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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part V: Happy 100th Birthday.

Steve Blank

Microwave Valley – the 1950′s and ’60′s There isn’t much written about Silicon Valley during and after World War II. Reply The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II Movie was Wrong « Steve Blank , on April 27, 2009 at 5:02 am Said: [.] Who would have known? to do that.

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Customer Development is Not a Focus Group

Steve Blank

The leading minicomputer of the day, the DEC VAX , used little-endian, as did microprocessors such as the Intel 8086 (used in the IBM PC) and the Mostek 6502 (used in the Apple II.) Customer Development is Not a Focus Group « Steve Blank (tags: entrepreneurship startups) [.] Different computers used different endianness.

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VII: We Fought a War You.

Steve Blank

Having already assembled one of most advanced electronic labs in World War II, Terman was one of the few academics who could do it. The Cold War After World War II ended, our wartime ally the Soviet Union kept its army in Eastern Europe and forcibly installed Communist governments in its occupied territories. Meanwhile the U.S.

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Elephants Can Dance – Reinventing HP « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

Apple was a personal computer company but 25 years after it started, it began the transformation to the iPod and iPhone. At Apple the company reinvented itself on Steve Jobs return. With this kind of commitment to innovation, it’s not difficult to image that companies like Google & Apple can achieve sustainable innovation.

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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This entry was posted in Articles , legibility , reading , Research , sans serif , serif , typography and tagged linkedin. Pingback: Coffee Bar Junkie: Pingback: New blog design | facepalm II beta. Pingback: Elionstar » Blog Archive » Blogosphere Trends + Improving Readability. Bookmark the permalink. Articles (5).