in Chicago technology” wrote more about this exciting, game changing sector that solves real problems. How much would you pay for a new kidney? I don’t think you would wait for the ‘Groupon Deal of the Day” to buy that product.

Hope to ‘run into you’ again soon Ron.

Scott E. Miller
President / Industrial Engineer
The Innovation Machine
30 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 2200
Chicago, IL 60606
312-238-9362
www.linkedin.com/in/scottemillers
www.TheInnovationMachine.com

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As Seen on Phone

Subject: AsSeenOnPhone has more people than population of many major U.S. cities San Diego, or 12 entire states such as Hawaii
Date: 7/16/2011 9:31:51 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: antonio@asseenonphone.com
To: RONALDMAY@aol.com
CC: vincent@asseenonphone.com, contact@falkpr.com

Hello Ron,

We wanted to provide a brief backgrounder on AsSeenOnPhone (ASOP) to update you about our burgeoning company.

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Dan Ehrmann: A job posting from ClubExpress: looking to hire an experienced graphic designer and HTML programmer to help improve the look and feel of our customer websites

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Ron, here is a job posting from ClubExpress.

ClubExpress is a leading provider of SaaS solutions for membership-based organizations. We are looking to hire an experienced graphic designer and HTML programmer to help improve the look and feel of our customer websites.

We are looking for an individual who is experienced in all aspects of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript programming, as well as graphics tools such as Photoshop. We’re not just looking for an artist or Dreamweaver jockey; rather, we need someone who is comfortable getting his or her hands dirty with the actual code to create dynamic, interactive websites and effects. Experience with website template models (where a page is dynamically constructed on the server before being passed to the browser) is a plus.

This is a half-time, contract position, initially for 4 months, that may lead to a full time position. We want to work directly with an individual rather than a consulting firm. No offshore or out-of-state firms need apply; the position will require some time in our office. Please email a resume and links to an online portfolio in confidence to dan@clubexpress.com.

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Thursday, July 21: Tech Cocktail

TechWeek, a festival, conference and expo celebrating the midwest technology community, kicks off this week in Chicago and what better way to get everyone fired up than to host a Tech Cocktail event! And this month marks 5 years since Tech Cocktail first started highlighting early stage tech innovations and connecting local tech communities across the country, so to commemorate this occasion, we’re hosting a very special Tech Cocktail event in July in Chicago, and we want you to come celebrate with us!
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Ben Joravsky: Rahm Emanuel’s report card so far: there’s room for improvement

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Rahm Emanuel’s report card so far: there’s room for improvement
Grades on budget, economic development, personnel, police, and schools
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I got a call the other day from an earnest young reformer who wanted to know what grade I’d give Mayor Emanuel after roughly six weeks on the job.

I told the guy it was a little early to give out grades that might affect the mayor’s permanent record-he’s still boning up on his tax increment financing 101 class, among other tasks.

But it may not be a bad idea to give him a progress report, like the ones schools periodically send to parents to let them know how their children are faring. Not that I’m comparing Mayor Emanuel to a child.

Anyway, let’s take it alphabetically.

Budget
Give him a T, for the game of Three-card monte he’s been playing over the last six weeks. That’s the one where he shuffles money here and there until-presto!-he says he’s magically come up with $75 million in savings for the taxpayers.

Since he doesn’t substantiate his proclamation-he says he’s made unspecified cuts to things like senior management, contracts, and grants management-we’ll just have to take his word for it. That’s always a dangerous thing to do with any elected official.

Curiously, $75 million is the same amount Emanuel and schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard say they have cut from the CPS budget. So it’s either a cost-cutting coincidence, or our mayor just likes the sound of $75 million.

Publicitywise, Emanuel’s budgetary announcements amount to a great strategy, buying him time while he figures out what the hell he’s going to do come fall when he has to produce a balanced budget while simultaneously hiring new police (more on that later) and keeping his promise not to raise taxes.

Hello, TIF surplus funds.

