Videos from the Portland Retro Gaming Expo 2017

My colleague at Microsoft, Hans Reutter, recently posted many videos from the 2018 Portland Retro Gaming Expo, and knowing how much I love older games, I thought I’d share this gem. You can find all of his videos below: Atari Anniversary Series: David Crane and Garry Kitchen Atari Anniversary Series: The History of Imagic with…

Recap of Terminator 2 – 3D

I don’t really use this blog to discuss film or TV, but I’ve always had a passion for it, and saw 3 great films in theaters this past week, so why not blog about them? My local theater, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute held classes and discussions for Alien (’79) and Aliens (’86) last week.…

How to get started in the tech world

  I gave a talk to computer science students at Temple University last year and recorded the audio. I never got around to creating a video (background image) for it until now. I’ve been asked to come back several times since the first instance that I gave this talk, so I thought it would be…

Microsoft Reactors—in a league of their own

I was part of the launch team behind Microsoft’s Reactor in Philadelphia back in November. Recently, our public sector (government) team had an opportunity to write about our three spaces across the United States, including San Francisco, New York, and Philadelphia. You can find that article here. ———————– @DaveVoyles Subscribe to my startup, tech, and…

We went ghost hunting in Phadelphia

I aint afraid of no ghosts – Ray Parker Jr. Amanda Lange (@Second_Truth) and I went ghost hunting around Philadelphia earlier this summer. We started at Drexel University, then made our way out to the suburbs of Exton, to record a series of videos around a device we created this summer. ———————– @DaveVoyles Subscribe to…

Conversations with Uber drivers

I use uber every week. It’s a more cost effective way for me to get to the airport than driving my car and paying to park for several days at a time. What I enjoy most about the Uber ride are the drivers and the conversations we have. My ride to the the Philadelphia airport…