Years ago (early 90s) when I recognized that broadband Internet would create a new medium, I also thought that much of the content would come from individuals but I did not really think about social networks. That is probably because I was such a nerd growing up that I never passed notes around my classroom. Continue reading
Category Archives: about business
Am I still a capitalist at heart or do I just hate government hypocrites
I don’t know if I am still a capitalist at heart. I watched part of the Goldman Sachs hearing and my stomach turned. Not at what Goldman did but the self serving hypocritical people in our government that are suppose to serve us but mostly severing themselves Continue reading
Adobe deserves to die
Adobe treats it customers so badly it deserves to die and die a painful death. Continue reading
iPad Day One
For sometime I have felt the iPad would become the black-hole of media and all media would be sucked into it. Continue reading
The iPad: Not quiet the future but getting close
I have been waiting for the iPad announcement for sometime. The wait was good because it allowed me to use my imagination thinking about what it might be. As my readers know, I have been working with computers since 1966 and for many years, I was able to even had some non trivial effect on … Continue reading
Rob Glaser steps down: The end of an era
What ever you think of Real Networks (I love using its Rhapsody service myself) and what ever you think of Rob, we owe him much as one of the true pioneers of the Internet. Continue reading
Music and the PC
I just got a link (and an email) from Stanly Jungleib who founded Seer Systems and was responsible for the development of the first professional software synthesizer. Stanley had been a member of the group that founded MIDI which is a industry protocol that is still used (I use it almost every day) represent music. … Continue reading
Goodbye Geocities and thanks for everything
Goodbye Geocities! Yahoo has just announced that it is shutting down Geocities. I wanted to say goodbye. We (Intel Capital) made an early investment in Geocities (maybe 1997). I remember the meeting where I first learned about it. One of the people in my organization invited me to a meeting to discuss Geocities with the … Continue reading
Digital Equipment Movie about the Professional Computer Series, 1983
In 1979, my wife and I decided to leave Israel where we had been living for five years with our three children. My specialty was computer in medicine (in particular at that time, the use of computers in Cardiology). I felt very confined professionally and felt that I should either focus on medicine (either research … Continue reading
Apple the Singapore of technology
was once quoted by USA Today calling Apple the Singapore of Technology. I like Singapore actually. It is very clean, very planed and very safe and very controlled. But I would never want to live there. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 