Periodically, I make the mistake of posting something about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict on Facebook. This often results in a long dialog by various Facebook “friends”. I join in a bit. However, I thought this time, I would open it up to you my blog as readers as well as my Facebook “friends”. Democracy in the … Continue reading
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Previewing Avram TV: various interviews and more
I have decided to create a website where some various video and audio interviews, I have done, can be seen/heard. I am very lucky to have some of these interviews to share. Below is a preview of one such video. It was done by my good friend Bob Cringely author of I, Cringley, one of … Continue reading
Mourning in the Morning: How the liberal press optimism and latent fear resulted in Bibi’s victory
You all have heard about the Israeli Election. Everyone that I know with one exception is depressed about it. We all woke up to a great sadness in Tel Aviv. Israel like the USA has a very divided electorate. So it does not take more than 5-10% change to swing everything. But here in Israel … Continue reading
The end of the human race as we know it
I have been thinking about the Fermi Paradox for some time so I really enjoyed this blog post. Tim Urban does a much better job than I think I could do in discussing the issue of why we have not had contact with other intelligent life (I am including all things intelligent and not just … Continue reading
Jean-Patrick Grumberg interviews Avram Miller on Net Neutrality
Periodically, my friend, Jean-Patrick Grumberg and I get together at a Cafe to chat. Jean-Patrick likes to work articles that he publishes on very successful French blog while having breakfast. I join him on occasions, but I just have coffee since I get up much earlier than he does (or maybe anyone else) and would … Continue reading
Bibi, King Maker, Double Agent, Politician, Fool or some combination?
I am afraid that I have to add my voice to the discussion about the speech or should I say, performance of Bibi Netanyahu at the Congress. There was so much discussion leading up to this event about the purpose that the various parties had in creating this situation. I am not going to repeat … Continue reading
Secrets of Silicon Valley
I wanted to share this message I recently received via LinkIn. In 1992, I became the founding Chair of a non-profit called PluggedIn located in East Palo Alto CA. I served in that capacity for seven years until my resignation from Intel when I moved back to San Francisco. At that time, East Palo Alto … Continue reading
How I evaluate early stage companies
My blog originated when I realized that I was writing the same things to different people over and over again, only at different times. For instance, I found myself giving advice about Prostate Cancer to many men because I had been diagnosed and treated for this. Once I began blogging about prostate cancer, I could … Continue reading
My 2015 Predictions for the Technology Industry
Here we are- it is 2015 and time for my annual Top Ten predictions for the tech industry. I did pretty well last year, which you can see here. I am finding it a bit more difficult this time because so much of what I think is important are really trends and not events, but I will, of course, give it a go.
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How did I do with my predictions for the Tech Industry for 2014?
I am about to write my technology predictions for 2015. I thought it worthwhile to review my previous years predictions. I have copied them over, but you can see how I rated myself. I think I did pretty well, but you can be the judge By the way, I got a lot of comments on … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 