The likes of which we will never see again, because circumstances will never be the same — the combination of emerging technology, purchasing habits
of early adopters of that technology, novelty of cheap content, fascination with the concept of not having to wait to be traditionally published... and Amazon's tough, adversarial stance with the trad pub giants all conspired to create that wondrous era.
Not exact matches
Canada, though, hasn't enjoyed much benefit for being an
early adopter on the forefront
of this
technology.
As for me, I am still a little wary
of being an
early adopter of this
technology.
This two - day activity - filled event includes a Day 1 hands - on workshop to continue the company's efforts in building and expanding end - user base among medical and dental healthcare providers, but also provide organizations with how - tos to become
early adopter and users
of 3D printing and bio-printing
technologies.
No surprise that Sohn isn't what you would call an
early adopter of new
technology.
Outside
of those few
early adopters,
technology by itself has negative value to the majority
of potential customers.
Dell: The computer
technology corporation was an
early adopter of social customer relationship management and in 2010, Dell opened up its social media command center to all employees, regardless
of their function.
The Thompson Toronto hotel is an
early adopter of the
technology.
Listening too much to
early adopters often leads to an expensive death spiral, since these users will request more and more features, more precise control
of the
technology, and more interoperability, all
of which increase the complexity
of the product, and decrease the usability for the average customer.
«In the restaurant business, if you look at the ones that really succeed, consistently they are
early technology adopters,» says Aaron Allen, founder and CEO
of restaurant - consulting firm Aaron Allen & Associates in Orlando, Fla..
«While this is not a zero - sum game, it will be interesting to see what people gravitate towards at SXSW, a conference full
of early adopters,» says Allison Mooney, vice president for emerging trends at MobileBehavior, an Omnicom Group consultancy that studies how consumers use wireless
technology.
The band has remained an
early adopter of communications
technologies, from Usenet through to iPhone apps.
Taco Bell and Domino's were among the
early adopters of the
technology and for good reason.
Our engineers and marketers are blockchain
early adopters with a combined X years
of experience working with blockchain
technology.
As an
early adopter of renewable
technologies, particularly solar, California has been willing to pay high prices and has in turn helped lower them for other markets, said Swami Venkataraman, a senior vice president at Moody's Investors Service who analyzes the utility sector.
Wang told CoinDesk that he and his business partner, digital currency entrepreneur Mao Shihang, were
early adopters of the
technology, but that despite
early growth, mining remained a key weak point.
Of course,
technology geeks, millennials, and
early adopters have been in love with Bitcoin from the beginning, but now other people are becoming comfortable with the system.
While many are tech - savvy, the notion
of bitcoin users being «
early adopters»
of technology also stumbled into trouble.
But for
early adopters who have plunged head first into all that
technology has to offer, the broader application
of personalization is the magic that happens with a voice activated home assistant such as Amazon's Alexa or Echo, Apple's HomePod, or Google Home.
The 2017 rally in Bitcoin up to $ 9,955 (at the time
of this writing) has made many
early adopters of the
technology very wealthy.
Early / late
adopters of technology 62.
He is not just an
early adopter, but also strongly believes in the potential and power
of the blockchain
technology.
The demand side will be driven by ease
of use
of spending BTC (i.e., the number
of merchants that accept BTC as payment), improvements
of new
technology applied to the BTC network and new demand from
early adopters in the institutional investment space.
Mr Smallwood said ABS had been an
earlier adopter of genomic
technology, in which breeding values were calculated from the results
of a DNA test, particularly in having its genetics tested on the Australian system.
They were
early adopters of internet
technology to advertise their product and set up their business to directly benefit farmers and provide knowledge about how their product is produced, as well as open days, monthly Biological Farming Roundtables and a new business based on Soil Restoration Farming.
«The fact that the juice remains raw, flavor and nutrients are unaffected and potential for pathogen growth is dramatically reduced, means HPP is raising the bar in our industry, and we are extremely proud to be
early adopters of this new
technology,» says BluePrint.
