Volume Four, Number Nine
"Zest for Enlightenment"
The Irregular Newsletter of Z/Yen Limited
May 2001
Captain Mainelli's Violin
A
high class data classification engine is like a well-tuned musical
instrument. Michael Mainelli is working closely with HTTP, which
is an exciting and innovative OTC Bulletin Board listed software and
technology development company. Michael has been putting HTTP's
software through its paces and it's been playing like a Stradivarius;
hence the headline. (This is a feeble attempt to link a topical
Z/Yen piece to a topical headline - surely you can do better than this
-ed). HTTP products cover novel ways of sorting,
classification, data recognition and statistics. Main segments for
the application of HTTP technologies include market research analysis,
medical imaging, speech recognition, data mining and generic statistical
analysis. Please contact Michael for further details.
Getting away from it all
If the new
office has seemed quiet this April, it certainly isn't to do with vacations.
Sarah-Jane Critchley was in Dubai running an e-procurement workshop, Ian Harris
was in Washington DC doing a governance review for an international NGO and
Marie Logan was in Birmingham, Salford and Thanet for the Children's Society.
Sadly, Marie has suddenly woken up to the fact that she's drawn the short straw
in this situation. In a fit of pique, she has landed husband Joe with a
plum job in the new Scottish parliament and decided to make a new life for
herself north of the border. Through clenched teeth we extend our warmest
congratulations to the Logans and wish Marie well when she leaves 1 June.
Up the Palace No, not a
Crystal Palace Eagle having a dig at Jeremy Smith's love of Chelsea. Z/Yen
was honoured to be invited to run a fishy adaptation of our boating bourse game
at St James's Palace for our client, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
The MSC version of the game utilises data on the Alaskan salmon industry which
we are modeling for the MSC to demonstrate the economic value of their
certification standards. The game gets teams to try and maximise their
profits by investing in good practices and fishing at sustainable levels.
Our game was part of a seminar day run by the MSC, World Wildlife Fund and the
Forestry Stewardship Council. High profile players and attendees included
Sir Peter Davis (Sainsbury), the Rt Honourable John Gummer, Rick Stein and HRH
the Prince of Wales. The day was a great success, the credit for the Z/Yen
part going to Rakesh Shah, Linda Cook and Marie Logan. C:\Work\www.zyen.com
current\Press\Now_and_ZYen\2001-05.htmSomewhat out of character, our own Ian
Harris compered the game, assisted by HRH who gave out the prizes, including a
surreal fluffy "Beanie" fish as a booby prize. Is this the same Ian Harris
who was famous for being a "royalty refusnik" in his student days? Clearly not.
Runners up in the headline competition for this item were "Z/Yen by
appointment", "Harris does Charlie up at St James's Palace" and "Z/Yen goes up a
couple of floors".
Z/Yen goes up a couple of floors
Literally.
The address remains unchanged: 5-7 St Helen's Place, but instead of a small dark
garret in the lower ground floor of number seven we're now a much larger,
brightly lit expanse on the first floor of number five. Many
congratulations to Jeremy Smith and the office team under Linda Cook for
managing such a smooth, tears-free move in February. Congratulations also
to Ian Harris who has now succeeded in being away on vacation for all three
office moves since Z/Yen's inception.
A
high class data classification engine is like a well-tuned musical
instrument. Michael Mainelli is working closely with HTTP, which
is an exciting and innovative OTC Bulletin Board listed software and
technology development company. Michael has been putting HTTP's
software through its paces and it's been playing like a Stradivarius;
hence the headline. (This is a feeble attempt to link a topical
Z/Yen piece to a topical headline - surely you can do better than this
-ed). HTTP products cover novel ways of sorting,
classification, data recognition and statistics. Main segments for
the application of HTTP technologies include market research analysis,
medical imaging, speech recognition, data mining and generic statistical
analysis. Please contact Michael for further details.
If the new
office has seemed quiet this April, it certainly isn't to do with vacations.
Sarah-Jane Critchley was in Dubai running an e-procurement workshop, Ian Harris
was in Washington DC doing a governance review for an international NGO and
Marie Logan was in Birmingham, Salford and Thanet for the Children's Society.
Sadly, Marie has suddenly woken up to the fact that she's drawn the short straw
in this situation. In a fit of pique, she has landed husband Joe with a
plum job in the new Scottish parliament and decided to make a new life for
herself north of the border. Through clenched teeth we extend our warmest
congratulations to the Logans and wish Marie well when she leaves 1 June.
No, not a
Crystal Palace Eagle having a dig at Jeremy Smith's love of Chelsea. Z/Yen
was honoured to be invited to run a fishy adaptation of our boating bourse game
at St James's Palace for our client, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
The MSC version of the game utilises data on the Alaskan salmon industry which
we are modeling for the MSC to demonstrate the economic value of their
certification standards. The game gets teams to try and maximise their
profits by investing in good practices and fishing at sustainable levels.
Our game was part of a seminar day run by the MSC, World Wildlife Fund and the
Forestry Stewardship Council. High profile players and attendees included
Sir Peter Davis (Sainsbury), the Rt Honourable John Gummer, Rick Stein and HRH
the Prince of Wales. The day was a great success, the credit for the Z/Yen
part going to Rakesh Shah, Linda Cook and Marie Logan. C:\Work\www.zyen.com
current\Press\Now_and_ZYen\2001-05.htmSomewhat out of character, our own Ian
Harris compered the game, assisted by HRH who gave out the prizes, including a
surreal fluffy "Beanie" fish as a booby prize. Is this the same Ian Harris
who was famous for being a "royalty refusnik" in his student days? Clearly not.
Runners up in the headline competition for this item were "Z/Yen by
appointment", "Harris does Charlie up at St James's Palace" and "Z/Yen goes up a
couple of floors".
Literally.
The address remains unchanged: 5-7 St Helen's Place, but instead of a small dark
garret in the lower ground floor of number seven we're now a much larger,
brightly lit expanse on the first floor of number five. Many
congratulations to Jeremy Smith and the office team under Linda Cook for
managing such a smooth, tears-free move in February. Congratulations also
to Ian Harris who has now succeeded in being away on vacation for all three
office moves since Z/Yen's inception.