More on Open IX
Two months back I put out a post you may have read entitled OPEN IX COMING TO THE USA. I was thrilled to engage quickly after this was released with almost a dozen readers wanting to learn more and also provide more clarity as to what was, and was not, happening with...
Future of Money TV Series
PLEASE CLICK ON THE LINK ABOVE VIEW THE VIDEO/CAMPAIGN AND HELP SUPPORT HEATHER MAKE THIS A REALITY! I've put my money where my mouth is here as well and joined the campaign as a City Executive Producer weeks ago because I believe educating as many people as possible...
NODE+ Forum 2013
I love Makers and Big Ideas and I would like to highlight here an event hosted by one such Maker, Manifester and good friend, Alex Lavidge, who has spent the last few months producing the NODE+ FORUM 2013 taking place in San Francisco this upcoming Tuesday November...
Interview with Colovore: New High Density Colocation Provider in Silicon Valley
The Colovore team above, from left to right: Ben Coughlin - CFO & Co-Founder Michael Hegarty - Sales Manager Peter Harrison - CTO & Co-Founder Mike Pawlak - Web Systems Administrator Sean Holzknecht - President & Co-Founder Pascal Prophete - Operations...
Fiber Optics Changing the Game… Again
I'll keep this short and sweet and let you do the learning on your own, but in brief, Intel and others have found new ways to leverage lasers and other fiber optics to make processors that are A LOT faster. The reality is that these new chips will in fact require less...
The Internet Must Go
"The Internet Must Go" is a short documentary about Net Neutrality (see trailer below) that I feel EVERYONE who uses the internet, for any purpose, MUST watch. It's smart, funny and speaks to exactly what is going on and why it matters to EVERYONE. "In 2012, market...
Data Center Industry Boot Camp
Two months ago, on Tuesday July 16th and Wednesday 17th, myself and 20 other individuals convened in a swanky new conference room at the 2805 Lafayette Digital Realty Trust Data Center in Santa Clara, CA to get down and dirty on all things data center....
$10 Million Tech Fund in Santa Cruz
I sat down a few months back with my friend and fellow mover, shaker and DOER Matthew Swinnerton to discuss some of the events over the last decade that lead up to the founding of Santa Cruz Geeks, NextSpace (now in 9 locations across the country),...
2013 – OSI Bocce Invitational
After our 2nd annual Bocce event, hosted by OSI and sponsored by Dasher Technologies at Camp di Bocce in Los Gatos, I'm convinced that Bocce makes for the most ideal networking event humanly possible. Here's why: 1. Depending on the size of the crowd, everyone is...
Open IX Coming to the USA
If you have not heard of the concept of Open IX, I strongly recommend you become familiar with it as the tides are turning on this topic here in the states and the seeds that have been planted years ago are starting to bear fruit. Let's get started: WHAT IS OPEN IX?...