Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Edison Lecture Series

The Edison Lecture Series is an annual event located at The University of Texas. I can't say it was one of the most interesting or exciting lecture of my life but it had some good points. The main one was Inventors vs. Innovators

Inventors live before their time, people think what they have created is useless. They die poor. Innovators make the time right, they look at something and say " This thing has some real potential" Then either change the market or change the product some people want it. In the end Innovators win. I was surprised at first to.

One of the greatest products of innovation is the first Apple I-pod. Nothing on that I-pod was new technology. Not the small screen, the ability to download music, the size, connection to music....not even the click wheel. These technologie have been around as late as the 1970's. The one thing that makes the I-pod great is that it was the first to put all these technologies together into something for everyday use. Thus, the world was changed.

I didn't go to the lecture to have my eyes open, I went to get out of school. It opened my eyes anyways. It put thing into a new prespective and to think with an open mind. I am glad I went.

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