31 hours to get there, but worth it
Reflection – written February 25, 1997 My second 1997 journey to Asia started with a flight on United Airlines to San Francisco on Saturday morning, February 22. During my stop in San Francisco I checked in for my first ever flight with Air China. It was my second trip to China but the first with […]
Delivering a keynote talk is so exhilarating
Reflection – written February 13 , 1997 It is so exhilarating to be up there at the podium sharing a vision of the future of the Internet with 2,500 people! I know when I address such a large audience that some of the people know a lot more than I do and that some will […]
Talking with students is really stimulating
Reflection – written February 12 , 1997 Occasionally I get an invitation to speak about the Future of the Internet at a university. In the summer of 1996 I visited Lehigh University (my alma mater) and spoke at a combined session of the ACM and IEEE membership. This was a technical audience. I asked how many were writing Java […]
Peking duck and Sumo wrestlers
Reflection – written January 22 , 1997 The first day I made an early start from the hotel and went to visit Konishiki-zeki at his Sumo wrestler garage. Next I traveled to Yamato, Japan. It was quite a drive from Tokyo but the taxi driver had a GPS receiver and display. Got us right to […]
