An early adopter or lighthouse customer is an early customer of a given company, product, or technology in politics, fashion, art, and other fields, this person would be referred to as a trendsetter . The term originates from Everett M. Rogers Diffusion of Innovations 1962 . ref cite book last Rogers first Everett M. authorlink Everett Rogers year 1962 title Diffusion of Innovations publisher Free Press of Glencoe, Macmillan Company ref History Unreferenced section date February 2007 Typically this will be a customer who, in addition to using the vendor s product or technology, will also provide considerable and candid feedback to help the vendor refine its future product releases, as well as the associated means of distribution, service, and support. The relationship is synergy synergistic , with the customer having early and sometimes unique, or at least uniquely early access to an advantageous new product or technology, but he also serves as a kind of guinea pig. In exchange for being an early adopter, and thus being exposed to the problems, risks, and annoyances common to early stage product testing and deployment, the lighthouse customer is sometimes given especially attentive vendor assistance and support, even to the point of having personnel at the customer s work site to assist with implementation. The customer is sometimes given preferential pricing, terms, and conditions, although new technology is very often expensive, so the early adopter still often pays quite a lot. The vendor, on the other hand, benefits from receiving early revenues, and also from a lighthouse ... more at release is colloquially referred to by whom? date May 2010 as the early adopter tax . References ... Observational techniques Experimental techniques Beta test DEFAULTSORT Early Adopter Category Technological change Category Science and technology studies Category Market research de Early Adopter ko it Early adopter nl Early adopter ro Adoptant timpuriu ru sv Early adopter ... more details
Advanced Avionics Module or AAM was a module launched on board PSLV C8 along with Italian satellite AGILE spacecraft AGILE . It was designed by ISRO to test advanced launch vehicle avionics systems like mission computers, navigation and telemetry systems. At lift off, it weighed 185 kg. It was mounted inside Dual Launch Adopter , on top of which the AGILE spacecraft AGILE was put. Orbital launches in 2007 Category 2007 in spaceflight spacecraft stub ... more details
unreferenced date April 2009 Television On Demand TOD is an emerging new digital television digital cable television cable service offering. This service concept is based on perceived consumer desire to receive live and pre recorded programming. TOD provides the end user with programming, without having to wait for its syndicated air schedule times by major networks and content providers. TOD effectively places program air time control in the hands of the end user. TOD is an addition to various Video on demand on demand television services, such as video on demand VOD and subscription video on demand SVOD , now being offered by cable companies to the public. The end user equipment component known as the set top box STB requires modification and deployment to early adopter users. Category Television terminology Category Video on demand tv tech stub tv term stub ... more details
Ian Ewart Alger June 20, 1926 &ndash February 21, 2009 was an innovative Psychotherapy psychotherapist who was an early adopter of using videotape as a tool in therapy. ref name NYT cite news title Ian Alger, Pioneer in Innovative Therapeutic Techniques, Dies at 82 first Benedict last Carey date March 11, 2009 accessdate March 13, 2009 url http www.nytimes.com 2009 03 11 health 11alger.html work The New York Times ref References reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Alger, Ian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH February 21, 2009 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Alger, Ian Category 1926 births Category 2009 deaths med bio stub ... more details
Don Berry 1931 2001 was an United States American artist and author best known for his historical novels about early settlers in the Oregon Country . He was born in Minnesota but moved to Oregon as a young man and came to think of himself as a native of that state. He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon . During college his housemates included the poet Gary Snyder , who shared Berry s interest in Eastern metaphysics . In 1960 he published Trask , a historical novel about Elbridge Trask , an Oregon settler in the 1840s who was the first white homesteader on Tillamook Bay . It was followed by two sequels, Moontrap and To Build a Ship . The novels have collectively become known as the Trask novels. His other works