Karen Santorum, Rick Santorum’s Wife, Says “Campaign Is ‘God’s Will” I understand that some people believe in God or some other spiritual force. My relationship with God would be best described as “its complicated”. There is a lot we do not understand about the Universe and our own existence, such as “How did the Universe … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2012
Tales from Rotterdam or how I met a Princess and killed the Computer Division of Philips
How I killed Europe’s Largest Computer Company In 1973 I took a train to Appledorn,the Netherlands. The CEO of Philips asked me to give him my opinion about the viability of his company’s Computer Division. Philips at that time was one of the leading electronic companies in the world and extremely important in Holland where … Continue reading
Life Blues: My reaction to Outlaw Blues by Jonathan Taplin
In reading Outlaw Blues by Jonathan Taplin, I realized how easily my life could have gone in a different direction. Maybe, if I liked the music better, I would have become part of the rock music scene. My management and leadership skills might have taken me on a path similar to Jonathan and eventually my creative side might have emerged as it did for him. I had a similar experience reading Holy Beggars by Aryae Coopersmith whom I recently met. In reading Aryae’s book, I realized that I could have easily continued to explore the spiritual side of myself and may have ended up in Israel as a Rabbi. But I fell in love with technology. By 1966, I was working at the Langley Porter Institute, UCSF Medical School, designing equipment for brainwave bio feedback. From that point on, I had a continuing connection to technology. Now I am back to studying music. Jonathan is a Professor at USC. Continue reading
Hong Kong and Me: How I became the highest compensated advisor in the world (for a little while)
Here I am in Hong Kong some 49 years after I first arrived here. I wrote about that experience recently here. In looking for photos to use with this post, I found some that were taken in 1963 by a family that actually traveled on the President Cleveland,the ship on which I worked. I … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 