the average family home, cory practices her violin, christian plays with his cars and mike and carol worry over the bills. we went in with pretty much the same technology that s been in place for a couple of decades. typewriter. calculators. tv. oven. a car. you listen to music on a big old stereo system with a turntable. maybe you had a digital watch and that was the only thing that was going to be digital that you actually owned. hello? i m not here now but my faithful machine is. there was a handful of technology at that time. one was the telephone answering machine. you would be driving home and you would say i can t wait to check my messages. you know, it becomes part of the day. honey, i m checking my messages. from the noisy streets of new york to the laid-back tranquility of california, americans are tuning out and tuning in. when i think of technology in the 1980s, i think of the walkman. the walkman was huge. it s the latest fad. tiny stereo casset
Cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies, and is brought to you today by your paper satellite provider. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2017] host in your code of ethics statement you write i am not an objective news reporter. Im in opinion columnist. Walt right. Host what does that mean . Walt i am like a movie reviewer. They are not objective. You dont look at the movie reviewer to read an objective business story about the studio. You go to read someones opinion about whether this is a good movie. Whether this actor did a good job or a bad job. Whether aaron sorkin did a good job writing it or david finch er did a good job directing it. I know people who avidly read a reviewer and then do exactly the opposite because they know they are going to disagree. I know other people who swear by this book reviewer, this television reviewer and follow their advice. That is what i have done most of my career. I am also a commentator. When
You dont look at the movie reviewer to read an objective business story about the studio. You go to read someones opinion about whether this is a good movie. Whether this actor did a good job or a bad job. Whether aaron sorkin did a good job writing it or David Fincher did a good job directing it. I know people who avidly read a reviewer and then do exactly the opposite because they know they are going to disagree. I know other people who swear by this book reviewer, this television reviewer and follow their advice. That is what i have done most of my career. I am also a commentator. When i choose not to review a product, i often instead comment on an issue. The future of the internet, the behavior of the fcc. What google ought to be doing. What microsoft ought to be doing. What apple ought to be doing. Those are all opinions. These are all subjective. I say that specifically so people will understand. Everyone in the Media Business gets this distinction. I realized, most of us have, l
Good morning, everybody. Its 6 00 here in london. Year, if you are just rejoining us. The nikkei 225 just rejoining us today and the japanese markets just rejoining the new years freight. Up by. 75 on the nikkei 225. Thats playing catchup from previous days at the trading year so or but it follows on from you records on wall street, the gradual approach being referred by the fed if any conclusions can be taken away from the fed minutes yesterday and the biggest oneday increase in the japanese equity market may, partying like its 1991 apparently in japanese stock. U. S. Is the yield on the 10 year. Andreaction from the fed the prospect of higher Interest Rates. That was the case really through 2017. We did not get any explicit clues around a hike in march and some point to a change in personnel, clearly one of the reasons in the mix there. Oil,rice for a barrel of up and moving higher, up 5. 9 this morning. Now above 62 a barrel. The dallas fed has done a survey that suggest for many in
Diverse burst of technological innovation of the past 150 years, writes historian leslie berlin. Quote, five Major Industries were born; personal computing, video games, advanced semiconductor logic, modern Venture Capital and biotechnology. Unquote. The valley brought to life new Iconic Companies including apple, atari, genentech and major venture firms. Berlin spent six years doing research with many of the Unsung Heroes of this era behind these landmark developments and that set in motion these ripple effects which have literally changed the world. Tonight she joins us to discuss her new book, troublemakers Silicon Valleys coming of age. This side of the stage were really pleased to present a small exhibit just for you tonight of artifacts related to each of the seven Silicon Valley trouble merricks featured in troublemakers featured in her book. And were very thrilled to have several of the reimaginer troublemakers remarkable troublemakers with us tonight. So, al, mike and sandy, w