Of course, Emanuel could always take a page from his predecessor (what up, Mayor Daley!) and optimistically project that a miraculous economic recovery will bring in so much additional property- and sales-tax revenue next year that he’ll be able to hire cops, build new libraries, pave the streets with cement, and still balance the budget, all without a tax rate hike. Which would mean he could hold off on the tough budget-cutting decisions for at least a few more months, during which his boosters call him a fearless fiduciary wizard.

Speaking of boosters, did you catch David Brooks’s recent write-up of Rahm in the New York Times? Mayor Emanuel, Brooks writes, “exemplifies the Insurgent Approach” to leadership-that is, he speaks bluntly about “the tough steps” he’ll take to reduce the budget, introduces “a flurry of initiatives in all directions” so that “at any give moment it seems to be six Mayor Emanuels,” and relies on “dexterity and speed” to get his administration moving in “spectacular fashion.”

All this-and he’s training for a triathlon!

And you thought the local press was soft on the mayor.

Economic Development
W, for Why didn’t I think of that? Which is what has to be going through Mayor Daley’s head every time he watches Emanuel corral some sheepish-looking CEO for a dog-and-pony show in which they proudly announce that more jobs are coming to Chicago.

There have been at least five so far, though I may have lost count. They’ve involved United Airlines, G.E. Capital, Motorola Solutions, Allscripts, and Walgreens.

In each case, Emanuel hovered over the CEO. The CEO, sounding like he’s reading from a script, probably because he is, said he’s delighted to be working with Mayor Emanuel to stay or move into Chicago. As opposed to-oh, pick a city, any city-Omaha. And without any financial handouts, either-except for the $40 million or so in TIF money that Mayor Daley gave United Airlines over the last few years, which Mayor Emanuel managed not to mention.

All told, Emanuel claims responsibility for 3,600 new jobs in Chicago.

If this continues, look for the mayor to show up at the opening of the next new Dunkin’ Donuts.

Meanwhile, in the real world, where most Chicagoans live, it’s been pretty damn tough, as unemployment continues to rise. In May, the number of unemployed people in Chicago rose from 124,158 to 141,157, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. So if you subtract the 3,600 jobs Emanuel highlighted from the 16,999 jobs that left, we’re down 13,399.

Hmm, this will need some spin. Quick-call David Brooks!

Personnel
L, for Looking out for his people.

For instance, the aforementioned Mr. Brizard got an annual salary of $250,000 to come here from Rochester, New York. That’s a bump from the $230,000 that his predecessor, Ron Huberman, got to come to CPS from the CTA. And that was a bump from the $212,000 Arne Duncan was making before he left CPS to run the U.S. Department of Education in early 2009. And that, in turn, was a bump from the $192,000 Duncan was making at the beginning of that school year.

In other words, the CEO’s salary has gone up $58,000, or 30 percent, in the last three years.

And Mayor Emanuel says the schools are broke? Sounds like a growth industry to me.

Actually, taking care of pals can sometimes be tricky for Emanuel, as was the case with Forrest Claypool.

The two have been buddies since their days as aides for Paul Simon’s 1984 Senate campaign. Emanuel wanted Claypool to run the CTA, even though Claypool had no experience in public transportation, other than, you know, occasionally riding a bus.

The only problem was that the CTA already had a guy running it-Richard Rodriguez, a Mayor Daley appointee who’s affiliated with the United Neighborhood Organization, one of the most powerful Hispanic operations in the city. Emanuel didn’t want to alienate UNO, whose head, Juan Rangel, cochaired his mayoral campaign. So the mayor shifted Rodriguez over to the city’s Department of Environment, even though he had no previous environmental experience beyond throwing his bottles and cans in the recycling bin instead of the garbage.

The only problem with that was that there was a perfectly suitable commissioner over at the Department of Environment named Suzanne Malec-McKenna. So Mayor Emanuel dumped her in favor of recycling Rodriguez and Claypool.

