Joost, an internet video distribution site has gain an amazing amount of attention. Recently it raised more than 45 million dollars and has a valuation close to 200 million. Joost is in a closed beta (I have been using it for a while). The company owns no content, wires or towers. I doubt (but do not … Continue reading
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HomePlug Rules
I feel vindicated. Around 2002, I jointed the board of Current Group, the leader in Broadband over Powerline (the company provides both a set services and capabilities the will help power utilities mange the power grid which can provided dramatic improvements in reduction of both powerconsumption and green house gases emissions as well as a … Continue reading
Congestion ahead
I am having just been in NYC for a couple of board meetings (see I do work from time to time). Last week, I was in Tokyo which I am found of saying is like New York without the dirt and crime but that is not really fair. New York is like no other place in … Continue reading
Conan Obrien visits Intel
This is a very funny video with Conan O’Brien visiting Intel. I do not know how it happens but it is a typical example of Intel poking fun at itself. The company does have humor although these days they might not be finding as much to laugh about. See the video here. When I interviewed for … Continue reading
Thank for the memories
I am the family historian. Over the last five years I have been pretty much able to put together the story of my family and in some case I am able to cover nine generations from a time before declaration of independence to the birth of my grandchildren. And I have collected photographs that go … Continue reading
Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade
I just had an amazing experience reading Before the Dawn by Nicholas Wade. This book is about how genetics can help us recover the history of man. I learned so much from reading this book and I strongly recommend it. It is easy to read and does not require a deep knowledge of genetics. Combining … Continue reading
Japan and me, then and now
I am in Japan showing my wife Deborah this wonderful country for the first time. I have not been back to Japan since 2000 when I visited with Richard Li (I was on the board of his company PPCW at the time). It was just before the bubble burst and Richard and Massa (Son) were … Continue reading
Those who couldn’t and did
After the last tech bubble burst in 2000, I developed a classification system for the people I knew and or would meet that were shaped by this. It was a two by two matrix to deal with how people handled their stock (including options). There were four possibilities: 1) Those who had stock that … Continue reading
Life 2.0
I am trying to wean myself from being a “human doing “to become a “human being” and have only had moderate success. The trouble with retirement is you no longer enjoy doing what you are good at doing but you are not good at doing what you enjoy. This makes you go back to old … Continue reading
Bush must be thankful for Imus
George Bush must be so thankful for entertainers who do stupid things. They keep the focus of TV news shows away for him. When you look at the priorities of the news organizations (do the reflect the priorities of their audiences or create them) you have to think we are living in a mental institution. … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 