Lessons Learned…From My Father
Earlier this month my father and namesake retired at 77 years young after a 55-year career in science. That same day I was asked about...
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Musings on Technology, Capital, Innovation,
Politics, GenX and Random Excerpts from Life
Jul 29, 2016
It’s time to start talking seriously about government and tech
I’ve recently been asked a great deal about government and the tech industry. That’s new and surprising. Over the last decade or so, the...
Jul 15, 2016
Goodbye Silicon Prairie, Hello Chicago School of Technology
For years now, the term “Silicon Prairie” has been applied to the Illinois and Chicago tech communities, in a forced bit of branding that...
Jun 14, 2016
Internet of Things Ecosystems and Collaboration
There is little doubt that the Internet of Things (IoT) is the next big technological advancement. Gartner predicts that by 2020 there...
Jun 6, 2016
The changing nature of collaboration in Chicago
Since the beginning of this year, a recurring question has been popping up in my conversations with Chicago tech professionals: “Why...
Apr 23, 2016
How the Midwest could become be the epicenter for IoT
For tech communities outside of Silicon Valley, there is a lot of talk about how to be “the next Silicon Valley,” the theory being that...
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