Bob Metcalfe
MIT engineer, Harvard mathematician, Xerox scientist, Ethernet inventor, Stanford professor, 3Com founder, Cambridge fellow, InfoWorld pundit, Polaris partner.
Computer Science
http://twitter.com/bobmetcalfe
http://www.polarisventures.com
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RT @WSJ Dow Jones today turned positive 2010 - http://on.wsj.com/8ZOyH1 - [Obamanomics working or market hopes/sees GOP sweep in November?]
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Oclaro Acquires [Polaris-backed] Mintera Corporation - http://bit.ly/b9GBLi - 40Gbps long-haul optical data transport.
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RT @AdamScottDay Loyal Helpful Friendly Courteous Kind Obedient Cheerful Thrifty Brave Clean Reverent - Happy 100th - [+Trustworthy]
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MIT's Minervini: "grid to change from AC to DC" - http://exm.nr/9FaOAZ - [And he leaves out DC easier to run out of sight underground.]
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Dean and Franken already acting like the cornered rats they are, shouting Fox, racist! GOP, dangerous! at resurgent Republicans. Alas.
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Boy Scouts of America at 100th Anniversary Jamboree today. In '50s I was Life Scout, Poison Ivy Patrol. Our motto: Be Prepared.
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My weight: 222.7 lb. 44.1 lb to go. Racing @VCMike to 200 enroute 180 lbs. http://withings.com
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uControl designed in ZigBee from [Polaris-backed] Ember for SMA. To visit uControl, Austin, August 5th. Background: http://bit.ly/cEGbHH
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Back from Green's Island where preparations continue for Big Girls Camp starting 8/6 and Big Boys Camp starting 8/13. Ready?
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[Polaris-backed] Infinite Power Solutions supports Japan with Tokyo Electron Device on Thinergy Micro-Energy Cells - http://bit.ly/aFSsG1
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ENTHUSIASM passsing "FT" at 14 knots bound for Rockland. Calm and clear. Toot toot.
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RT DEFICIT $1.47T - http://drudge.tw/8XoDfn - [Ask UN+allies pay DOD or we pull out, stop ungrateful economies growing at our expense?]
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Torrential rains overnight on tin roof and now clouds have broken to blue sky over Maine fog. http://tweetphoto.com/34863099
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My weight: 222.7 lb. 44.1 lb to go. Racing @VCMike to 200 enroute 180 lbs. http://withings.com
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RT @sdhand : Ocean Energy Institute announces potential DOE lab in Rockland, Maine and planned $1B IPO - http://bit.ly/9wK6Nb
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RT @Drudge_Report : HEAT SURGE FOR EAST - http://drudge.tw/dByCGU - [It is now 61F here among the Fox Islands of Maine's Penobscot Bay.]
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Avistar desktop video networking from ~Boston to Avistar board meeting in ~San Francisco. Transporting my bits, not my atoms.
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My weight: 225.4 lb. 46.8 lb to go. Racing @VCMike to 200 enroute 180 lbs. http://withings.com
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RT @PDXsays @justinkistner @srenan : Question is, Can FB add ethics? Can they be trusted? [Answer: Should anyone be "trusted?"]
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Will it be easier for Google to add social or Facebook to add search?
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Metcalfe's Law is a quantification of the Network Effect - http://bit.ly/b9tBKn - that many have been disputing [lamely] for ~30 years.
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Wednesday morning: Board of Polaris-backed 1366 Technologies (solar wafers). Afternoon: Avistar Communications (video networking).
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National Advisory Council on Innovation + Entrepreneurship - http://bit.ly/9r36LC - [Hope these fine people get Potomac Fever vaccine.]
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Dinner tonight opened three-day PopTech Ecomaterials Innovation Lab at Harvard Medical School - http://bit.ly/cWSJr6
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MIT Energy Initiative|: The Future of Natural Gas - http://bit.ly/c5wkWe - [Next big step in decarbonization of energy, much domestic.]
