The Interactive Device for the Information Age I was just reading an article I published in the New Telecom Quarterly in 1996. The paper is worth reading in my opinion. It has to do with the government’s role in creating what was at that time called the National Information Infrastructure or as Al Gore called … Continue reading
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The information Furnace
Around 1994 I was speaking of the possibility of developing what I called the information furnace. I used the anology of central heating and said that the idea of having homes with multiple computers each having their own programs and disks was kind of like how the Brits heated their homes. I was … Continue reading
Is user created content the next CB Radio
Check wikipedia for an interesting history of Citizen Band radio. It was an amazing phenomenon in which consumers chatted with each other. Even “chat rooms” developed. But it was not the CB radio but the cellular phone that survived and transformed all our lives (about a billion cell phones are sold a year). Now a … Continue reading
The End of the PC Era
We are entering the fourth era of computing. The fist was the main frame lead by IBM; the second was the mini computer lead by Digital Equipment (where I worked) and the third was the PC which was lead by the combination of Microsoft and Intel. I am afraid the run Intel and Microsoft had … Continue reading
Work those brains
An other important article about brain health can found on the New York Times here. I have two interests here: 1) making sure that I along with every other person that ages, can maintain our brain function and 2) it is major business opportunity. I am an advisor and small investor in Posit Science (www.positscience.com) … Continue reading
Andy Grove by Richard Tedlow
I read this book with great excitement but also a lot of mixed emotions. After all, I spent 15 years (1984-1999) working one heart beat away from Andy (I worked directly for Les Vadasz who like Andy was not really a founder of Intel but was there from day one and actually had badge … Continue reading
Smart Grid (benifit of BPL)
For the las four and a half years I have been on the board (and very active with) an amazing company called Current Technology Group. We use the same distribution system that brings electricity into your home to provided broadband services. Recently we entered into a business relationship with TXU (a major power utility) to provided … Continue reading
Stumbling on Happiness
Now you can find out why you have everything and are still not happy. This is a great book that will give the reader great insight into the choices we all make and why so many times they do not lead to happiness. I think it is could also be considered a marketing/business book. I … Continue reading
The new VC: “Turn on, Tune in and Drop Out”
I am certainly glad I am not a VC at the moment. Barriers to enter have dropped to negative numbers. Everyone one with a good idea and a lot more people with bad ideas are able to create a web 2.0 “business” with the flick of a mouse. For me this means the signal to noise ratio has … Continue reading
We are all going to live long but we might not know it
For a long time, sciences have worked on ways to extend our lives but not our minds The result is predictable or at least many of thought so. But now it turns out the science has discovered that the brain (home of the mind) is more like a muscle than was thought. Meaning that it … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 