Thoughts

Physics, Technology for good or ill

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“Physics is to the rest of science what machine tools are to engineering. A corollary is that science places power in our hands which can be used for good or ill. Technology has been abused in this way throughout the ages from gunpowder to atomic bombs.” – John Pendry, Imperial College London

Building a company, building a team

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Building a company is no easy task. Building an A+ team is even harder. Building teams from scratch, one that consist of the right kind of folks, with the right vision, and passion, with the right personality, and expertise, one that serves as the “baseline” of what is to come, that is the future culture … Read more

Justice Department takes aim at user generated content

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I just read on Danah's blog about the Justice Department targeting User Generated Content websites… This is serious stuff – there is a very delicate balance here. We are entering different times – but the ideas of peace, freedom, security, privacy and knowledge are constants. Once the line is crossed, it becomes easy to justify … Read more

The key to becoming a successful evangelist

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All successful technologists and evangelists (everyone and anyone working on technology is an evangelist on one level or another) have one thing in common – passion for what they do… This passion is what fuels excitement, and is what makes talking to your evangelist fun, exciting and productive. It is what makes the evangelist better … Read more

The black box approach to management

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A management team might work with a s/w development team directly, with daily involvement. Or, the management team can treat the s/w development team as a black box, where (business) requirements come in and (magically) functional software comes out and is deployed. Many believe on the latter, but fail at the attempt. Unfortunately, the latter … Read more