Just read the Idea Man by Paul Allen. I don’t usually review books and certainly not here on my blog. And this post is not really a review as much as it is a commentary. The first 50% of the book deals mostly with Paul’s experiences with Bill Gates including the formation of Microsoft and … Continue reading
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Time for a third party?
We are witnessing the end of the roman empire except instead of barbarians we have lobbyists. Today Nickolas Kristof well written column on the recent federal budget crisis, asked were are the adults in congress. My son, Asher, recently wrote something similar on his blog. I do not think we can expect adults in congress. … Continue reading
The Times They Are a Changing
Come gather ’round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You’ll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin’
Then you better start swimmin’
Or you’ll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin’. Continue reading
Egypt: a hope an a plea
The USA, Israel and the other first world democratic states can not keep putting bandages on the economic and political problems of the world. We can not say how wonderful freedom and democracy is but actively deny it to billions of people through the world because we do not trust them. Not dealing with the problems now means dealing with them later when they will only be worse. But of course that is what we do with so many issues. Continue reading
Intel Alumni Panel Discussion
Last month, I chaired a panel at an event held by the Intel Alumni Group. Like many companies with strong cultures, the alumni still identify with the company and therefore with each other. I am still not sure why I agreed to chair the panel Maybe it was because I feel I owe Intel much and the much of the Intel that I owe is now alumni. But probably it was just that I was asked and asked in such a nice way by Bruce Schechter, the founder and president of the Intel Alumni Network. Continue reading
More on Ken Olsen
I continued to think about Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment. Ken was a trustee and major contributor to Gordon College which is a Christen College. Ken was very religious. I never really engaged with him about that but one day he told me that he wanted computers (he meant what would be come personal computers) … Continue reading
Goodbye Ken Olsen
Ken Olsen, the founder of Digital Equipment died yesterday at the age of 84. He was a special and I would say even extraordinary person who had a great impact on the computer industry and on me personally. Continue reading
Sony and Apple
There was an interesting article comparing Sony and Apple. I saw the relationship here especially during the time of Akio Morita (who also had to step down because of illness although he was much older than Jobs). Then came Idei whom I actually knew (I meet him several times when he was head of marketing … Continue reading
The macro meaning of the Egyptian revolt
The median age of an Egyptian is 24 years old. While the Egyptian economy has been growing well over 5% a year during recent times it can not keep up with the number of people entering the work force. In fact none of the developing countries with large youth populations will be able to provide economic opportunity to the their youth who want to find work,marry and have children. Continue reading
Leadership, Vision and Steve Jobs
Like a number of you, I have been thinking about what will happen to Apple when Steve can no longer lead the company. That caused me to ponder the relationship between leading a company and having vision. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 