include A Majority of Scoundrels , a history of the fur trade in the Rocky Mountains . Besides writing, his lifelong artistic pursuits included bronze sculpture , sumi e painting, and blues guitar playing. Berry was also an early adopter marketing early adopter of the use of the Internet for writing, creating a large body of literature that exists only in cyberspace . External links http www.donberry.com DonBerry.com http oregonstate.edu dept press s t Trask.html Oregon State University Trask, by Don Berry http web.reed.edu reed magazine feb1999 beat Reed College Reed s Forgotten Beat Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Berry, Don ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Artist, novelist DATE OF BIRTH 1931 PLACE OF BIRTH Minnesota , United States DATE OF DEATH 2001 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Berry, Don Category 1931 births Category 2001 deaths Category American novelists Category People from Oregon Category Writers from Oregon Category Reed College alumni Category Date of birth missing Category Date of death missing Category Place of death missing ... more details
Image The pragmatic programmer.jpg thumb right book cover The Pragmatic Programmer From Journeyman to Master ISBN 0 201 61622 X is a book about software engineering by Andy Hunt author Andrew Hunt and Dave Thomas programmer David Thomas , published in October, 1999. Characteristics of a Pragmatic Programmer Preface , pp. xviii xix Early adopter marketing Early adopter fast adapter Inquisitive Critical thinker Realistic Jack of all trades, master of none Jack of all trades The authors also went on to write about the Ruby programming language in the book Programming Ruby and Agile Web Development with Rails , a book on Ruby on Rails which also touches on Ajax programming Ajax and the Ruby programming language . Series The book is the first in the a series of books under the The Pragmatic Bookshelf label and copyright The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. Books in the series partial list Agile Web Development with Rails Pragmatic Unit Testing in C with Nunit Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java with JUnit Pragmatic Version Control Using CVS Pragmatic Version Control Using Subversion Programming Ruby The Pragmatic Programmers Guide Metaprogramming Ruby Ship It A Practical Guide To Successful Software Projects The Passionate Programmer Creating A Remarkable Career In Software Development External links http www.pragprog.com Official website http www.codinghorror.com blog archives 000103.html Pragmatic Programmer on CodingHorror DEFAULTSORT Pragmatic Programmer Category Computer books Category Series of books Category 1999 books Category Addison Wesley books Category Computer book publishing companies compu book stub ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2008 Ren Herse 1913, Levallois Perret Levallois , France 1976 was a highly regarded builder of ultra high end touring bicycle touring and racing bicycle s. His works are still sought after by collectors and riders. Citation needed date September 2011 Career Herse was what is known as a constructeur , meaning he built not just the frame, but the entire bike. A number of the components were hand fabricated. He was an early adopter marketing early adopter of brazing silver soldered Lug bicycle part lug s and sealed bottom brackets. His hand built bicycle s were described as the pinnacle of France French cycling from the 1940s until his death. Citation needed date February 2008 Family His daughter, Lyli Herse , won several national female cycling championships in France. External links http www.jitensha.com eng herse e.html http www.classicrendezvous.com France Herse.htm Classic Rendezvous http www.sheldonbrown.com vrbn g n.html herse article by Sheldon Brown bicycle mechanic Sheldon Brown http www.reneherse.com Ren Herse Project Inventory and photo gallery of Ren Herse bicycles http www.renehersebicycles.com Ren Herse Bicycles Inc. Boulder, Colorado company that carries on the Ren Herse brand Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Herse, Ren ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION French bicycle framebuilder DATE OF BIRTH 1913 PLACE OF BIRTH Levallois Perret, France DATE OF DEATH 1976 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Herse, Rene Category Cycle designers Category Cycle manufacturers Category Bicycle framebuilders Category 1913 births Category 1976 deaths France cycling bio stub cycle manufacturer stub ... more details
