Lunch at the California Grill - Malts and Talk
Rick Bentley, a Berkeley physics alum, has been written up by Mike Cassidy of the Merc in a really great article on Rick's experiences in Baghdad and running a security startup, Connexed. Not that I'm surprised - I introduced Rick to Mike and got to ......Posted by lynne at 10:08
The Dying American Dream and Irrational Joylessness
Mike Cassidy of the Merc wrote a nice essay on the casualties of the dot-com bubble selling out and leaving Silicon Valley. Not all of the people who worked hard here cashed out or got rich - actually, only a few did really well, although most everyone...Posted by lynne at 10:55
How Tech Really Happens
Mike Cassidy and I were chatting about the difficulties of getting away from work. Most people like to go home and really forget about work, but that's not how it is in the startup world. In startups, you're always having new ideas and working on new......Posted by lynne at 12:05
Trading Places in Silicon Valley
I was feeling low on a rainy day, and then read Mike Cassidy's story about a Santa Cruz family and their "reality" check on "trading spouses". It really made me laugh. Check it out - it'll chase those blues away. Remember what the reality show biz di......Posted by lynne at 09:58
Paternalism and Corporate America
Mike Cassidy of the Merc wrote a thoughtful piece about how companies need to be "taking care" of their workers better in these tough economic times. Now, I have no problem with fairness as both an employer and employee, and I think workplaces are fa......Posted by lynne at 12:15
Fun Friday - Fetches, Kvetches, and Hammerlund Catches
Well, it's Friday so I suppose I should go through the odds and ends catagory. The first item is a story about Rambus latest patent to speed up graphics. Dean Takahashi of the Merc is breathless in his admiration, "Micro-threading is the brainchild o......Posted by lynne at 14:10
A ROSE is a ROSE - Reordering Segment Engine
Ashlee Vance wrote that Intel will be introducting "I/O Acceleration Technology" to "attack greedy TCP/IP stack" consumption - in other words, latency through the stack. "Customers often find that their servers spend an inordinate amount of time deal......Posted by lynne at 17:27