Good thing Emanuel’s not claiming to be the green mayor like you-know-who.

Police
N for Now what do I do?

Mayor Emanuel says he moved 650 police from desk jobs and special units to regular beat assignments, making good on a campaign promise. But most of these officers were already on the street in the city’s toughest areas. And the city is still roughly 1,000 shy of the 8,000 patrol officers it had ten years ago.

The mayor could argue-as a lot of eggheads often do-that we don’t need any more police, as crime is going down.

But that’s not what Emanuel campaigned on. And most people in Chicago want more police, not less, even in neighborhoods with relatively low crime rates. Just last week 44th Ward alderman Tom Tunney called for a special detail to patrol Boys Town after a man was knifed in a fight.

If all else fails, Emanuel might want to take a page from Mayor Daley’s book: remind people that at least we’re not Detroit.

Schools
T for Tormenting teachers, which seems to be the mayor’s primary strategy for assuring people he’s improving public education.

In essence, he wants teachers to work longer hours for less money. And if they don’t like it? Fuck ‘em! He’ll turn the schools over to low-paying charters, like the nine that UNO operates.

On June 23, Emanuel and Brizard held a press conference at an UNO charter school in which they proposed requiring that every teacher in every school make at least two home visits to every student each year.

Some high school teachers have up to 150 students. So we’re talking roughly 300 home visits a year.

As long as they’re making home visits, why don’t they pick up the recyclables while they’re there? At least that would help address the majority of the city that doesn’t have any recycling.

My CPS sources believe Emanuel doesn’t really intend to make teachers do home visits-he’s just floating the idea to scare them so they succumb to his order to cut the 4 percent raise Mayor Daley and the old school board promised them. So maybe there’s a method to the mayor’s madness after all. 

E-mail Ben Joravsky at bjoravsky@chicagoreader.com. Joravsky discusses his reporting weekly with journalist Dave Glowacz at mrradio.org/benj. Subscribe to their podcast at the iTunes Store.

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“The mayor could argue-as a lot of eggheads often do-that we don’t need any more police, as crime is going down.”

Well, you know how those fucking eggheads are. It’s not like the police are the biggest line item on the city budget or anything.

“And most people in Chicago want more police, not less, even in neighborhoods with relatively low crime rates.”

And most people want lower taxes, go figure.

“Just last week 44th Ward alderman Tom Tunney called for a special detail to patrol Boys Town after a man was knifed in a fight.”

Which reminds me that the article in this issue about crime in Boystown failed to mention that the bar owners already have a private security patrol. Time to bring back the Pink Angels?
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Convener in Chief, by David Brooks

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Our first case study is what you might call the Straight Up the Middle Approach. When Chris Christie ran for governor of New Jersey, he campaigned bluntly on the need to reduce the state’s debt. After he was elected, he held 30 contentious town meetings with charts to explain how the debt would crush homeowners in each municipality.

Christie makes himself the center of the action and is always in the room. He sat down with Democratic leaders at meeting after meeting and hammered out compromises, detail after detail. The bipartisan pension reform bill Christie signed this month is controversial, but it is a huge step toward avoiding fiscal catastrophe. Christie, needless to say, quotes Springsteen to describe his approach: “No retreat. No surrender.”

Our second case study exemplifies the Insurgent Approach. While campaigning to be mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel also spoke bluntly about the tough steps he would take to reduce the city’s $650 million deficit.

But, in office, he hasn’t led a single frontal assault. Instead, Emanuel has introduced a flurry of initiatives in all directions. He took away credit cards from many city officials. He’s moved to lengthen the school day. He redeployed 650 cops from offices to the streets. He cut $75 million from the 2011 budget. He induced United Airlines to bring 1,300 jobs.

At any given moment there seems to be six Mayor Emanuels announcing six different initiatives. The measures to reduce spending are submerged in a frenetic reinvigoration agenda.

The key for Emanuel is to know which fights to pick (making it harder for teachers to strike, for example), and sequencing those fights within broader narratives about city growth.

