Tag Archives: Sun Labs
TechWomen Mentor Training
I was one of the teachers for the first TechWomen Mentor Workshop today. HP Labs in Palo Alto generously hosted the event. We were joined by most of the 38 Technical Mentors and more than a dozen Cultural Mentors from … Continue reading
Photos from Sun’s Last Days
Below are some of the photos I took during the last month or so at Sun Microsystems’ Menlo Park, California campus as we were getting ready to become Sun-Oracle. Long ago, when Sun was getting ready to build the MPK … Continue reading
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Goodbye Sun – It’s Been a Great Ride!
My last blog post at http://blogs.sun.com/katysblog/: I have been laid off by Sun-Oracle. It has been a wonderful 25 years! I joined a relatively-unknown startup three years before it went public. I enjoyed working with some of the greatest Engineers … Continue reading
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Changing Times, The Last Bash
There has been much excitement and speculation about the upcoming Sun-Oracle change in control. The big strategy announcement by Larry Ellison is at Oracle in Redwood Shores, CA, on 27 January. Ever since the EU cleared the takeover on 21 … Continue reading
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“On Leadership” – Ivan Sutherland’s SEED talk, now on YouTube
I am very proud to announce that the SEED worldwide Engineering mentoring program just published “On Leadership” – its first public video. Thanks to SEED Matthias Mueller-Prove (in Germany) who first suggested making Ivan Sutherland’s important 2006 SEED talk public. … Continue reading
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Getting Ready for Christmas
My daughter Jessica arrived home a few days ago but soon left on a ski trip with her fiance Matt and his family. She comes back this afternoon. While she was briefly home, we went to the Great Dickens Christmas … Continue reading
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