Comments on: Seattle is “Minor League” Innovation Town, So We Shouldn’t Be So Smug, Tech Leaders Say

By: Change perhaps faster than we are ready for « A Man With A Ph.D.

Change perhaps faster than we are ready for « A Man With A Ph.D. — Fri, 22 May 2009 21:09:40 +0000

[...] big headline from the OVP Tech Summit last week came when UW computer science professor Ed Lazowska called on everyone to quit being so smug, and get serious about turning Seattle into a major league innovation cluster. But later that day, [...]

By: pEvans

pEvans — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:21:23 +0000

Seconded. What is missing? Well, ostensibly a number of things, but take a look at the biggest tech hubs–each has a few top shelf universities. Washington’s last university built was Evergreen in the 60′s, quite sad. And unfair as it is, one or two universities would need to be located in the Seattle metro–intellectual cross pollination works best at short distances. Claiming that Microsoft/Amazon/wasImmunex are ‘like having a university research department’ is fatuous in all honesty.
Duly noted, this is very expensive and with a long payout. But it is long past due, enough of the mantra “if you don’t build it they won’t come”–they have come in their millions, and it we want quality of life, influence on the future, and a vibrant economy it is time to build some infrastructure.

By: UW CSE News » Seattle is “Minor League” Innovation Town, So We Shouldn’t Be So Smug, Tech Leaders Say

Wed, 13 May 2009 05:31:36 +0000

[...] the full Xconomy article here. May 12, [...]