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This site contains my general blogging, published articles, and information on speaking dates where I discuss how business, technology, and finance can be used to create an open, healthy, and environmentally and economically vibrant society. Please feel free to contact me at troy at troyangrignon dot com to rant, discuss, or have me speak at [...]
Day 2 notes from Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, CA:
[my analysis and notes are in these square brackets.]
“It’s all about the infrastructure” by Debra Chrapaty, Corporate Vice President of Windows Live Operations
The cloud sounds romantic but it’s 1.5 million pounds of batteries, 1 million pounds of steel, 300 miles of cable. Not so romantic. [...]
Day 2 notes from Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, CA:
[my analysis and notes are in these square brackets.]A Conversation with Jeff Bezos, Amazon
S3 and EC2 are storage and processing. They should not be very interesting. So why are people so excited?
Because the time from concept to delivery has been collapsed. We removed server hosting, [...]
This car rocks. I’m a big fan of this type of vehicle design where the drivetrain, rather than using one engine that transfers power to the four wheels, simply uses one power source at the core that transfers electrical power to an electric motor at EACH wheel.
Thanks to Justin Thomas for his nice blog [...]
I think I have found the magic number. Every fifth article from Mark Morford is so brilliant, insightful, and articulate that I need to post most, if not all, of it here for my readers. Today is the day for another.
In one fell swoop, Mark has managed to hit on a whole bunch of [...]
I’m intrigued by stories such as this one in the ABC News about the plumbers union in Philadelphia who claim that no-flush green urinals are a health threat. I wonder if the union sees them more as a health threat to the UNION DUES than to the USERS.
Does anybody have any information on negative [...]
Space Elevator illustration by Kenn Brown and Chris Wren from Mondolithic (Vancouver’s own brilliant illustrators with a global fan base!)
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Steven Jones, the leader of the UBC Snowstar team - a team of UBC students who are entering the NASA Beam Power and Tether Strength Challenges - two contests [...]
Here are the details on one of the first Sustainability Cafés:
When: Monday, March 6, 6:30 - 8:30 pm Where: BCIT Campus (CHBA BC, Building NW5), 3700 Willingdon Ave, Burnaby, BC
SUSTAINABLE HOMES Description: What do you consider a “sustainable” home? What do you need to get there? Where is “there”? An innovative dialogue hosted by [...]
(If you are looking for the 2007 event information, please click HERE.)
I am very excited about our launch of the 30 Days of Sustainability. For the month of March, Vancouver will host a cornucopia of events and activities, all focused around bringing sustainability to our lives and our city.
One key component of the 30 Days [...]
The 19th Annual Angel Forum came to a successful close this afternoon. Thirty-six companies in the software, manufacturing, communications, internet, and medical device sectors presented to 70+ investors over the course of a full day of sessions.
Each presenting company was given 10 minutes to pitch their company, market, team, market problem, solution, and investment [...]
