IEEE Hosts Three Silicon Valley Historic Events – Part 3

The last of the three events to honor six IEEE Milestones and the 50th Anniversary of the Internet took place on Monday May 20^th, 2024 at the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, CA.

Titled “IEEE Milestone Celebration: TCP, 802 Standards, and Google” the event added three new plaques to the CHM’s Front Wall IEEE Milestone Plaques. These are duplicate plaques as the originals are placed at a location related to the work that led to the Milestone Award. In addition to the three mentioned, the three Milestones awarded to SRI PARC on Friday, May 17 were also added to the CHM Front Wall, bringing the total number to 26!

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IEEE Hosts Three Silicon Valley Historic Events – Part 2

There is something special about a sunny spring morning in Palo Alto. It makes you feel like anything is possible. On this memorable day of anniversary we heard from many people who acted on what’s achievable over the course of their careers.

The second day of the recent events to honor Silicon Valley history “A Celebration of 50 Years of the Internet” took place at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto on Sunday May 19, 2024.

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IEEE Hosts Three Silicon Valley Historic Events – Part 1

Last month Brian Berg, IEEE History Committee Vice Chair, IEEE Milestone Coordinator, and IEEE Region 6 History Chair, invited me to attend and photograph three events to honor six new IEEE Milestones and the 50th Anniversary of the Internet. The events included:

– The Office of the Future: 3 IEEE Milestones Honoring SRI and Its Xerox PARC Heritage

– A Celebration of 50 Years of the Internet

– IEEE Milestone Celebration: TCP, 802 Standards, and Google

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Career Path – Part 2

I went to lunch with one of my most favorite graduate school colleagues a few weeks ago. She recalled my blog post, “Toughest Teacher Paves Career Path” and asked me how that actually happened. Here is the next part of the story.

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Getting to Common Ground

During my tenure as a Client Services Manager for the IEEE I did presentations and training events all over the world. I traveled to many countries in Asia, South America, Europe, the United Kingdom and made frequent trips to the Middle East. I’ve been to Egypt, Lebanon, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Jordan. I gave a keynote speech at a technical conference in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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A Photographers Tips for Zoom (WebEx, GoTo) Meetings

I’ve been incredibly lucky to have had several wonderful mentors in my experiences with photography. When I was about 14 or 15, my friend’s father recognized my interest and actually offered me paid work!

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PG&E Part III – Implement a Knowledge Based Culture

Many of the readers of this blog know I was employed by the “premium content” electronic publishing industry for almost forty years. In our positioning of products to our clients, we would often discuss the need for a knowledge-based culture. This was especially important with our corporate audience with the closing or absence of libraries.

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Toughest Teacher Paves Career Path

We’ve all had teachers like this. Fierce reputation. Toughest teacher in the school. Or, maybe later, a professor. “You’ll never get an A.” “Will try to intimidate you.” “Very demanding.” These or similar comments were often heard from fellow students.

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