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Design Discipline and Building a Community: Common Abilities Says HiveLive CEO

Jennifer Jones — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:01:54 +0000

What does being good at design and being able to build a community have in common? Plenty says CEO of HiveLive, John Kembel. Also a consulting associate professor of the Institute of Design at Stanford, Kembel talks to Marketing Voices about how the process of doing good design has similarities to the process of building a good community. The brainstorming and iterative thinking is similar in both professions and empathy for the customer is a solid need as well says Kembel.

Tags: Design, highlive, Institute of Design at Stanford, jenifer jones, Jennifer Jones, john kembel, Marketing Voices, social media, Stanford

Intel’s Craig Barrett: Malaysia’s on Track

Jason Lopez — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:11:37 +0000

Intel’s Craig Barrett says that private companies can’t go it alone when trying to make a difference in developing markets, and neither can governments. In a visit to Malaysia, the chairman of the chip giant stopped off at Penang, where the company has committed itself to help local schools. Barrett, a former professor at Stanford University, is a big believer in education, especially in developing teachers. Barrett also appeared at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology where he delivered a keynote reaffirming his belief that real change can happen when governments and private industry team up.

In this video podcast PodTech producer Jason Lopez captured Barrett’s visits in Penang and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

World Congress on Information Technology Blog

Tags: Intel, Craig Barrett, Malaysia, ICT

Photowalking tour of Stanford University

Robert Scoble — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:58:10 +0000

This is a real treat. Stanford University’s Ian Hsu setup a tour for a fairly large group of photographers. We met Patience Young, who gave us a tour of the Rodin Statue Garden, Bernard Barryte who told us a story about the Burghers of Calais, and Gabe Hoffman and the rest of the hybrid systems lab crew who showed us their quadrotor helicopters. Add in Thomas Hawk and tons of other cool photographers who joined us for the tour and you’ll not just get a great tour of Stanford University from a unique perspective but you’ll learn some photography tips from Thomas as well.

Special thanks go to our photowalkers who contributed their photos to this video:

Thomas Hawk
Robert Scoble
Chris Collins
Jeremy Franklin
Josh Thompson
Jeff Henderson
Jigar Champaneria
David Newman
Min Liu
Matt Roe
Dennis Goedegebuure
“Jadient” on Flickr

If I left anyone out, please accept my sincerest apology.

Tags: Stanford University, Ian Hsu, Patience Young, Rodin Statue Garden, Bernard Barryte, Burghers of Calais, Gabe Hoffman, quadrotor, Thomas Hawk, photographers, photography, photowalkers, Chris Collins, Jeremy Franklin, Josh Thompson, Jeff Henderson, Jigar Champaneria, David Newman, Min Liu, Matt Roe, Dennis Goedegebuure, Jadient, Flickr

Advanced Photographic Research at Stanford with Prof. Marc Levoy

Robert Scoble — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:01:52 +0000

Photographers, don’t miss this one! It’s an interview with Thomas Hawk and Marc Levoy, Stanford University Professor, who is jointly appointed in computer science and electrical engineering. But that’s the geeky way of explaining this dude is doing some radical stuff with cameras. He shows us a camera that can refocus the image AFTER you shoot it! Talks about other research to stitch images together, digitize statues, among many others.

Tags: Thomas Hawk, Marc Levoy, Stanford University

Highlights of Marc Levoy’s “phototalking” interview

Robert Scoble — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:01:03 +0000

Editor’s Choice. Here my editor, Rocky (The Rocman) pulled out some highlights of the interview we did with Marc Levoy, Stanford University Professor who is doing exceptional photographic research.

Tags: The Rocman, Marc Levoy, Stanford University, photographic research

Silicon Valley Turns Out to Honor Top Technologists

Aron Pruiett — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:26:47 +0000

Silicon Valley is not known for paying much attention to its own history but things are changing. The Computer History Museum’s 2007 Fellow Awards was sold out as much of Silicon Valley’s aristocracy turned out for a $250 fund raising dinner that paid tribute to four top technologists: Morris Chang, John Hennessy, David A. Patterson and Charles Thacker.

Morris Chang helped create the fabless chip industry. And in doing so, he created a massive innovation platform by enabling small bands of chip designers to buy production time as they needed it. Chip companies no longer needed to own and maintain hugely expensive chip fabs.

John Hennessy helped develop the RISC microprocessor, whose features are found in all modern microprocessors. As president of Stanford University, he has made huge contributions to education, and the creation of a student body that has gone on to found many of Silicon Valley’s largest companies. And his work has helped generate huge licensing revenue for the university.

David Patterson made important contributions to microprocessor design and RAID data storage technologies. As head of Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley, he has helped educate generations of computer engineers.

Charles Thacker helped create the personal computer. His work at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center led to the Alto, the machine that inspired Apple Computer and featured a windows graphical user interface. He co-developed Ethernet and also the laser printer.

