Below is a description of sorts about I book I am working on. It is actually a great deal of work as I have to conduct a lot of research and assure its accuracy. Now, I need some feedback. I am concerned that the companies, people and events may not be relevant to today’s readers. … Continue reading
As I try to decide if I should write a book, I have been reading or rereading various books about the computer industry. I just finished Jerry Kaplan’s Startup, written in 1995. Jerry founded GO Corporation in 1987 to develop pen-based computers, and I still think the book has value today for those starting technology-based … Continue reading
A small part of the Apple iOS 12 announcement got me thinking: Live Listen. I love spotting little pieces of new technology that can profoundly affect the evolution of human culture: I call them Seeds of Discontinuity. For example, I vividly remember seeing a flip phone in 1999 that had an embedded camera. … Continue reading
I was very sick as a child. It is surprising that I survived. I suffered from serious chronic asthma. Asthma runs in my family. My father had it as well when he was a child. I think mine was brought on by allergies, but also by emotional stress. My father and mother fought all the … Continue reading
Here is a blog post, I don’t have to write. The journalist that did the interview, Yitzi Weiner, left the Huffington Post they took down all his work which I find kind of strange. This included the interview with me. So I am posting it here on my blog. 5 THINGS I WISH SOMEONE … Continue reading
The great comic, Dick Gregory died yesterday, August 19th at the age of 84. He was a great man. You can read about his life here.I only meet Dick once. It was March 1964 at the San Francisco Palace Hotel Sit-in. It was one of a series of protests on behalf of African … Continue reading
I have been cleaning up my home office and I am running into all sorts of interesting materials. One thing I found, I thought would be worth while sharing here. It is a Leadership Effectiveness Analysis that I took while at Intel in 1989. I had joined Intel in 1984 after the failure of Franklin … Continue reading
There has been a lot of discussion in the press about sexual abuse by venture capitalists. As frequent readers of this blog will know, I am not very positive about the venture capital industry which really means I am not very positive about venture capitalists (with some important exceptions). Since I was one of the … Continue reading
The book I am probably not going to write From time to time, I think about writing a book on the evolution of information technology. I am designing it in my head. Sometimes it is divided into three sections, which are simply the past, present and future. Frankly, I am not that interested in the … Continue reading
Today is my birthday. I am 72 years old. While I was being born, the death camp, Auschwitz, was liberated. I always take some time on my birthday to think about what happened there. I read stories of the survivors and the people that liberated them. Look at photos of emaciated bodies. I try to … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 