Quick, which is your favorite movie featuring developers? Other than this one involving Steve Ballmer ...
Stacey Fish and Craig Cmehil of SAP, Jon Reed of Diginomica and I were recently at BYU kicking off a hackathon where the students blended HR datasets extracted from SuccessFactors and employee survey data from Qualtrics.
As much fun was the drive from Salt Lake City to Provo. Quite of bit covered anecdotes which have to be preceded with "I could tell you, but then I would have to....". But we did talk quite a bit about changing developer communities around the world - open source, IoT in Germany, ML in China and many others
The conversation then turned to movies about geeks and developers. Here is a list of movies we came up with - in no particular order
The comments were pretty philosophical - the movies focused on the triumph of the misfits, what society rejects becomes the source of your redemption, they mock the empty values of the beautiful people who don't get code. These movies in past taught: ethics, societal responsibility... today's highlight cool apps, the Uber-type startup geeks.
It truly was an enjoyable afternoon and evening set in the beautiful Wasatch scenery
Readers, what are some other geeky movies and shows that you would add to the list?
On the surface, the story of the Vision Fund is about money. How could it not be? The numbers are eye-popping. The Vision Fund’s minimum investment in startups is $100 million, and in just over two years since its October 2016 debut, it’s committed more than $70 billion. Son, 61 years old, will also back companies he likes via SoftBank itself or other means: He’s put some $20 billion–and counting–into Uber and WeWork through a combination of financial instruments.
NASA has selected 10 competition finalists to present their ideas at the iTech forum in Hartford, Connecticut, on Oct. 25-26, 2018. Chief technologists from various NASA centers, other federal agencies and industry will listen to presentations and meet with participants. NASA judges will ultimately determine three winners of the 2018 NASA iTech Cycle III competition.
The competition challenges entrepreneurs to consider how their biomedical, software and other technology ideas could be adapted and used for future space exploration missions. Among the finalists are artificial intelligence, big data, advanced materials and other unique innovations.
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Lots of great examples in each of these categories in the magazine's special issue
July 07, 2018 in Industry Commentary, VCs and entrepreneurs | Permalink | Comments (0)