The Slide Rule
Technology museum at the corner of my workshop The Slide Rule I just finished reading The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution by T.R. Reid. Reid did an enormous amount of research on all the names and technologies of the 1950s and 60s. I was an electrical engineering student from […]
When Have We Seen Enough Drug Advertising?
Custom image created by Perplexity AI When Have We Seen Enough Drug Ads on TV? One of the topics I have written numerous magazine articles about and been on-the-air in interviews about has been direct-to-consumer (DTC) TV advertising of prescription drugs. I felt strongly about the issue more than ten years ago and feel even […]
Advertising
Custom image created by Perplexity AI Advertising I am on the road to recovery. Since discharge from the rehabilitation hospital, I have been exercising every day. Either mid-morning or mid-afternoon, I head downstairs to the home gym. Six weeks ago I could not go up and down stairs. I start out with 15 minutes on […]
Digital Democracy Project
Serving on boards, both corporate and non-profit, is a very rewarding experience. Not financially — but in the sense that you have been able to help with a new idea, or to share an experience that can be helpful. I have been privileged to have served on a number of boards. The two largest organizations […]
Quantum Computing
Dr. Mark Hirko, Dr. Paul Wright, Dr. John Patrick at Watson Research Quantum Computing What looks like a fancy chandelier in the picture is actually the heart of an IBM quantum computer. AI is still at the top of my list of technologies which is changing the world, but another transformative technology further out but […]