I am still trying to process my recent eight day experience in Israel. I entered Israel from Egypt, driving from Sharm el Sheikh to the Israeli border at Talba and walked into Eilat. The trip through Sinai was amazing, awesome and beautiful. It took me about ten minutes to cross the border and neither side … Continue reading
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Sinai and Gaza
Today, in the tour office where I was arranging a boat trip for tomorrow, I saw a map. It showed three countries, Egypt, Palestine (which covered all the area of Palestine and Israel) and Jordon. Not one Israeli city was on the map include Eilat. I wondered if this was an old map, a current map or a horrible dream of a future without Israel. It was ironic that I saw this in a tour office. Israel was the country the developed Sharm as a tourist destination during the period it occupied Sinai and it turned all that over to the Egyptians who built extended the work the Israelis did in developing Sharm as a tourist destination Continue reading
Intel secures its future (maybe)
I believe that security and protection of information is both an opportunity for Intel and by its absence a limitation to Intel and all the other computer companies. Continue reading
Built to Blast
The days of building a company to last may be over. Now we are building companies to blast. Continue reading
Facebook: Take the money and run!
I really enjoy Facebook. But actually what I really enjoy is interacting with my friends. I probably don’t really like the company Facebook that much. Continue reading
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The killer app for the Internet is dying
In 1994, I came to the conclusion that advertising would be the “killer app” for the Internet. After serving is purpose, I now believe it is dying. Continue reading
Andy Grove: Only half right
Andy wrote an article about job creation or the lack of said recently. I think Andy is totally right that f high tech start ups are not the answer to domestic job creation. Large scale job creation for high tech can only happen if there is local manufacturing and I do not see that in the world we now live in. But I was shocked that Andy, felt that taxing products that contained outside labor was a good idea. It is an awful idea in my opinion. Continue reading
Why companies fail to make transitions
So why can companies not make it through these transitions? It is pretty simple: They would have to take the lead in destroying their own business. Continue reading
Happy Memorial day! Would you like chicken or steak?
Please read this op-ed by Bob Herbert. I could not have said it better. Frankly, I think we deserve everything we are about to get but do our children and their children deserve it? If they survive and I really mean this question, they will hate us for what we did to their future by our shameful greed, neglect, ignorance and laziness. Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 