In the next few weeks we will bring you conversations with engineers-turned-entrepreneur Pedro Alves and Steve Paolini. Both are Silicon Valley-based entrepreneurs, who share what propelled them to start their companies and what they are working to solve. Alves is the founder and CEO of Ople, a startup that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big… Continue Reading
We speak with Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck about his Oscar nominated film Never Look Away that he wrote, directed and produced. Never Look Away is on the final list for the 2019 Oscars in the foreign film category. In 2007 Donnersmarck won an Oscar for his debut feature film The Lives of Others that was… Continue Reading
PBS station WHUT/Howard University in Washington DC is broadcasting Season 2 of our Women in Science and Technology in Silicon Valley series. You can catch the series on Wednesday nights at 11.30 pm EST on Channel 32 in Washington DC. A big thank you to WHUT for broadcasting Season 2 of our Women in Science… Continue Reading
Tony Misch is director of Lick Observatory Historical Collection projects Lick Observatory located in Silicon Valley is a historic observatory and one of the oldest observatories in western USA. In this conversation we talk to him about the early women astronomers – the “hidden figures of Lick Observatory,” and the important role of the observatory in… Continue Reading
Lisa Newman is a city planner and the author of For The Love of Apricots: Recipes and Memories of Santa Clara County. The book is peppered with essays and original recipes featuring what else but apricots. Newman grew up in Saratoga in what was then known as “The Valley of Heart’s Delight” that was filled… Continue Reading
Once upon a time Silicon Valley was known as The Valley of Heart’s Delight and famous for its orchards and fruit trees and for having one of the earliest wineries in California. It was also know for having one of the oldest observatories in Western USA. The Lick Observatory was built towards the close of… Continue Reading
We bring you a 2-part conversation with Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Pete Nicks. He is the chief storyteller of Open’hood, an Oakland-based non-profit organization. Story telling is one of the best ways to connect with your community shares Nicks. This San Francisco Bay area-based filmmaker is making a trilogy of films on Oakland, California. Each film… Continue Reading
