Saif Mansour, an amazing man, died suddenly a few days ago. Soon after I left Intel in 1999 and started The Avram Miller Company, I got a letter from Saif (we still got letters in those days). He was just 21 and finishing his last year at Brown. Saif asked me to consider hiring him … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2021
I have been animated
For the last two months, I have been doing podcasts and video interviews regarding my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, recently published. It has been an exciting and largely enjoyable experience. Most of the podcasts were audio, although I would have video communication with the person interviewing me. One podcast was the Silicon … Continue reading
Personal Digital Assistants
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
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