The future home of Ignition Alley... I especially like the "Door to Nowhere" on the second floor! … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2009
Back to the Moon?
August 23, 2009 by
Forty years after Apollo, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution wanted to run a brief pro/con on "Should we go back to the Moon?" They called Georgia Tech. I volunteered to do "No," and Dr. Loewy from our School of Aerospace Engineering volunteered for "Yes." The catch: a tight limit of 150 words. That's hard. … [Read more...]
ATDC Open Forum Follow-up
August 21, 2009 by
We had two incredible open forum sessions yesterday to discuss the future of ATDC. The Hodges Room was pretty much filled both times, so I suspect nearly 200 people took the time to come down and share their ideas with us. … [Read more...]
Knudsen numbers
August 13, 2009 by
One of the reasons Bud Peterson rocks as the new president of Georgia Tech: When walking him down to the lobby after our all-employee meeting yesterday, we ran into Ken Stewart (Commissioner of Economic Development), and had a brief but useful conversation. I mentioned how great it was to have so many related functions in the Centergy building, … [Read more...]
What’s Our Name?
August 9, 2009 by
Preparing for Dr. Peterson's visit next week, I've been asked "so what's our official abbreviation"? When the Enterprise Innovation Institute was formed four years ago, Martha Schoonmaker made a valiant attempt to ban any sort of abbreviation. But it's ten syllables, and humans are lazy, and some sort of short form was … [Read more...]
Midtown Block Party
August 4, 2009 by
Midtown Atlanta neighborhood block party... hotter than hell, but a lot of fun! … [Read more...]
Posted from Seat 4B…
August 4, 2009 by
...just because I can! In-flight Wi-Fi is cool. … [Read more...]
