Tv shows. Tv shows. Silicon Valley: The Next Decade. Posted on Thursday, Jun 2nd 2011 Amidst incessant talks of bubbles and baubles, it is clear that Silicon Valley is back. With a vengeance, no less. Innovation is back. Leadership is back. IPOs are back. The technology industry has shaken off the post-dotcom malaise and is once again exciting. Now is perhaps a good time to stop for a moment and reflect on what this coming decade will be all about for the Valley and its denizens.
I will share some of my thoughts, but mostly, I’d like to hear from readers on what you’d like to see happen over the next decade in Silicon Valley. Philosophy My vision of what Silicon Valley needs to focus on is best described by the title of Michael Dertouzos’s book The Unfinished Revolution. For example, the technology that makes it possible for a digital worker in rural Africa or small-town India to work on data processing projects already exists.
In some of these areas, Silicon Valley has already played a phenomenal role. The Renaissance Mind. Silicon Valley: The Next Decade (Part 3) Posted on Sunday, Jun 5th 2011 The Money and How It Is Applied Of course, the models discussed are predicated upon the fact that the patrons and salonniers had money and were willing to spend it on fostering a community of artists and intellectuals without directly benefiting from such an “investment.” In Silicon Valley, we have plenty of money. There will be more as the next wave of IPOs and acquisitions happen. We are also already a magnet for talented engineers and entrepreneurs because the Valley’s wealthy shower investment on promising startups as angel investors. However, I am not so sure that the Valley’s wealthy will put in the same effort to go find the next Botticelli and invite him to come live on their estates in Atherton or Woodside, as Lorenzo would.
This effort, if Silicon Valley’s elite can rise to the challenge, will make the crucial difference. We have the money here. For Silicon Valley, a social and cultural “growing up” is in order. Silicon Valley: Vision 2020. Silicon Valley: The Next Decade (Part 2) Posted on Saturday, Jun 4th 2011 How Do You Foster Renaissance Thinking?
Each period of renaissance from history saw great congregations of talented people from multiple disciplines in certain cities or regions. Two prominent examples are Florence under the Medicis and Elizabethan England. Artists, writers, scientists, and philosophers were in the same place, working close to each other and exchanging ideas on a regular basis. In contrast, Silicon Valley is ill-equipped for Renaissance thinking. While we have great technologists residing here, we certainly do not have great artists or musicians collaborating with them. Over the years, I have spoken with art gallery owners who have complained that Silicon Valley’s elite lack taste and do not buy art.
One of the first things that needs to happen is a concerted effort to expand the social framework of Silicon Valley from a nerdville to a more well-rounded, sophisticated, and interesting place. Many of our nerds are absolutely brilliant. A Brief History of Moore's Law and The Next Generation of Computer Chips and Semiconductors - Dr. Kaku's Universe - Big Think. Super-powerful desktop computers, video game systems, cars, iPads, iPods, tablet computers, cellular phones, microwave ovens, high-def television… Most of the luxuries we enjoy during our daily lives are a result of the tremendous advancements of computing power which was made possible by the development of the transistor.
The first patent for transistors was filed in Canada in 1925 by Julius Edgar Lilienfeld; this patent, however, did not include any information about devices that would actually be built using the technology. Later, in 1934, the German inventor Oskar Heil patented a similar device, but it really wasn’t until 1947 that John Bardeen and Walter Brattain at Bell Telephone Labs produced the first point-contact transistor. During their initial testing phases, they produced a few of them and assembled an audio amplifier which was later presented to various Bell Labs executives. Cosas Curiosas de Twitter que te Pueden Interesar. Hola gente de bien. Twitter está en boca de todos pero ¿qué sabemos realmente de Twitter?
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