Tags: Morris Chang, John Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Charles Thacker, John Hennessy, David Patterson, Charles Thacker

Meet the STARMAC robotic helicopter at Stanford

Robert Scoble — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:55:53 +0000

During our recent photowalking, Stanford University rolled out its STARMAC team (Stanford Testbed of Autonomous Rotorcraft for Multi-Agent Control). These are quadrotor helicopters that can fly remotely without much human assistance. Really cool research project that you’ll want to check out. Anyway, here you meet the team: Gabe Hoffmann, Ph.D. candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Haomiao “H” Huang, Ph.D. candidate; Aeronautics and Astronautics; Steve Waslander, post doctoral scholar, Aeronautics and Astronautics; Vijay Pradeep, M.S. student, Mechanical Engineering and Mike Vitus, Ph.D. candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics. They fly it around and explain what it is. By the way, in the video they said it costs $10,000 to build one of these. The team did more research and found out that you could build one for about $3,000 now.

Tags: STARMAC, quadrotor, Gabe Hoffmann, Haomiao “H” Huang, Steve Waslander, Vijay Pradeep, Mike Vitus

Editor’s Choice: Stanford IT Doctor

Robert Scoble — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:44:14 +0000

This is the digest version of my talk with Christopher Longhurst, a Stanford general pediatrician. If you like this, I urge you to watch the long version where we go deep into the IT side of medical care.

Tags: Christopher Longhurst

The IT doctor is in

Robert Scoble — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 19:31:39 +0000

Ever wonder about information technology trends inside hospitals? I had lots of questions about the technology being used inside Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (where our son, Milan, was born three weeks ago). So I sat down with Christopher Longhurst, a general pediatrician at the hospital, and we talk about all sorts of things that are happening inside the medical field. Think this doesn’t matter? Well, Microsoft just announced its Health Vault service where you can track your own medical history and Christopher is working with Google on a competitive service, coming soon.

Tags: Christopher Longhurst

Scoble narrowly misses a dark fate…

Robert Scoble — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:31:33 +0000

Determined to get the story and with no concern for his own saftey, Robert Scoble dives in with his new 5D to cover the Stanford Autonomous quadrotor helicopter. When Scoble let his guard down, just for the slightest moment, the chopper ATTACKS!

Talking about U.S. computer science university enrollment trends

Robert Scoble — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 02:27:30 +0000

A short talk on computer science enrollment trends with Mehran Sahami, associate chairman of undergraduate education at Stanford University.

Tags: computer science, Mehran Sahami

The guy who runs Stanford’s undergraduate computer science department

Robert Scoble — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:01:47 +0000

Mehran Sahami is the associate chairman of undergraduate education. What does that mean? He runs probably the most important computer science undergraduate department in the world. This is the department that gave birth to Google, after all (and a bunch of other companies). This is a once-in-a-lifetime chance for me to sit down and learn about the latest in computer education trends and what’s happening inside Stanford University’s computer science department.

Tags: Mehran Sahami, Stanford

Building robotic cars at Stanford University

Robert Scoble — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:16:03 +0000

Mike Montemerlo is the artificial intelligence guy on Stanford University’s DARPA challenge team. Basically, they are building a robotic car that’ll be able to negotiate a course without humans being involved. He also thinks about the act of driving in a much different way than you or I do. This is a fascinating discussion where he talks about the car, the sensors used, the algorithms he’s developing, and the approach he’s using to get a car through an intersection at the same time as another robotic car is there.

Tags: Mike Montemerlo, artificial intelligence, Stanford, DARPA challenge, robotic car

Day 11: Roz videoblogging on Pacific’s rough seas

editor — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 21:37:46 +0000

It’s Day 11, and Roz Savage is dealing with 40 knot Pacific winds on her rowing journey across the Pacific, singing the theme song to Hawaii Five-O. More videos from the Roz Savage Voyage:
- Roz’s launch party
- Naturally Powered by Roz: Roz gives Stanford Professor, Margot Gerritsen and host of SmartEnergy a tour of her self-sustained rowing vessel.
- Roz Savage Begins Her Row Across the Pacific: First Roz videoblog from the ocean:

Roz’s voyage is sponsored by Brocade, a leading network storage solutions company. See more about Brocade’s environmental and energy saving business values.

Tags: Roz Savage, Stanford, Margot Gerritsen, Brocade

Nuclear Energy with Prof. Burton Richter, Part V

Margot Gerritsen — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:23:02 +0000

Burton Richter is professor emeritus at Stanford University, a 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy. This is the last in our five-part series with Richter.

Tags: Burton Richter, Stanford, Nobel Prize, nuclear energy

Is the VC Industry in Trouble?

editor — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:00:42 +0000

VC are investing more money than ever before. But is it a good time to investment? There is a dearth of good exit strategies. The IPO market is still moribund and there are fewer large companies that are interested in acquiring startups. Paul Deninger, vice chairman at Jefferies & Company spelled out the problems VCs face at the recent Stanford Summit.