lowercase title alphaWorks alphaWorks is IBM s emerging technology portal . It is a web community for early adopter s to preview and collaborate on prototype technology from IBM Research labs. alphaWorks was founded in August 1996, in IBM s Advanced Technology group called Internet Division at the time . The alphaWorks program has launched early release technology implementations in nascent technology communities of software developers, in areas like Java programming language Java technology, XML and web services . Since 1996, alphaWorks has succeeded in helping IBM connect with innovative developers to lead the development of promising new standards for example, Enterprise Media Bean Enterprise Media Beans , products and open source technology. alphaWorks is a key aspect of the developerWorks resource for developers. External links http alphaworks.ibm.com alphaWorks web site network software stub IBM I would be quite liberal in adding any technology that alphaWorks actively supports to this list, the article has not a great deal of other purpose Category IBM Category Cell BE architecture ru AlphaWorks ... more details
distinguish NewzBin Infobox Software name Newsbin Pro logo screenshot caption author developer developer DJI Interprises, LLC released 1995 latest release version 6.11 latest release date 2011 07 10 latest preview version latest preview date programming language C operating system Microsoft Windows Windows platform language English, Dutch, German, French others status Active genre News client license Proprietary software Proprietary , Shareware website http www.newsbin.com Newsbin.com Newsbin Pro is a news client used on the Microsoft Windows Windows operating system. Written in 1995 and distributed as Shareware , it was one of the first news clients dedicated to downloading binary content from Usenet . Newsbin has been under constant development and has been an early adopter to changes in Usenet such as supporting yEnc encoding, parchive s, the NZB file format, and the XFeatures NNTP extension for implementing compressed headers. Newsbin Pro is now in its Version 6 series and has an active http forums.newsbin.com Newsbin User Community that contributes to defining new features and helping other users. See also List of news clients External links http www.newsbin.com Newsbin.com http forums.newsbin.com Newsbin Pro Forums Category Usenet clients Category Shareware network software stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Bando Electronic Systems Co, Ltd. hangul is a South Korean musical instrument , music engineering , electronics company. headquartered in Nakwon Dong Jongno gu Seoul , Korea. It is a music and electronic stand , music and electronic accessory, musical instrument products. corporate as manufactured based on Seongsu Dong Seongdong gu Seoul , Korea . and Korea s first stand in engineering and electronics manufacturer. by brand name is Bando Stand . The Bando Electronic Systems Co, Ltd CEO is Kang Kyeong ho & CFO is Jeong In Nyeom . Products Music & Electronic Stand Music Brochure Stand Speaker Stand Mike Stand Guitar Stand Musical Stand Light Stand Stand Accessory Stand Parts Guitar & Guitar String Base Guitar Electronic Guitar Classic Guitar Acoustic Guitar Accessory Metronom Tuner Cable Jack Headset Mike Pedal Stick Condutor Bar Adopter Other Products Musical Instrument Hamornica Cavasa Tamburrin See also Economy of South Korea Musical instrument Electronics Engineering External links http www.bandostand.co.kr Bando Electronic Systems Homepage in Korean tech corp stub korea corp stub Category Electronics companies of South Korea Category Engineering companies of South Korea ... more details
orphan date September 2008 Electromuse was an United States American maker of Category Musical instrument manufacturing companies musical instruments that operated in the 1940s and 1950s. It was probably best known for its line of Hawaiian lap steel guitar s. Electromuse also made Spanish acoustic guitar s, hollowbody acoustic electric guitar s, and other stringed instruments. Vacuum tube Category Guitar amplifier manufacturers instrument amplifiers manufactured by subcontractors such as Valco were also sold under the Electromuse brand, often as part of a package deal offered to consumers that included a lap steel guitar and matching amplifier in complementary colors. Electromuse was an early adopter of electrified musical instruments, and their patented Eye Beam pickup was one of the first practical electromagnetic pickups on the market. The pickup converts the mechanical vibration of the instrument s metal strings into an electrical signal that can be externally amplified. Similar pickups are now commonplace on electric guitar s and other electrified instruments. Related Valco manufactured many of the amplifiers that were sold under the Electromuse brand. Category Musical instrument manufacturing companies Category Guitar amplifier manufacturers Category Defunct companies of the United States US manufacturing company stub ... more details
