On July 4, 1976, the first Viking spacecraft was scheduled to land on Mars. Caution dictated a delay of a couple of weeks until Neilsday, but nevertheless... I'll shamelessly take advantage of the July 4th peg for a blog post on the topic. … [Read more...]
Pindrop Security Shoots for the Moon
June 24, 2013 by
A news article a couple of weeks ago announced an $11 million investment in one of our local startups, Pindrop Security. You can read it in the local Atlanta Business Chronicle or in USA Today. … [Read more...]
Crowdfunding
May 31, 2013 by
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year or so, you've heard of crowdfunding. I know a lot of people who have participated in campaigns on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and more. I've backed a few myself. But that's been as a way to fund development of better iPhone peripherals, or an independent film, or even to convince a touring … [Read more...]
Twitter Thoughts
May 18, 2013 by
I tweet too much. I know, it's not a good use of my time. I should be reading "War and Peace" instead. In the original Russian. But I like Twitter. It feeds my need for serendipity and I've met interesting people in real life that I would not have met without Twitter. So let's examine the idea that Twitter is a way of peering into … [Read more...]
Social Engineering
April 30, 2013 by
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to be invited to an internal lecture at Mailchimp, right across the parking lot from our AMAC team. (If you aren't familiar with Mailchimp, they rock! Great solution for any sort of email marketing or email list management. Better than Constant Contact, and local!) The speaker was Kevin Mitnick. … [Read more...]
Roger Ebert’s Rules for Twitter
April 12, 2013 by
In reading the eulogies on Roger Ebert's death (RIP), I encountered his Rules for Twitter. You should read the whole article, but I'm extracting the key paragraph for me and posting it here: … [Read more...]
Bitter Pill of Healthcare Costs
February 24, 2013 by
In its March 4th issue, TIME magazine published its "longest single piece ever published by a single writer": Steven Brill's article on healthcare costs. It's available free online, even if you don't subscribe (click here). I started reading it, then backed up to the beginning and started taking notes. Brill did a great job of reporting with this … [Read more...]
Panasonic
January 2, 2013 by
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe, restful, and joyful holiday. Welcome back to what's sure to be an eventful 2013! I wanted to tell you a little about one of our newest neighbors in Centergy: Panasonic Automotive Systems (PAS). It's an interesting story about the power of place; EI2 and Georgia Tech play a critical role. … [Read more...]
Bem-vindo ao Brasil!
December 1, 2012 by
In October, I got a call from Yves Berthelot, our Vice Provost for International Affairs. He'd been invited to participate in a Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce economic development trip to Brazil, but he was going to be in Singapore at the time. He knew that I had a special interest in Brazil... would I like to go if he picked up the travel … [Read more...]
The More Things Change…
November 23, 2012 by
...the more they stay the same. Cissa and I have been doing some housecleaning for the holidays, and I found a copy of the inaugural edition of the now-defunct Digital South magazine, published in early 1997. I scanned about a dozen pages into a PDF (linked to the image above), but read these excerpts: … [Read more...]