It’s almost physical. Christie relies on power and mass. Emanuel relies on dexterity and speed. Both have begun their administrations in spectacular fashion.

The third case study is the most unexpected: President Obama’s Convening Approach. First, some context: In 1961, John F. Kennedy gave an Inaugural Address that did enormous damage to the country. It defined the modern president as an elevated, heroic leader who issues clarion calls in the manner of Henry V at Agincourt. Ever since that speech, presidents have felt compelled to live up to that grandiose image, and they have done enormous damage to themselves and the nation. That speech gave a generation an unrealistic, immature vision of the power of the presidency.

President Obama has renounced that approach. Far from being a heroic quasi Napoleon who runs the country from the Oval Office, Obama has been a delegator and a convener. He sets the agenda, sketches broad policy outlines and then summons some Congressional chairmen to dominate the substance. This has been the approach with the stimulus package, the health care law, the Waxman-Markey energy bill, the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill and, so far, the Biden commission on the budget.

As president, Obama has proved to be a very good Senate majority leader – convening committees to do the work and intervening at the end.

All his life, Obama has worked in nonhierarchical institutions – community groups, universities, legislatures – so maybe it is natural that he has a nonhierarchical style. He tends to see issues from several vantage points at once, so maybe it is natural that he favors a process that involves negotiating and fudging between different points of view.

Still, I would never have predicted he would be this sort of leader. I thought he would get into trouble via excessive self-confidence. Obama’s actual governing style emphasizes delegation and occasional passivity. Being led by Barack Obama is like being trumpeted into battle by Miles Davis. He makes you want to sit down and discern.

But this is who Obama is, and he’s not going to change, no matter how many liberals plead for him to start acting like Howard Dean.

The Obama style has advantages, but it has served his party poorly in the current budget fight. He has not educated the country about the debt challenge. He has not laid out a plan, aside from one vague, hyperpoliticized speech. He has ceded the initiative to the Republicans, who have dominated the debate by establishing facts on the ground.

Now Obama is compelled to engage. If ever there was an issue that called for his complex, balancing approach, this is it. But, to reach an agreement, he will have to resolve the contradiction in his management style. He values negotiation but radiates disdain for large swathes of official Washington. If he can overcome his aloofness and work intimately with Republicans, he may be able to avert a catastrophe and establish a model for a more realistic, collegial presidency.

The former messiah will have to become a manager.
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Emanuel effort to reinvent city government getting a $6 million boost
New York Mayor Bloomberg’s foundation awarding grant for Chicago innovation project

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Emanuel effort to reinvent city government getting a $6 million boost
New York Mayor Bloomberg’s foundation awarding grant for Chicago innovation project
July 15, 2011|By Kristen Mack, Tribune reporter
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is getting $6 million from the private foundation of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as he tries to reinvent city government.

Chicago’s new mayor will use the money to create an innovation team in his office. The roughly 10-member team will be tasked with finding ways to reduce the amount of time businesses and residents spend waiting to get a permit or obtain a new license.

Emanuel hopes the cash will help him deliver on a campaign promise to create targeted zones throughout the city that reduce energy use.

The grant is among the first made through the Mayors Project, a new government innovation program at Bloomberg Philanthropies.

The foundation looked at the nation’s 100 largest cities and sought out mayors with strong executive forms of government. Other cities receiving a combined $24 million are Atlanta; Louisville, Ky.; Memphis, Tenn.; and New Orleans. Most of the mayors are less than 18 months into their first term in office, giving them time to produce results under the current administration.

Bloomberg said he wanted to give money to a crop of “new, young and energetic” mayors who are willing to try new things that under the “normal political process would take a long time to do, particularly in tough economic times.”

“Mayors are uniquely positioned to tackle some of our most pressing challenges – from growing jobs to fighting climate change to keeping quality of life high,” Bloomberg said.

