Nortel’s patents sold for 4.5 billion dollars–a true indictment of the many dollars and years of R&D investment. Some of Canada’s top scientists worked there–it truly was an innovative company (unfortunately with bad management). It is also very sad that Nortel’s leadership, including Mike Zafirovski, did not know the true value of what they had [...]
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The last of Nortel’s legacy sold off
July 5, 2011New Ontario Liberal Commercial
June 22, 2011I just saw the new Ontario Liberal commercial and I must say that I really like it. I’m not sure it will help the election, but it really instills some Ontario pride. Many Canadian provinces have strong identities, and some are having a strong economic resurgance, largely based on resources. But Ontario can claim to [...]
The Importance of a Technology “Anchor”
June 20, 2011Not a long post from me today, but just a link to an article in the Globe and Mail that explains what RIM’s misfortunes could mean for the city of Kitchener-Waterloo. I doubt that they will become the next Nortel, but hopefully they won’t.
Ottawa Tech Sector / RIM
June 19, 2011A while ago I was going to post a quick something that I saw about the Ottawa Tech Sector from the Ottawa Citizen, but didn’t post it. Unfortunately things didn’t seem to be going well in Ottawa high-tech despite some encouraging signs from some companies. Article below: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/thinning+ranks+Ottawa+tech+sector/4564755/story.html?cid=megadrop_story But now it seems we could have [...]
An Aside – Engineers in Politics
May 1, 2011Just saw an arictle in EE Times, a kind of article that started this blog! From south of the border, a call to run for office for the nation’s engineers.
Getting things done
August 2, 2010Just a few observations from my trip to China. Seeing the growth of Shenzhen and the skyscrapers of Pudong in Shanghai, one cannot help but be impressed by the progress made in the last 30 years. I even got to ride on the Pudong Mag-Lev train to the airport. Very impressive. I was instantly reminded [...]
Lot’s of stuff going on…
August 1, 2010Been some busy months in my life that have kept me from posting. My brother was in a life-threatening cycling injury in the US, I’ve had a two week work trip to China, all the while trying to keep the family happy…but enough of all that…experiences that could fill a blog on them alone. But [...]
iPad is coming! How about paper reduction?
March 31, 2010Coming soon to stores on April 3rd, the iPad is causing quite a stir. Will it be “all that”? The most interesting part about the iPad, the Kindle, and other tablet PCs and e-readers (and yes I know e-readers and tablet computers are really different things!) is what it might actually do to the print [...]
Craig Barrett on regional innovation
February 11, 2010Was just reading an article on The Next Silicon Valley website that details some of the talks that Craig Barrett (formerly of Intel) was giving in Ireland. He has some strong opinions on how a real technology sector can grow. I think he has a lot of good things to say, with the biggest [...]
Outsourcing–the debate rages
February 10, 2010I just read an interesting article on EE Times about outsourcing. The comments section brings out some of the passion of the engineering community in North America. I actually think the comments from Nirav Desai, Graduate student have some merit. Place manufacturing in the country of the consumer, and he uses the automotive industry as [...]
