Reviews
Feb. 1, 2012 CICC UC Berkeley Israel High Tech
On February 1, 2012 at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, hosted ”Israel Through The High Tech Lens.” Kenneth Bamberger of the Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society welcomed the crowd. Daniela Kretchmer of MIT Sloan … Continue reading
Jan. 26, 2012 STC Joe Welinske Optimize Googleability
On January 26, 2012 in Santa Clara, the STC Silicon Valley Chapter hosted Joe Welinske of WritersUA to speak about “Optimizing the Googleability of Your Content.” To get a higher rank with search engine optimization (SEO), create fresh HTML content … Continue reading
Jan. 25, 2012 SVEC Scholarship Banquet Info
On January 25, 2012 in Sunnyvale at Ozen Engineering, SVEC Council quarterly full council meeting. The E-Week banquet on Friday, February 24, 2012 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose. You can register at http://svecbanquet2012.eventbrite.com/ This year the keynote speaker will … Continue reading
Jan. 21, 2012 STC Touchstone Awards
On January 21, 2012 in Oakland at the Highland Hills Country Club, STC Berkeley Chapter hosted this year’s Touchstone Awards. The competition is intense and the judging is tough. The STC Silicon Valley Chapter website won. As the content developer, … Continue reading
Jan. 19, 2012 SVForum SVASE Merger
Jan. 19, 2012 in Redwood City at the Sobrato Center for Nonprofits-Redwood Shores, SVForum and SVASE celebrated the joining of members and resources. SVForum speakers included CEO Chris Gill, Board Member Ann Winblad of Hummer Winblad and Deborah Magid of … Continue reading
Jan.19, 2012 SVForum Clean Tech Sustainability
On Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Palo Alto at SAP, SVForum held a Clean Technology Conference on Sustainability. Industry leaders noted the continued demand for sustainable technolgies and business processes. A PWC report that $891 million dollars were raised by … Continue reading
Jan. 12, 2012 SVForum Volunteers
On Thursday January 12, 2012 in Redwood City at Sobrato Center, SVForum held its annual event to recognize its volunteers. CEO Chris Gill welcomed members from SVForum, SVASE and the East Bay Group. Dave Nielsen spoke about the growing … Continue reading
Extraordinary Ordinary People
A Memoir Of A Family By Condoleezza Rice Born in the segregated South, Condoleezza Rice was fortunate to be the only child of educated upper class parents. She was fortunate to benefit from the Civil Rights movement with opportunity to choose … Continue reading
Gabby
A Story Of Courage And Hope Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly This is story of two remarkable people who found each other and struggled to survive an attack that had consequences far beyond anything anyone could imagine. On January 8, … Continue reading
Blind Allegiance To Sarah Palin
By Frank Bailey It was inevitable that someone who worked with Sarah Palin would write a revealing book. Nowadays it doesn’t even have to be a book. The story can go viral online and spread around the world with no … Continue reading
The War For Late Night
When Leno Went Early And Television Went Crazy By Bill Carter Carter reminds us that show business is a business. His previous book on late night talked about how Jay Leno maneuvered David Letterman out of the job that Johnny … Continue reading
Steve Jobs
By Walter Isaacson This is a hard review to write. There has been some discussion about if this is a good authorized biography. People seem to forget it will be the only authorized biography. I had an advanced copy but … Continue reading
The Dogs Of War
The Courage, Love, And Loyalty Of Military Working Dogs By Lisa Roga A simply written book about dogs in the military. This is book has useful references to other sources. You can learn how to interact with dogs used for … Continue reading
Dec. 15, 2011 STC Holiday Schmooze
