Reed's Ruminations: The Past, Present, and Future
Reflections on science, technology, and computing — leavened by personal experience
Category: Personal
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Everyone Needs to Eat
They were ordinary men, one black and one white. Like most, they lived uneventful lives. Their story has been seldom told – that changes here, now, today. Theirs is a story about the evolving dream that is America.
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Experiencing Microsoft
I spent 25 years as a faculty member, research institute leader and university administrator, and I have now been at Microsoft for two weeks. Hence, some of you may be wondering about my initial experiences and perceptions. Busy, exciting, exhausting and fun – all of those adjectives apply.
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Dan@Microsoft.com
On December 3, I will embark on the next installment of my own future, which will place me in the center of the ever-evolving computing revolution. On that day, I will be joining Microsoft to head a new research initiative (see the Microsoft Research press release and RENCI/UNC press release) in scalable and multicore computing.
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KAUST IT Summit Reflections
From discussions, it is really clear is that the success or failure of KAUST will depend on Saudi Aramco’s ability to recruit world-class faculty to Saudi Arabia. As I noted in my closing comments, the old Zenith marketing slogan remains apt: “The quality goes in before the name goes on.”
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Yo, Head Crashes, Dude!
In a better living through chemistry moment, I then rummaged through my travel kit and downed all the combinations of acetomenephin (Tylenol), naproxen (Aleve) and ibuprofen (Advil) I could find – no help.
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Joe, Java, Espresso: Fueling Innovation
Surprisingly, I completed graduate school without succumbing to caffeine addiction, but I did seem to need coffee to get tenure.