First Quarter Conferences
The first quarter is going to be very busy. I plan to attend seven conferences and speak at five of them. Engagement calendar is now updated for 2005.
Word Craft
On the way to Brazil in October 2004, I read a book called Word Craft by Alex Frankel . The subject of the book is "naming", topic I have always been interested in. Frankel did a good job of getting behind the scenes at some of the top consulting companies that focus exclusively on coining […]
Two Cent Toyota
Doug Kaye at IT Conversations told me that Halley Suitt’s interview with me on her "Memory Lane" program has had 2,500 listeners. One of them was Ken Corneliusen, a fellow alumus of electrical engineering school at Lehigh University. Ken liked the mention of Lego’s but corrected my comment in the interview that Legos were not […]
Memory Lane
Doug Kaye believes in "New Ideas Through Your Headphones". He is producer of IT Conversations, a source of listener-supported audio programs, interviews and important events. Halley Suitt is a writer in Boston who loves to interview people for her program called "Memory Lane". It was a lot of fun to talk with her about some […]
Patent Commons
The United States granted the first patent to Samuel Hopkins of Pittsford, Vermont in 1790. Mr. Hopkin’s idea had to do with making potash which in turn was used in making glass and in various industrial processes.Two other major patents granted the same year were related to making candles and milling flour. On January 11, […]
