Olav V. Strawe

Ideas, Infos and Opinions right from the heart of Silicon Valley

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

@evankirstel Still looking for this nonsense?
People believe what they want to believe anyway.

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

#Hafven is becoming a very special asset to Hanover and its creative business community.

[Jonas Lindemann @jonaslindemann]

It seems @Hafven really is a StartUp Escalator 🤔 “These escalators provide a combination of shared, specialized equipment and labs, co-working space, plus an extensive virtual network of mentors, investors and other specialized support structures.”

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Using an AI toolkit like #TensorFlow doesn't mean anything. A real AI company is pushing the boundaries of the problem space. #VCSummit

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

@theintercept ...and that's one of the rate cases that the Donald is correct.

[Luke Wroblewski @LukeW]

“When Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 the company had lost its way w a confusing lineup of undistinguished products”

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Superbowl at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Go Broncos!

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Cute! Google's #selfdriving Olav (the snowman) style car just waited with me at a traffic light in Mountain View.

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

@realDonaldTrump @RinglingBros Donald, who needs Elephants when we have you leading the political circus?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

There and back again

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Watching #SpaceX's landing stage 1 of the Falcon 9 rocket felt like watching the moon landing in '69 all over again. Congrats Elon!

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Almost as many visitors (7660) at #CCW2013 in Berlin as last year (7700) says organizer, but it definitely felt less crowded.

[Ted Gioia @tedgioia]

All the best things in life are analog.

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

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[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Modesty: Rupert's guy #BradleyWiggins won the Tour but his Wall Street Journal kept it hidden on page B8. Different Priorities in the US.

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Dustbowl: US has the worst drought in 50 years. #Wheat prices up 42% since Jan, #corn up 55% last 4 weeks. Expect global food riots soon.

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Predictive: For the last 80 years now incumbent president has been re-elected with an unemployment rate above 7.2%. Today's June rate: 8.2%.

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Y-Combinator is now "Funding people without ideas". Simple reason: Ideas are plentyful but execution is key to successful business #tldrconf

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Signal of change: Devices will have an explicit lifetime and a build in shutdown to be recycled. #tldrconf

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

@carioli Hallo Oliver & Carina, schoen das Weihnachten auch ohne Gans funktioniert. Viel Spass am Paso Agua Negra. Olav, Michiyo & Beppo

[Olav V. Strawe @ovs]

Strange new trend: Apple will unveil preliminary #iPAD2 sales on Monday. Sounds like box office numbers after weekend movie premier.