Hellenic networking in NYC

As a member of the Greek Orthodox Young Adult League, I invite you at our summer meeting/reception next Thursday, 07/19/07.

WallSt./Manhattan Hellenic Professional Society
Kellari Restaurant 19 W. 44th St. b/t 5th and 6th
Thursday, July 19, 2007
5:30-9:00 pm.
Complimetary mezedes

For planning purposes, please RSVP if you expect to attend, drop me an email or a comment.

Sounds like an interesting event, you should attend, if you are around and not on vacations. Mr. Progressive will be there, if you wanna chat.

-E

progressivism, to be defined

As in my research, same in life I always discuss progressivism and innovation. In my opinion these are two complement concepts. Coming from a historical country, I always supported the idea that as the EU residents should respect but cant live with the history and the traditions forever or for the favor of a nation, a concept well developed and applied in Germany and Holland respectively. Digest the legend and generate your own. If you are progressive its all about new lifestyle, a blend maybe i.e. European-American, well defined and led by YOU, and defining the new ideology and the unknown as the Greek philosophers did, escaping the "well known, but always boring path". Progressivism means non-stop excitement for the new ideas and things in life, a flexible and value-driven lifestyle.

Prophet Elias was a progressive and innovative Saint that I am proudly carrying his name and on coming Friday I celebrate my names day. The story goes that Prophet Elias came from a fishing village and wanted to do good beyond his known world,(heading to the unknown, how cool)somewhere that had not known the life that he was accustomed to, the life of the sea. So, he set off from his home, carrying an oar across his shoulder (keep walking). Days walking inland were spent asking 'Do you know what this is?', to be met with 'Yes, it's an oar. Are you nuts?' Eventually he was in the mountains, far, far away. On one high peak he reached a place where the oar was not recognized and there he founded a church. Churches of Prophet Elias are now usually found on the highest peaks with an amazing view, how romantic, innovative and progressive for those years!

The Bible declares, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come" (2 Corinthians 5:17)! Lets shoot for the new and risky!

More to come..
-E

iphone's competitor is emerging..

Is the iphone a one way product? Stop and think, are the competitors going to sit and watch Apple selling out, piling up its revenues? Certainly not, LG in collaboration with Google is attacking, taking advantage of iphone's weaknesses that are quite a few. They will develop a 3G YouTube focused mobile phone that will allow users to record videos on their mobile phones then upload them immediately to YouTube through a streamlined interface.

It sounds to me like a fusion among the YouTube and the ipod users. I am sure that LG phone will offer similar media services with iphone and they might raise a price competition. My guess is that Verizon will grab the deal this time, its gonna be fun. On the stock market side we havent seen any tremendous changes in Apple's and AT&T's stock that were in decline last week.

In France, the Wi-Fi cell phones are a big hit, supported by Orange. Wi-Fi phone with the right Java and media applis is certainly the future.


More to come soon
-E

Sky is the limit

More updates, as my readers requested..its time to smile and enjoy the fame, almost 5 years of hard work with limited vacations, still looking forward to them, one day!
Networking is one of my favorite sports in NY and not only, after the NYSC and swimming. My recent accomplishments:

-Successful organization of the 3rd International conference on Ultrabroadband Networks, covering one panelist's absence, presenting his work on broadband forecasting; Napstering the Content and YouTubing the P2P applis did my magic again in the Big Apple.

-Telecom advisor of the European Institute of Law, Science and Technology, Greece - couldnt miss that. A new institute that is non-for-profit, research organization that seeks to improve international and national legislations through better integration of scientific and technological achievements in laws.

-A few months ago, I became member of the Program Committee of the 17th International Telecommunications Society Biennial Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 24-27, 2008.
An empirical paper of my research will be presented there. All are invited to submit a research paper.

-Finally next year, we might be organizing with CITI and Roma University in Rome a conference on "Media and Telecommunications". Our Italian speaker, Armando Calabrese, at the recent CITI conference initiated the idea, thinking to give a talk there
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-"...I want also an iphone!" lol
Lots of work and accomplishments as I am heading towards my birthday:)
E
P.S. But, “After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser” B. Franklin

...back on PhD track after 1 year, finally!

On next Thursday, July 12, first preview of my research proposal at Columbia Business School, following the Visiting Scholars’ Brown Bag Lunch Seminar Series of the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information. The event is scheduled from 1:30 to 3:30 at the Calder Lounge conference room, 1st floor,perhaps accompanied with sushi, sponsored by CITI.


Time for final countdown, as all of my Dr. buddies do and did, panos, argy, panagiotis

All of my ambitions in a degree, philosophizing the Telecom is not easy. I feel like the F-1 qualifiers; ready to defend my research and my beliefs in front of the public for the first time, sounds fun. Debate Time, my party!

The title of my talk is “Technology projections and innovation forecasting, with a specific focus on the mobile wireless diffusion across countries, social implications and the policy impact”. The lecture will last for about 1 hour and a half. All of the loyal fans are invited to support my effort. The next 'show' will be at Queens College(will be also announced) ending up my tour at Stevens Institute of Technology, with my official and final research proposal submission in front of my Research Committee - tough match.


stay tuned..
the 'eligible Greek' :)