Notability date March 2008 Brian M. Platz is a co founder and Chief Operating Officer of SilkRoad Technology . ref cite web url http www.onrec.com news adl lists silkroad technologyas greenlig title ADL Lists SilkRoad Technologys GreenLight as an Early Adopter date 28 April 2010 publisher Online Recruitment accessdate 20 November 2010 ref Platz also co founded A List Apart with web design lecturer Jeffrey Zeldman . ref name Cederholm2009 cite book last Cederholm first Dan title Web Standards Solutions The Markup and Style Handbook url http books.google.com books?id Eli4Z2w8zgkC&pg PA256 accessdate 20 November 2010 year 2009 publisher Apress isbn 9781430219200 page 256 ref References Reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Platz, Brian ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Platz, Brian Category American chief executives Category Living people US business bio stub ... more details
Edwin Hurry Fenwick 1856 1944 , British urologist , early adopter of cystoscopic and x ray technologies. It was largely through the efforts of Fenwick that urology was shaped into a specialty in Great Britain, recognized by the Royal Society of Medicine . ref Lytton. ref He is depicted by David Troughton in the BBC serial Casualty 1909 , during his tenure at the London Hospital. Notes div class references small style moz column count 2 column count 2 references div References Lytton, Bernard. 1994 , E. Hurry Fenwick, FRCS. Urological Surgeon, Cystoscopist and Teacher. In Journal of Medical Biography Great Britain . 1994 2 4 193 200. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Fenwick, Edwin Hurry ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1856 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1944 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Fenwick, Edwin Hurry Category 1856 births Category 1944 deaths UK med bio stub ... more details
to 21 in all circumstances if the adopter is a relative of the child. Medical reports must also ..., which allows an adopter not domiciled in Britain to adopt a child under the law of the country in which he lives. Such adoption orders require six months notice, and the child must have been in the adopter ... as a place holder until the adopter s nation authorises the adoption of the child. ref Stone 1959 ... more details
Do not use the dated prod blp template directly the above line is generated by subst prod blp reason Charles M. Stack is an internet pioneer based in Cleveland Ohio. He is credited with founding the first internet store Book Stacks Unlimited , ref http www.sbnonline.com Local Article 3592 82 0 Visionary in obscurity.aspx ref before the World Wide Web and the first web based store Books.com . He went on to found Flashline Inc. an early adopter of code re use in software development. Flashline was purchased by BEA Systems ref http searchsoa.techtarget.com news article 0,289142,sid26 gci1212214,00.html ref which was subsequently purchase by Oracle Corporation . ref http www.oracle.com corporate press 2008 jan bea.html ref His latest venture iNomadics is focused on creating apps for portable devices. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http www.sideways.com sidweays.com http www.inomadics.com iNomadics Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stack, Charles M. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stack, Charles M. Category Internet pioneers Category Living people ... more details
overcome its past. A forever home is a term that refers to an adopter who agrees to be responsible ... simply says that the adopter of the pet agrees that the animal s well being is now their personal responsibility for the rest of the animal s life. If the adopter can no longer keep the animal ... of its life. Should the adopter die before the animal, they should have a plan in place for the care ... agreement puts conditions on when and why the adopter could arrange to move the animal to a new family. For example, forever home agreements might specify that the adopter will not get rid of the animal for trivial reasons, or that the adopter will always be sure that the animal will be permitted ... on the part of the animal as reasons allowable for an adopter to relinquish the animal. One problem ... more details
in relation to an adopted child and an adopter within the meaning of that section. Arrangements ... adopter, and met with a specific person that will accommodate their emotional needs. Section 6, Number 3 reads The period within which, under subsection of the said section six, an, adopter is required ... person were the child of the adopter born in lawful wedlock b where the infant is illegitimate, the father ... more details
