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Born to blast
I just came back from a three day trip to Silicon Valley. I rarely visit Silicon Valley ever since that day in April 1999 when I turned in my badge at Intel and drove to my new home in San Francisco. My primary reason for the trip was to see my dad who lives in … Continue reading
Mark Zuckerberg smarter than I thought
I don’t know Zuckerberg and I have yet to see the movie. My sense of him was that he was rather unsophisticated in financial matters (and certainly legal ones). But now that I understand the “100 million dollar donation”, my opinion has changed. Continue reading
Intel secures its future (maybe)
I believe that security and protection of information is both an opportunity for Intel and by its absence a limitation to Intel and all the other computer companies. Continue reading
Built to Blast
The days of building a company to last may be over. Now we are building companies to blast. Continue reading
Facebook: Take the money and run!
I really enjoy Facebook. But actually what I really enjoy is interacting with my friends. I probably don’t really like the company Facebook that much. Continue reading
Andy Grove: Only half right
Andy wrote an article about job creation or the lack of said recently. I think Andy is totally right that f high tech start ups are not the answer to domestic job creation. Large scale job creation for high tech can only happen if there is local manufacturing and I do not see that in the world we now live in. But I was shocked that Andy, felt that taxing products that contained outside labor was a good idea. It is an awful idea in my opinion. Continue reading
Why companies fail to make transitions
So why can companies not make it through these transitions? It is pretty simple: They would have to take the lead in destroying their own business. Continue reading
The Road Behind
There is an interesting review of Bill Gate’s pedictions from his book “The Road Ahead”. Bill Gates was never very good at seeing the technology future. Frankly, I was not impressed with his understanding of technology. And what I found scary was that he believed that he was a technology visionary. While I meet him … Continue reading
Adobe reborn (at least for me)
While I do think Adobe has a number of issues in their customer interface, there willingness to hear about the issue and take corrective actions speaks well for that company. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 