If you want to stretch your brain a little and contemplate the possible future of mankind, given the advances in technology towards ‘intelligent machines’, then you might enjoy reading this paper that was published in the Winter 1993 issue of Whole Earth Review.
Will we see the ‘end of the human era’ by 2030? What […]
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Guy Kawasaki’s blog pointed me to this great video of a panel he moderated at a CommunityNext event. This is one of the most entertaining entrepreneurship panels I have seen. Check it out!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3962105514239495106&hl=en
Features:
Sean Suhl of Suicide Girls
Akash Garg of hi5
Drew Curtis of Fark
Markus Frind of PlentyofFish
Max Levchin of Slide
James Hong of HotorNot
Edit: I […]
I’m definitely not the only one in the blogosphere thinking that the current web 2.0 revolution has similarities to the dot-com days, bringing about usage of the term ‘bubble 2.0′. In some random web surfing I came across this web 2.0 image from Tim O’Reilly that captures quite well the ‘essence’ of web 2.0
And then […]
I found this essay by Paul Graham to be quite interesting. He talks about some of the reasons why it may make more sense these days for young college grads to start a company rather than ‘get a job’. In particular I agree with the fact that it takes very little resources to […]
I recently started reading Guy Kawasaki’s blog:
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/
There is a reason why this guy is a successful author (8 books), accomplished silicon valley veteran, and frequent speaker. He has a knack for being incredibly entertaining while at the same time incredibly informative. Not only does he know what he’s talking about (through his experience […]
This great series of articles by Robert French explains the interesting history of various landmarks around the bay area (including cooley landing, leslie salt, SLAC, the sunken ship).
http://www.balearntofly.com/links/bay-area-history.html
Fellow pilots will particularly enjoy these articles, because many of these landmarks are use as ‘reporting points’ to establish your position when talking to Air Traffic Control.
Pilots and […]
Flying and High-Tech Entrepreneurship
Published by Ryan Junee February 25th, 2006 in Random. 0 CommentsThis article really hits the nail on the head - explains why two of my biggest passions are flying and high-tech entrepreneurship:
http://www.geibelpr.com/pilot.htm
Now I wonder how to explain my third big passion - my rock band ‘After Effect’.
Most of us here in the valley love reading about successful tech startups. This interesting article in Stanford magazine tells the story of Netflix, it’s founding, growth and vision for the future.
http://www.stanfordalumni.org/news/magazine/2006/janfeb/features/netflix.html
Interesting to note that the real value of the business lies not in its innovative DVD distribution system, but the wealth of customer […]
Landing a Boeing in strong crosswinds…
Published by Ryan Junee August 17th, 2005 in Random. 0 CommentsI stumbled on this video link recently. It shows some amazing landings of Boeing 777s and the like in strong crosswinds (probably as part of the FAA certification). It’s pretty amazing to see these beasts being maneuvered like that.
*Edit* turns out the link I had here went down. Rest assured I found […]
Well, I finally decided to create a public blog. Why? I don’t really know. I just had a sudden urge, and as is typical for me once I get an idea in my head I can’t rest until I do something about it.
Will I keep this up? I hope so, but […]
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