I am in the process of writing a series of essays about the history of today’s smart phone which was the result of the convergence of many different independent developments, including Personal Digital Assistance, mobile phones, two way pagers, digital cameras, music players and GPS devices. I am going to start with Personal Digital … Continue reading
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Forty five years of not being Steve Jobs
Much is being written about Steve Jobs on this, the tenth anniversary of his death by people that knew him much better than I did. But Steve Jobs played a big role in my life or, better said, in my mind. So I thought I would share a bit of my history with him. We … Continue reading
Dialing for Readers
When I was a very active member of several non-profit boards, I used to have to “dial for dollars” to get donations. It was a very miserable experience. When I was on the board of many early-stage companies, I would also have to “dial for dollars” to help these companies raise investment capital. Also, a … Continue reading
Could Franklin have been Compaq and Apple, Microsoft?
This is another outtake from my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck. In April 1983, I left Digital Equipment Corporation, where I headed the development of that company’s Professional Series Computers to join Franklin Computer as Chief Operating Officer. However, in reality, I function a the CEO. I had considered starting my own company, … Continue reading
Was the Personal Computer Industry Inevitable?
While writing my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, I couldn’t help but speculate on alternative realities. So much of one’s life is driven by random events. So it was easy for me to imagine how things could have unfolded differently. One of the possibilities that intrigued me was derived from the significant shift … Continue reading
The First 386 Notebook
As I wrote earlier, there were a number of sections in my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, that I removed because they broke the flow. Eventually, they will be all available on the book’s website, http://www.wildduckflight.com. After moving from Intel’s Oregon facilities to the closest thing the company had to a headquarters in … Continue reading
Fun interview that may get me into trouble
Over the last month, I have been doing many interviews to help promote my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, published on September 1st. One of my favorite interviews was . It is long but lots of fun. Most of my interviews have been enjoyable, but this one has a super amount of energy … Continue reading
Here is an excerpt from my book
https://builtin.com/corporate-innovation/intel-avram-miller You might enjoy it but better to buy the book at https://www.amazon.com/Flight-Wild-Duck-Improbable-Technology-ebook/dp/B098KH6XZH. Continue reading
My book has been published
If you enjoy this blog, you will enjoy my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck. It was published today. It is available as an ebook, paperback or hardcover here. I worked on this for three years. Please give me your support and reach out to those in your social network and suggest that they … Continue reading
IBM PC 40th Anniversary
My book The Flight of a Wild Duck, will be published on September 1st. Pre Orders can be placed now on Amazon. There were several sections of the book which did not make it through the final editing primarily because they broke the flow of the book. One of them was about the evolution of … Continue reading