We are «
early adopters»
of new
technologies, if we strongly believe that they appear promising, and if there are good randomized, controlled studies that prove they provide a benefit.
Duke Clinic is an
early adopter of technology to support documentation
of clinical visits.
Sarah Crespi talks to Christian Catalini about an experiment in which some
early adopters were denied access to new
technology and what it means for the dissemination
of that tech.
We've seen this before: Some technological innovation happens and
early adopters get all excited, but it's not until some large brand gets involved that the
technology grabs the attention
of hundreds
of millions
of people.
Sport is an
early adopter of technology and at the turn
of the 21st century, better performances were characterised by new materials and cheaper manufacturing.
For its part, UPS was an
early adopter of cleaner vehicles, and today operates upwards
of 2,500 low - emission vehicles that run on alternative fuels and
technologies.
It is a huge jump forward from previous genome editing techniques,» said Gladstone Senior Investigator Bruce Conklin, MD, an
early adopter of the
technology.
It's taken some time before the
early adopters of this new
technology have it up and running.
Another
early adopter of the
technology is Benoit Bruneau, PhD, whose lab members are using the Lightsheet to capture the origins
of congenital heart defects precisely when and where they occur in a mouse embryo.
As an
early adopter of the Breezing
Technology, we're asking you to help spread the word!
Really, what happened was I an
early adopter of the internet and a
technology executive, so I turned out to be a very
early adopter of online dating.
Julie Spira writes about the marriage
of love and
technology, was an
early adopter of the Internet and online dating and is the host
of #DateChat on Twitter.
Knee, an
early adopter of blogs, podcasts, and online games with her kindergartners, works closely with the
technology director at Deerfield Community School, in Deerfield, New Hampshire.
Schools start by using them for creator / consumer activities in the
early adopter phase, to community activities at the later stage
of implementation, with teachers increasing the use
of the
technology over time.
To put a term on it, this generation
of workers born between 1977 and 2000 are «
early adopters»
of new
technology.
Echoing the views
of the UK's
early adopters and
technology experts, Schleicher commented that
technology's potential to dramatically expand access to knowledge should not be ignored, citing training and teacher engagement as being the key to maximising its benefits.
Studies, by myself and in conjunction with colleagues,
of over 70 pathfinder (
early adopter) schools from the UK, US, New Zealand and Australia, that have or nearly have normalised the whole school use
of the student's own digital
technology in all facets
of their operations, provide a telling insight into what happens with schools as organisations when they move from their traditional paper to a digital operational base (Lee & Finger, 2010), (Lee & Levins, 2012), (Lee & Ward, 2013), (Lee & Broadie, 2014), (www.schoolevolutionarystages.net).
Teachers have been
early adopters of the easy - to - learn
technology, which has led the company to launch Ed.VoiceThread.com, a secure site just for educators and their students, says VoiceThreads cofounder Ben Papell.
Others are
early adopters of some cutting edge
technology that neither TalentLMS nor Zapier offer any integration to yet.
Neither teacher was identified as being an
early adopter or a resistant user
of instructional
technology.
According to Sharon Watkins, an education research specialist at The Ohio State University, «The reality is, with the exception
of early adopters, most
technology integration takes time, ongoing coaching, and professional modeling in order for regular use to become the norm.»
However, experience tells us that the innovators and
early adopters are those most likely to embrace new ways
of thinking about teaching and learning, as well as new
technologies and approaches.
And then there's the price; $ 40K is a lot to spend on a Focus, but we all know that electric vehicles at this stage
of the game are for
early adopters who are willing to pay for the
technology.
Paving the Way for Electric Drive in Much Larger Truck Sector: In both the U.S. and China, the transit sector has been the
early adopter of advanced
technologies and cleaner fuels in the heavy - duty vehicle sector.