by Minter Dial | Sep 26, 2009 | Business, Genomics, Health
I have written in the past about sleep, in particular how interesting and revealing the study of sleep was for me at University (see here). What has always baffled me is that Sleep Researchers still have never scientifically proven why adult human beings need to...
by Minter Dial | Sep 23, 2009 | Business
During my visits to London, I tend systematically to buy cheese, English cheese that is, to bring back home to Paris… to my French wife and family. Coals to Newcastle you might think! But, no. We happen to believe that the Brits have some of the finest cheeses...
by Minter Dial | Aug 26, 2009 | Business
I have been invited to participate as a Live Blogger [Journalist] at the MEDEF Université d’Eté 2009 (“Summer University 2009″) which takes place next week from 2-4 September. The MEDEF is essentially a union for French business people. It is the...
by Minter Dial | Aug 23, 2009 | Business, Social Media
Written by Mitch Joel, a man [and social media guru] whom I have had the pleasure of being connected to for the past 5 years, “Six Pixels of Separation” has just come out in North America. I haven’t read the book yet, but I surely will. In the...
by Minter Dial | May 29, 2009 | Business, New Tech
In the years to come, will this month be declared the month that forever changed the face of Internet search engines? There have been at least two significant launches that I have read about. Based on sophisticated algorithms, these two new search engines promise more...
by Minter Dial | May 12, 2009 | Business, Marketing
The Economist ran a special report (March 14, 2009) on Entrepreneurialism and there were several interesting and important points that I felt like writing about. The 16-page report discusses the state of entrepreneurship around the world. In some regards, the report...