Get Good People Around?  We have Tech.  We Have Markets.  Who needs these silly things? And why do we need corporate governance for a tech firm The stock price will tell us how well the company is going. So begins the monthly meeting of the Watcher Dogs board meeting. It moves into some platitudes and … Continue reading 17235: Getting Good People – the Agile Board Meeting →

Was the Internet designed to withstand a nuclear attack? Common story. Is it true? Rohit and Penelope Othmar explore the origins of the Internet when they review the book Imagineers of War by Sharon Weinberger, a book that discusses the history of ARPA, the Advanced Research Projects Agency.    The answer is not as straightforward … Continue reading We Read It So You Don’t Have To: Imagineers of War →

Was the Internet designed to withstand a nuclear attack? Common story. Is it true? Rohit and Penelope Othmar explore the origins of the Internet when they review the book Imagineers of War by Sharon Weinberger, a book that discusses the history of ARPA, the Advanced Research Projects Agency.    The answer is not as straightforward … Continue reading 17615: Internet as Defense Technology – We Read It So You Don’t Have To →

Not every podcast can boast of an 8-year-old CEO and none can boast of one as insightful as Maddie. To give you a little better understanding of her, we have assembled 3 episodes from last year that help explain how she works and how she is a business leader. Or at least thinks she is … Continue reading 17193: Maddie the CEO (Vol 3) →

Is programming a skill unique to itself or can we learn some fundamental lessons from other fields. Cooking perhaps. In this episode, the podcast goes to one of its favorite restaurants – Washington DC’s Green Rice and Natto – to create an episode that looks at the different kinds of skills you need as a … Continue reading Programs and Cooking →

Is programming a skill unique to itself or can we learn some fundamental lessons from other fields. Cooking perhaps. In this episode, the podcast goes to one of its favorite restaurants – Washington DC’s Green Rice and Natto – to create an episode that looks at the different kinds of skills you need as a … Continue reading 17225: Programs, Expertise and Cooking →

An innocent remark and a story unravels, a story the suggests some of the challenges that women face in trying to climb into the leadership ranks of high technology. It begins with Maddie, student at the Lillian Moller Gilbreth School for Disruptive Innovation, and the CEO of a new startup called “Watcher Dogs” and ends … Continue reading A Young Entrepreneur & a Mother →

An innocent remark and a story unravels, a story the suggests some of the challenges that women face in trying to climb into the leadership ranks of high technology. It begins with Maddie, student at the Lillian Moller Gilbreth School for Disruptive Innovation, and the CEO of a new startup called “Watcher Dogs” and ends … Continue reading 17240: Technology, a Young Entrepreneur & a Mother →

So what’s so bad about Knowledge Engineering? You’re just systematizing what your company knows. Just trying to bring some order to the chaos of the corporate world. However, it always requires a compromise. Squeezing a 7 and a half foot into a 6 and a half Louboutin, as Anna would say. In no situation are … Continue reading The Knowledge Engineered Boyfriend →

So what’s so bad about Knowledge Engineering? You’re just systematizing what your company knows. Just trying to bring some order to the chaos of the corporate world. However, it always requires a compromise. Squeezing a 7 and a half foot into a 6 and a half Louboutin, as Anna would say. In no situation are … Continue reading 17230: Knowledge Engineered Boyfriend →