promoter, contributor or adopter member shall be bound to the terms or conditions of this Agreement ... or adopter member shall not be bound to the terms of this Agreement while it is a promoter, contributor or adopter member of WiMedia. This Agreement may be modified only pursuant to a writing executed ... more details
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that adopters of any new innovation or idea can be categorized as innovators 2.5 , early adopter ... a common language for innovation researchers. Each adopter s willingness and ability to adopt an innovation ... categories for different innovations a farmer might be an early adopter of mechanical innovations, but a late majority adopter of biological innovations or VCR s. When graphed, the rate of adoption ... www.technobility.com docs article032.htm The Danger of the Early Adopter Myth http www.learcenter.org ... more details
Infobox album Name Breakthru Type Album Artist Antoniette Costa Cover Breakthru Costa.png Released March 1, 2005 Recorded Genre Contemporary R&B , Soul music Soul , Rock music Rock Length Label L.I.P. Label 14 Last album This album Breakthru br 2005 Next album Sinking Deeper br 2010 Breakthru is the self released debut album by United States American singer songwriter Antoniette Costa . It was released on her label L.I.P. Label 14 on March 1, 2005. ref name disco History The album exhibits Costa s R&B and soul music soul tendencies as a singer songwriter . Some of the 12 tracks ref name xx are piano ballads, while others are accompanied by a band. ref name phenom The album was dedicated to her recently deceased aunt, and featured 12 songs that had been written from middle school to college. ref name bio In honor of her aunt, who was an avid supporter of education, Costa donated a percentage of the album sales to the Rosalita Costa Clark School Fund in Pittsburgh . ref name phenom Release Costa independently released the album on March 1, 2005 on her own record label L.I.P. Label 14. ref name disco The album ranked 1 on Amazon.com Amazon s Early Adopter Indie Music Chart and 69 on the Early Adopter All Music Chart. ref name bio It also led to Costa s future collaborations with members of The Roots . ref name spec Track listing Track listing title1 Said Who note1 length1 3 18 title2 Murphy length2 3 06 title3 Vieni Con Mi length3 2 22 title4 Your Turn length4 4 16 title5 You ve Lost My Love length5 3 23 note5 title6 Never Should Have length6 3 28 title7 Flown Away length7 2 10 title8 Impression length8 1 48 title9 Radiant Glow length9 3 28 title10 I Am note10 length10 2 31 title11 Dream length11 2 21 title12 Caroline s Camelot length12 2 58 References reflist refs ref name xx cite web url http www.cduniverse.com search xx music pid 6839782 a Breakthru.htm title Antoinette Costa Breakthru CD publisher CdUniverse date 2005 03 01 accessdate 2011 01 08 ref ref name spec c ... more details
Notability date September 2008 Image seattlewireless.png left Seattle Wireless is an United States American Non profit organization non profit project created by Matt Westervelt and Ken Caruso in June 2000. ref Cave, Damien, http archive.salon.com tech feature 2000 12 01 wireless ethernet index.html Unchaining the Net , Salon.com , 2000 12 01 ref It seeks to develop a free, locally owned wireless community network using widely available, license free technology wireless broadband Internet access. It is a metropolitan area network . Seattle Wireless is one of the first Community Wireless Networks and one of the first project focused wikis. It also had a short lived 7 episode online television show, prior to the recent surge in videocasting and podcasting, called http tv.seattlewireless.net Seattle Wireless TV . It was created by Peter Yorke and Michael Pierce and ran July 2003 June 2004. SWTV was an early adopter of BitTorrent protocol Bittorrent to distribute its shows. References reflist 2 External links http seattlewireless.net Official website http seattlewireless.net mattw Matt s Blog http planet.seattlewireless.net Seattle Wireless Blog Planet http peteryorke.net Peter Yorke s Blog Kahney, Leander, http www.thefeaturearchives.com 11171.html Home grown Wireless Networks , TheFeature , 2001 05 07 Fleishman, Glenn, http www.seattleweekly.com news 0129 tech fleishman.php The revolution may be wireless , Seattle Weekly , 2001 07 18 O Shea, Dan, http telephonyonline.com mag telecom peace love wifi index.html Peace, Love & Wi Fi , Telephony Online , 2002 05 18 Kharif, Olga, http www.businessweek.com technology content sep2002 tc20020917 7206.htm Footing the Bill for Free Wi Fi , BusinessWeek , 2002 09 17 http www.seattlepi.com business 217728 theinsider28.html The Insider Lucky few are going locomotive over Wi Fi access , Seattle PI , 2005 03 28 Category Wireless network organizations wireless stub ... more details
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