On Thursday December 15, 2011 in Mountain View at Chevy’s, the STC Silicon Valley chapter held a Holiday Schmooze. They talked about the upcoming STC Summit in Chicago in May 2012. It is also time to renew your STC membership! Nathaniel … Continue reading
Dec. 15, 2011 STC Schmooze Move to New Chevy’s
On Dec. 15, 2011 the STC Silicon Valley Schmooze is moving from its regular meeting place at Chevy’s in Redwood City to a new Chevy’s at 2116 West El Camino Real in Mountain View starting at 6:00PM. Take the Rengstorff … Continue reading
Dec. 9, 2011 SVEC Jane Evans
On December 9, 2011 in Silicon Valley, it was announced that SVEC Hall of Fame winner Jane Gillespie Evans died at the age of 84. Evans was a longtime member of IEEE and SWE. She will be remembered for her … Continue reading
Dec. 6, 2011 SVForum Solar Trade War China
On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 in San Francisco at Nixon Peabody, SVForum held a Clean Tech Breakfast on “Solar Energy: Competition from China and the Solyndra Aftermath.” Mavis L. Yee of Nixon Peabody moderated panelists Troy Dalbey of Upsolar, Mark Domine of Enfinity … Continue reading
Dec. 6, 2011 Edward Tufte Presenting Data and Information
On Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at the Westin in San Francisco, Edward Tufte spoke to an overflow crowd about analytical design. Tufte is author of three landmark books: “Visual Display Of Quantitative Information”, “Visual Explanations” and “Beautiful Evidence.” He is … Continue reading
Dec. 5, 2011 Hiller Aviation Museum
On December 5, 2011 in San Carlos, I visited the Hiller Aviation Museum. The gift shop has every imaginable toy or model airplane. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Dec. 1, 2011 Computer History Museum Toys
On December 1, 2011 in Mountain View, I visited the Computer History Museum gift shop and saw some fun gift ideas for the holidays. They have robot toys, tree ornaments and baskets woven from high tech materials. My favorite was … Continue reading
Nov. 17, 2011 SVEC Open House
On Thursday, November 17, 2011, in San Jose at the SEMI Global Headquarters, the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC) held its Annual Open House Event In Santa Clara . SVEC president Laura Fechete spoke about SVEC Educational Outreach Programs, Keeper of … Continue reading
Nov. 17, 2011 STC Summit Summary
On November 17, 2011 at the Santa Clara IHOP,, the STC Silicon Valley chapter held a discussion on the STC Summit held last summer in Sacramento. Speakers included Karen Aidi, DJ Cline, Donald Hines, Daniel Doornbos, Dave Hovey, Jennifer Hutton, … Continue reading
Nov. 16, 2011 WCA What’s Hot
On Wednesday November 16, 2011 in Santa Clara at Silicon Valley Bank hosted the WCA12th Annual VC Panel “What’s Hot (and What’s Not) in Mobility.” Carrie Walsh of Silicon Valley Bank moderated panelists Juha Christensen of Progression Partners, Steve Goldberg … Continue reading
Nov. 15, 2011 Tech Museum Test Zone
On Tuesday November 15, 2011 in San Jose, the Tech Museum opened “Test Zone 2011: Interfaces of the New Decade”. The event brought together innovative interactive technology researchers, developers, and users to get a hands-on look at new ways to … Continue reading
Nov. 9, 2011 SVForum New HQ
On November 9, 2011 SVForum gave a tour of its new Redwood City headquarters at Sobrato Center. Copyright 2011 DJ Cline All rights reserved.
Nov. 9, 2011 FastTech Mikkel Svane Zendesk
Nov. 9, 2011 in Redwood City at the Sofitel VentureWire’s hosted FASTech. Maha Ibrahim, General Partner of Canaan Partners and Shawn Carolan, Managing Director of Menlo Ventures interviewed Mikkel Svane, Chief Executive Officer of Zendesk. He talked about how he … Continue reading
Nov. 2, 2011 ASAP Gang Of Four War
On November 2, 2011 in San Jose at Cisco, the ASAP Silicon Valley held “Changing the Game: The Age of the Platform and the 24-Hour Customer.” ASAP leaders Nimma Bakshi of PWC and John Soper of New Paradigms moderated Sherrick … Continue reading