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  • Autonomous Vehicles Parallel Broadband

    Autonomous Vehicles Parallel Broadband

    Find a New Audience and Be a Rock Star A lesson learned many years ago is that one way to look like a “rock star” is to speak to a group that doesn’t know much about your topic. In my case, a talk I gave in June 1993 regarding cable modems to telephone and fiber…

  • Viodi View – 11/03/14

    Viodi View – 11/03/14

    Taking care of their own, finding and nurturing local talent and giving back to the community sets the San Francisco Giants apart from other professional sports organizations, to paraphrase one of the many speakers at the boisterous parade held for the improbable 2014 World Series Champions. It was also said that this sort of event is one…

  • Autonomous Vehicle View – 11/03/14

    Autonomous Vehicle View – 11/03/14

    [Note: This is a biweekly round-up of some of the articles on autonomous vehicles that elicited commentary from this author. Note, with all the buzz about autonomous vehicles, this list isn’t comprehensive.] Riding my bike yesterday in a neighborhood bypassed by the relatively new wealth generated by the tech companies of Silicon Valley, I spotted an…

  • Highlights of “How Google Works” at the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley

    Highlights of “How Google Works” at the Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley

    Introduction: Google is well-known for its unique philosophy, culture and innovative spirit. From Android smart phones/tablets, wearable devices to self-driving cars, Google continues to push the boundaries of what is possible with technology. On October 2, 2014, Eric Schmidt, Google Executive Chairman and Former CEO, joined co-author and Google Advisor Jonathan Rosenberg to discuss “How Google…

  • Viodi View – 10/20/14

    Viodi View – 10/20/14

    The melding of broadband and the cloud with the physical world; the so-called Internet of Things (IoT) will be bigger than the Internet. The resulting creative destruction caused by this next wave will be even bigger than what the Internet has caused over the past 20 years. Scroll to the bottom to learn about a presentation with one…

  • Autonomous Vehicle View – 10/17/14 – Blurred Lines

    Autonomous Vehicle View – 10/17/14 – Blurred Lines

    Michael Robinson’s Vision of How the Cloud and Autonomous Vehicles Will Change Everything The cloud is blurring the lines between things that were once disparate. This was the high-level message provided by renowned automobile designer, Michael Robinson, as he gave his vision of the future at the Belron 2014 conference. With 24,000 employees, Belron is the world’s…