An other important article about brain health can found on the New York Times here. I have two interests here: 1) making sure that I along with every other person that ages, can maintain our brain function and 2) it is major business opportunity. I am an advisor and small investor in Posit Science (www.positscience.com) … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Silicon Valley Values
There is an interesting article in the San Jose Mercury here. I contrasts the low level of charitable giving in the Valley compared to the LA area. The Valley was second to last while LA was first. For those of us who are active in charitable organization and who have tried to raise money in … Continue reading
Use it or loose it.
More proof that the brain is like a muscle and can be strenthen at any time. See the article below from the New York Times. There is also good coverage of this on the Washington Post here. December 26, 2006 Editorial Exercise for Your Aging Brain If you’re worried that your mental powers will … Continue reading
Andy Grove by Richard Tedlow
I read this book with great excitement but also a lot of mixed emotions. After all, I spent 15 years (1984-1999) working one heart beat away from Andy (I worked directly for Les Vadasz who like Andy was not really a founder of Intel but was there from day one and actually had badge … Continue reading
Friedman’s right: It is not about YOU
Check out what Thomas Friedman said below. I totally agree with him. We have a serious problem folks so stop looking in the mirror and do something because it is not about YOU, it is about your children and their children and maybe the human race. December 22, 2006 Op-Ed Columnist And … Continue reading
Some thoughts about the last third
First of all I am not really retired although I like to tell people I am. I probably work 2-3 days a weeks which is a bout a 1/3 of the time I use to work (those nine days weeks were a bitch). I wish there was a better word the semi retired. I “retired” … Continue reading
Smart Grid (benifit of BPL)
For the las four and a half years I have been on the board (and very active with) an amazing company called Current Technology Group. We use the same distribution system that brings electricity into your home to provided broadband services. Recently we entered into a business relationship with TXU (a major power utility) to provided … Continue reading
Stumbling on Happiness
Now you can find out why you have everything and are still not happy. This is a great book that will give the reader great insight into the choices we all make and why so many times they do not lead to happiness. I think it is could also be considered a marketing/business book. I … Continue reading
The new VC: “Turn on, Tune in and Drop Out”
I am certainly glad I am not a VC at the moment. Barriers to enter have dropped to negative numbers. Everyone one with a good idea and a lot more people with bad ideas are able to create a web 2.0 “business” with the flick of a mouse. For me this means the signal to noise ratio has … Continue reading
We are all going to live long but we might not know it
For a long time, sciences have worked on ways to extend our lives but not our minds The result is predictable or at least many of thought so. But now it turns out the science has discovered that the brain (home of the mind) is more like a muscle than was thought. Meaning that it … Continue reading