News Update

There have been a number of interactions with the press in the past couple of months. An email exchange with Keith Ryan, Managing Editor at Caspian Publishing in London resulted in a story called Beyond Blue Skies. A podcast by by John Furrier was called Time-Machine 1995 and appeared in “Always-On“. Finally, Worthwhile Magazine ran […]

Disasters And The Gift Of Knowledge

Natural and unnatural disasters have been happening for all of recorded time. The common element to all disasters that I can remember has been the incredible outpouring of assistance from not only immediate neighbors of those affected, but also from strangers thousands of miles away. The assistance comes in the form of money, people opening […]

Joe Kreitz — Retiring

Dear Joe, Congratulations on your retirement from IBM. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were both in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the branch office. I am sure you are very proud of your nearly thirty-nine years with the company. You contributed a great deal — especially in squeezing many dollars of revenue and profit […]

Irving’s Blog

I first met Irving Wladawsky-Berger sometime in 1992. I was impressed with his keen interest in technology and the things I was working on. We have continued as friends and colleagues ever since. Irving has had a distinguished career at IBM including heading up the IT group in IBM Research, getting IBM into the supercomputer […]

Wow!

A search at Google for "Wow" yields more than 20 million matches. A visit to the Wiktionary finds that "wow" means "an indication of excitement or surprise. A typical expression, according to the Wiktionary is "Wow! How do they do that?". If you visit the Danbury Hospital Wellness on Wheels van, I guarantee that you […]