ACTUAL DISCLOSURE:
I own stock in the following companies, parenthetically noted are the industries this possibly affects:
Alcatel-Lucent (telecom infrastructure)
Motorola Solutions (solutions/infrastructure)
Motorola Mobility/Google (Android, Google smartphones)
Nuance Communications (Voice recognition, text completion)
NXP Semiconductor (Near Field Communications, Digital Signal Processing)
AFFILIATIONS:
Localist.com- founding partner, majority shareholder (white label event calendar solution for education)
POTENTIAL ETHNOGRAPHIC BIASES:
Mid-Atlantic native, IT/POL/IR/EN heritage, lower middle class, public education
Atypical broken American home (death, not divorce)
Confirmed Catholic at age 16, registered Republican at age 18…currently recognizing dogma of neither.
all signs point to “late bloomer.”
POTENTIAL GENERATIONAL BIASES:
-Skateboarder since 1986
-Former professional Musician, ASCAP member
-First home computer was a Mattel Aquarius (really!), was replaced within months by Commodore 64
-BBS User, first public internet use was on dialup connection to public library VT100 terminals in early 90′s
-Got a good job during dot com bubble, bought a $43k van, lost job…struggled for 3 following years.
-Personally knows 9/11 survivors
-Smartphone user since Windows Mobile 5
