Amazon Growing Seattle
The population of Seattle was 609 thousand in 2010, and the population now is 746 thousand. Much of the growth is accounted for by Amazon, which now has 40,000 employees in the city. We left for our family cruise to Alaska a day early to spend some time with a family member who lives in […]
Ridgefield Smart Home Update
I am looking forward to getting back home and posting new stories about breakthrough healthcare technology. The past week has been a joy to be in Alaska with my wife, four kids and spouses, and six grandkids. Our group of 14 have had a great time exploring the Ruby Princess and the beautiful state of Alaska. […]
IBM exec’s Ridgefield ‘smart home’ has attitude
I hope this will be my last post about the Ridgefield home. Trayor Lesnock, president and founder of Platinum Luxury Auctions and I were interviewed today by Anna Quinn at Danbury’s newstimes. The full story is here. The Wall Street Journal story is here and the Platinum Luxury Auction page is here. The video with the drone […]
Regulation or Strangulation?
Regulation is needed in many areas, like banking and healthcare. Sometimes, however, regulators get carried away, and strangle innovation with too much regulation. This almost happened with Bitcoin. The regulation we need I call light regulation. In 1995, I was Chairman of the Global Internet Project. The board and I traveled around the world meeting […]
La Sagrada Familia Correction
As I read and write about artificial intelligence, perhaps I should think a bit more about real intelligence — like arithmetic. Construction of La Sagrada Familia began in 1882 and is expected to be completed in 2026 or 2028. How could something take more than 140 years to build? (not 40 years as originally posted) […]
