Category Archives: Geek
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech “Connecting the Dots”
On June 12, 2005, Ateve Jobs, the iconic co-founder of Apple and Pixar Animation Studios, addressed the 2005 Stanford class in a commencement (the university’s 114th commencement) speech labelled “Connecting the dots”.
As video use grew in popularity in the internet via the use of Youtube and similar tools/companies, the recording of the speech grew in ……
Steve Jobs, The Lost Interview, by Robert Cringely, watch online for free
In 1995, two years before Steve Job’s return to Apple, he was interviewed by Robert Cringley. At that time, Steve Jobs was running Next, the company he founded after being ousted from Apple by John Sculley, the CEO Jobs had brought from Pepsi to take the company with him to the next level.
Robert Cringely interviewed ……
Mark Zuckerberg: Inside Facebook
When Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO, used to stay up in his Harvard dorm to code away the night and effectively build the embryo of Facebook, little did he know he would become one of the cultural icons of the beginning of the XXIst century.
Facebook’s story has fueled popular imagination, from the richness its ……
A quick look at the European Cookie Banning Law!
Not so long ago, in 2009, the European Commission passed a law regulating the use of cookies for all companies operating in the internet. The deadline for the adoption of the law was May 2011, only 3 of the European Countries embraced such regulation!… Continue reading
Amazon’s Amazing Logistics Robots!
Amazon.com, world leader in e-commerce, recently bought Kiva Systems for a US$600m consideration. The reason behind this acquisition are Kiva’s amazing robots, which Amazon uses to improve the logistics of their immense warehouses.… Continue reading