from Chronicle of Higher Education By Josh Fischman Scientists are wasting much of the data they are creating. Worldwide computing capacity grew at 58 percent every year from 1986 to 2007, and people sent almost two quadrillion megabytes of data to one another, according to a study published on Thur[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Biotech’
The AVE Scene: Why Marcie Stillman is Wrong About SLU
Over at Crosscut Marcie Sillman has an intriguing history of Seattle as a city of innovation. Here is a taste of what she covers: Boeing Nirvana Amazon Microsoft Starbucks Slate Immunex I found the list somewhat sad. For example SEALAND and United Parcel, both of which loom hugely in today̵[...]
October 11th, 2011 - 10:26 am § in The Ave Scene
Rosetta, a child of Seattle Biotech, lays off workers.
UPDATE: The title above is incorrect. This Rosetta, despite its name, is not a spin off from the Rosetta founded by Steve Friend in Seattle. Nonetheless, the loss of Rosetta from Seattle is inestimable. Friend has assembled a world class team under Eric Schadt. Schadt left Seattle and is now bui[...]
May 5th, 2011 - 12:26 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
Myhrvold and the Coolcookbook
Man of the Millenium? Nathan Myhrvold and His “Modernist Cuisine” from Salty Seattle, April 18th, 2011 Taco de Asador The book that launched a thousand one-eyed salutes in the pants of food geeks across the globe was the literal elephant in the room during dinner at the Intellectual Ventur[...]
Keeping WA State Kids Out of Medical School!
Cutbacks in state funding of public universities are leading faculty and administration to one form or another of privatization. What does this mean for kids in any state that now has a prestigious, world class public school? What does it mean for Washington State? A good way to find out is to com[...]
February 17th, 2011 - 1:39 pm § in Misc.
Biotech and Madoff:the decline and fall of American Pharma.
There are some real reasons that health care in America costs more than anywhere else. One difficult part of this is that we Americans have been subsidizing the entire world because our market model is unique. The American drug market is open to free competition with little in the way of price c[...]
February 1st, 2011 - 11:58 pm § in Uncategorized
Seeds Of Exploitation
When someone presents a social responsibility proposal at a corporate annual meeting, the inevitable response is that corporations are in business to make money for their shareholders, and saving the world is someone else’s responsibility. Which is, of course, the best argument anyone can make[...]
January 25th, 2011 - 10:24 pm § in Misc.
SEC Accuses Seattle Genetics Employee of Insider Trading
Luke Timmerman at Xconomy Reports on SEC Charges Against a Seattle Genetics Company. The comonay has a breakthrough new technology that chemically links antibodies to anticancer drugs. Seattle Genetics had some great news for shareholders and cancer patients last September, … when the compan[...]
URGENT: Presidents’ Mtg tonight at Town Hall
WA State Presidents Promote Higher Education Funding in Washington Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5. I spoke with a reporter who will be attending this tonight. He asked me a lot of questions … more about areas of controversy than about the[...]