My book is now available for pre-order but only for ebooks at this moment. If you enjoy my blog then I think you will really appreciate my book. If you plan to read the ebook, I would great if you would pre-order now. This will help me a lot. If you want paperback or hardback, … Continue reading
Category Archives: About life in the last third
Andy Grove Demonstrates early Cable Modem as well as ProShare -PC Expo 94
In conducting extensive research for my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck, I recently came across a video of Andy Grove doing the Keynote at PC Expose in 1994. The title of the his speech was “The Ubiquitous PC.” This was at a time that most thought that it would be the TV and … Continue reading
My book is finished
My book is finished after three years of effort. I was pretty sure if it were not for being locked unable to travel for 20 months, I would not have gotten it done. So much work! It is like building a house for the first time. You have no idea what you are undertaking. The … Continue reading
Can my book appeal to women?
I am working with an excellent company called Girl Friday Productions (GRP) to assist me in self publishing my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck. I decided not to get an agent and find a publisher but take responsibility for the publishing it myself. The advent of services like Kindle Direct Publishing have distributed … Continue reading
I just got a peek at the future and it is a bit scary
I just got a peek at the future and it is a bit scary Recently, I have been talking with the CEO of a very interesting Israeli start up. His company has developed a way of getting vital signs just using the camera from a smartphone. Right now they can get heart rate, blood oxygen, … Continue reading
My book is in editing
For the last three years, I have been writing a book. It is called, The Flight of a Wild Duck, an improbable journey through life and technology. It is a combination of stories, history and lessons and focused primarily on the period of 1966 to 2002. During this time, I have neglected this blog. Writing … Continue reading
Marketing or Engineering: Decmate
In doing some research for my book, The Flight of a Wild Duck which will be published in September, I ran across a poster that Ken Olsen had commissioned. I had been looking for it for many years. A few months after joining Digital Equipment in the summer of 1979, I was promoted to Senior … Continue reading
Learning Hebrew at 75
I have tried to live my life in 10-year increments and would often say that ten years is long enough to do things like learn a new language but was not so long that you can feel that you can wait. So here I am at 75 years old (next month) learning a new language, … Continue reading
A little bit of the book
Staying Alive I was seven years old when I began thinking about the universe and my own role in it. Staring at the ceiling in the Stanford Convalescent Home, in Palo Alto, I asked myself why I had such a weak body and such a strong mind. It’s terrifying when you can’t breathe, thinking you … Continue reading
I thought that Israel had a PR problem until I visited Egypt
My wife and I just spent twelve amazing days traveling in Egypt. This is not a travel blog (my wife writes one of those) but is just a collection of some thoughts and observations. However, here are the main travel points: Amazing history going back more than 5,000 years Pyramids, Tombs, Temples Crazy traffic The … Continue reading
