Brazilian Adventure – Day 3

Captain Bill Minkoff already had 100+ hours of flight time in the Phenom 100 but I think he was as enthusiastic as I to take the plane for a workout. And a workout it was. The initial climb to 41,000 feet took about a half hour. Once at a reduced speed, Bill put down the landing […]

Brazilian Adventure – Day 2

The flight arrived on time in Sao Paulo and things went smoothly through immigration and customs. An Embraer driver was waiting to take me up to San Jose dos Campos — about 75 miles north of Sao Paulo. Sao Jose dos Campos is a city of more than 600,000 people and headquarters of Embraer, the […]

DEMOfall in San Diego – 2009

There was a short overnight in Telluride with some friends and then on to San Diego for DEMOfall. Demo continues to be my favorite conference — the semi-annual event attracted nearly 600 attendees. The Demo conference allows entrepreneurs to show off new gadgets, software, hardware and business ideas and enables the press, analysts, investors, and […]

Brazilian Adventure – Day 1

It was a great summer and now it seems so long ago. September was a blur with board meetings, charitable events, a high school reunion, the marriage of one of my sons, a trip to Demo in San Diego with a stopover along the way in Telluride with some friends, and then the business trip […]

Knovel Interview

Prior to the Special Libraries Association convention at the Washington Convention Center in June there was an interview arranged by Knovel Corporation. The video, which you can view below, was used on displays around the convention center and then made it’s way to the Knovel Blog. The conference closed with a panel which was moderated […]