Tags: VC, Paul Deninger, Jefferies & Company, Stanford

Nuclear Energy with Prof. Burton Richter: Part IV

Margot Gerritsen — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:14:06 +0000

Part four of our interview with nuclear energy expert, Stanford University Professor Emeritus and 1976 Nobel Prize Winner Burton Richter.

Tags: nuclear energy, Stanford, Nobel Prize, Burton Richter

Nuclear Energy with Prof. Burton Richter, Part III

Margot Gerritsen — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:00:53 +0000

The third installment of our interview with Burton Richter, professor emeritus at Stanford University, 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy.

Tags: Burton Richter, Stanford University, Nobel Prize, nuclear energy

Nuclear Energy with Prof. Burton Richter: Part II

Margot Gerritsen — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:27:21 +0000

Listen to the second part of the interview with Burton Richter, Professor Emeritus at Stanford University, 1976 Nobel Prize winner and an expert on nuclear energy.

Tags: Burton Richter, Nobel Prize, nuclear energy

Trends in human/computer interaction from Stanford University prof

Robert Scoble — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:01:23 +0000

Scott Klemmer is an assistant professor in the computer science department at Stanford University. We spend an hour talking about a variety of topics. Modern software development trends that Scott is seeing from companies like Google and Yahoo (both of which started at Stanford). Mobile development. What his students are working on. What the future of Stanford’s computer science department holds and much more.

Tags: Scott Klemmer, computer science, Stanford, Google, Yahoo

A short tour of Stanford’s Computer Science building

Robert Scoble — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:01:10 +0000

David Orenstein, Communications and PR Manager, and Ian Hsu, director of Internet Media Outreach at Stanford University, greet me and show me around the “Gates building,” aka the Computer Science building. We were there to interview Scott Klemmer, assistant professor in the computer science department.

Tags: David Orenstein, Ian Hsu, Internet Media Outreach, Stanford, Gates building, Computer Science, Scott Klemmer

Silicon Valley Watcher: Motorola aggressively adopting mobile linux

Tom Foremski — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:10:33 +0000

Motorola is aggressively adopting mobile linux as the key operating system for its cell phones. It is launching its first North American cell phone with Linux, the new Razr V8. Tom Foremski talks with Christy Wyatt, VP Ecosystem and Market Development at Motorola about the move to Linux and if it has a place in high-end enterprise ready cell phones.

Also: Interviews with Didier Diaz, SVP product strategy at Access, a developer of applications for cell phones; Kim Polese, CEO of SpikeSource on testing opensource application packages.

And Aron Pruiett’s two part report: The New News, a debate about emerging new media outlets from the recent Stanford Summit.

Tags: Motorola, mobile linux, Razr V8, Tom Foremski, Christy Wyatt, Didier Diaz, Access, Kim Polese, SpikeSource, Aron Pruiett

Will the Internet Still Be Here in 20 Years? Part Two

Aron Pruiett — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:45:53 +0000

Grieg Coppe (managing partner, Accenture) continues his moderation of the discussion about the future of the Internet with Nick McKeown (professor, Stanford University), Andy Bechtolsheim and Phil McKinney (VP & CTO, Personal Systems Group, HP) during the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit07. In part two, the topics of dark fiber and population compatibility to fixed communication infrastructures are brought forward.

Is regulation of the Internet an upcoming trend and a requirement for economic and infrastructure stability? Where will the funding for improved broadband come from? Will the current market solve the per port costs and will the wireless specs ever compliment population density equally?

Tags: Grieg Coppe, Nick McKeown, Andy Bechtolsheim, Phil McKinney, AlwaysOn, Summit07, dark fiber, population compatibility

Will the Internet Still Be Here in 20 Years?

Aron Pruiett — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 05:36:40 +0000

From AlwaysOn Stanford Summit07, Grieg Coppe (managing partner, Accenture) asks Andy Bechtolsheim about the future of the Internet. After a brief recap of the Internet’s early days, we are quickly brought into Andy Bechtolsheim’s perspective of the larger picture.

Is non-service provider connectivity to wireless access tomorrow’s Internet? Is software service a solution over running data centers in enterprise? Will business models of yesterday be compatible with the new standards in the Internet’s future?

Tags: AlwaysOn, Summit07, Grieg Coppe, Andy Bechtolsheim

A former student finds her way as energy consultant

Margot Gerritsen — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 22:43:11 +0000

Lauren Casey recently graduated from Stanford with a major in Earth Sciences. She is a wonderful example of young talent determined to make a positive contribution to the preservation of our environment. Listen to this phone interview with Lauren conducted by my students to find out how she found her way from Stanford into the world of energy consulting.

Tags: Lauren Casey, Earth Sciences