Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck
Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck — What It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur and Build a Great Business is a new book by Anthony K. Tjan, Richard J. Harrington, and Tsun-Yan Hsieh. I first met Tony Tjan in 2006 when he was doing some consulting work for Knovel Corporation in New York, where I am […]
E-Books From Your Local Library
Libraries are trying their best to make borrowing e-books convenient, but publishers are not making it easy. See E-Books Are Easier to Borrow, Just Be Prepared to Wait. The New York Times story said that e-book borrowing is preceded by e-book waiting. I decided to take a look a virtual visit to the library in Ridgefield, […]
My Doctoral Journey – Part 4
I really appreciate the support from my friends and family for my decision 17 months ago to begin the doctoral journey. I promised periodic updates and that is the purpose of this posting. I have now completed 27 credits of coursework out of the rquired 62 — approxmiately 43%. I completed a course in health […]
Where Were You When…?
November 1995 (edited September 11, 2003 and November 23, 2011) Most of us remember vividly where we were on September 11, 2001. In my case, I was in Danbury, Connecticut in the board room at Bristol Technology meeting with their CEO, Keith Blackwell. Remember where you were when you first heard that President Kennedy was […]
BioEverything – Part 3
In 1963 there were two tracks that an electrical engineering student at Lehigh University could choose from — electronics or power. Electronics was about solid state devices such as transistors. (The Intel 4-bit 4004, now four decades old, was not to come until 1971). The “power” track was mostly about electric motors and power generation. […]