Chicago’s grant came out of a conversation Emanuel and Bloomberg had in April during a farewell send-off to then-Mayor Richard Daley at the Art Institute, Emanuel said. A month away from being sworn into office, Emanuel said he told Bloomberg about some of the projects he wanted to put in place to “reinvent government.” The incoming mayor also told Bloomberg he needed money to do it.

“He’s been an innovator, not just in one sector of life with Bloomberg, modernizing and using technology, but he’s been a trailblazer in the public sector,” Emanuel said. “Now we have the ability to scale (our programs) up because we have foundation backing. Rather than stick to the rules, I want to see if we can do something creative by rewriting the rules.”

The innovation delivery team model is adapted from initiatives similar to ones Bloomberg created in New York to focus on issues such as poverty, sustainability and efficiency.

Emanuel is expected to match the grant with $1 million a year from private partners. The mayor said he will reach out to local entrepreneurs to raise the money.

This isn’t the first time Emanuel has relied on foundations for money. Emanuel asked some of Chicago’s largest nonprofit foundations – MacArthur, Joyce, McCormick and Spencer – to pay for his transition at a cost of $200,000. Five Chicago foundations also contributed at least $1 million to a joint city-county plan to provide summer programs in four neighborhoods to study which ones best prevent youth violence.

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Mass customization, the concept that Scott Miller told me is a key to the revolution in manufacturing

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Mass Customisation
What is Mass Customisation?
Mass Customisation is the customisation and personalisation of products and services for individual customers at a mass production price. The concept was first conceived by Stan Davis in Future Perfect. It was then further developed by Joseph Pine in his book Mass Customization – The New Frontier in Business Competition . See External Resources.

Traditionally customisation and low cost have been mutually exclusive. Mass production provided low cost but at the expense of uniformity. Customisation was the product of designers and craftsman. Its expense generally made it the preserve of the rich. To-day, new interactive technologies, like the Internet, allow customers to interact with a company and specify their unique requirements which are then manufactured by automated systems. Whilst this may at first seem complicated and beyond the average consumer, there are various ways to hide the technical details. In some cases the process will be handled by your staff, a third party, or intermediary.

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Much more than Mass Production or Mass Personalisation
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The Experience Economy
Joseph Pine’s latest work, together with James H. Gilmore, concerns the Experience Economy, a stage of economic offering beyond goods and services. If you think there is plenty of challenges with SIM then just wait until you read about the Experience Economy – and it doesn’t just apply to Walt Disney; it can also apply to financial services.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please step this way to the Experience Economy.

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External Resources

Cooper, Alan, Itinerary to Mass Customisation, in The Pool, Spring 2000 edition, Through the Loop.
By means of 4 mythical companies involved in the manufacture, distribution and selling of cups (or mugs), this article describes the four stages of Managing Change’s Strategic Interactive Marketing Framework. It is a marketing orientated, rather than technical article, that looks at various business models in an interactive age, from a pure manufacturing approach to a service driven, branding approach. The article concludes by looking at how one of these companies is moving from services to the next stage of experiences.
Davis, Stan, Future Perfect, 10th anniversary edition, Addison-Wesley Pub Co, Harlow, England, 1996, ISBN: 020159045X
MadeForOne.com A website providing news and analysis on mass customised products, and mass customisation issues.
Pine, B. Joseph II, Mass Customization – The New Frontier in Business Competition, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Mass., 1993.
Pine, B. Joseph II and Gilmore, James H., Markets of One – Creating Customer-Unique Value through Mass Customization, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Mass., 2000.
Pine II B J, Victor B and Boynton A C, Making Mass Customization Work in Harvard Business Review, September-October 1993, pp 108-119
Pine II B J, Peppers D and Rogers M, Do You Want to Keep Your Customers Forever? in Harvard Business Review, March-April 1995, pp 103-114
Database of example companies undertaking Mass Information Mass Presentation, Mass Personalisation and Mass Customisation (these are the 4 levels in Managing Change’s Strategic Interactive Marketing framework).
See the Links to External SIM Resources
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