Nashville Tech Story (1/20/10)
The Nashville Technology Council Staff could not be more excited about the amazing turnout of over 800 technology professionals today at our Second Annual Membership Breakfast, sponsored by ComFrame Software Corporation. This marked the largest Tech Council event ever, and the crowd was full of energy and anticipation to hear what Microsoft’s CEO, Steve Ballmer, might throw at them. Innovation was a key topic this morning, as Ballmer discussed Microsoft’s investments of over $9.5 Billion on R&D this year. Ballmer also noted, one key factor many individuals forget in innovation is patience. In addition, the audience also got a preview of the new version of x box 360, which has voice recognition technology among other advanced qualities.
Ballmer’s trip to Nashville, has certainly created a great deal of buzz from Nashville Technology Council Members. See what participants had to say below:
devinmcc Good presentation this morning by Steve Ballmer (@Microsoft) at the @nashtechcouncil membership breakfast. More than 800 people there…
MattLargen @techville event: Microsoft CEO @Ballmer: overestimate short-term tech advances, underestimate long-term tech advances
MattLargen Live from @techville event: Microsoft CEO Ballmer: 50% of searches don’t lead to answers…Me: Bing Newseum app sounds interesting
WendyStoneberge Got a preview of project natal @techville event. Wow and wow again.
SLIatBU Heard Steve Ballmer, CEO-Microsoft, present to the Nashville Technology Council this am. The future of technology is bright in Nashville!
jamessholmes Great talk by steve ballmer of Microsoft here in Nashville. Showing the next version of x box360.
muzikcitee Steve Ballmer: “I needed to do some research, so I fired up my favorite trusty search engine: BING!”
thommycho Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, speaks about innovation and the future. Amazing stuff. Interesting guy.
muzikcitee Ballmer: “Microsoft will be plenty good for the average skateboarder.”
abbielundberg Ballmer equating Bing to The Little Engine that Could. Also new for MS: humility (tho he says just being numerically correct!)
caparks I must be drugged… Ballmer just said “social networking” and “fan groups” “bing!” and the Little Engine That Could #microsoft
abbielundberg Ballmer: Windows 7 – took our cue from customers – end customers and developers. Me: probably as important as anything else why its better
caparks Ballmer presenting theme of “Seamless experience across your life” of cloud/server …and Natural User Interface aka 3screens + theCloud
