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Primary Chapter: Silicon Valley

Dan Holden

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Journalist, Publisher, Social Media Consultant

I am a journalist and blogger with 25 years experience working in and around technology industries such as chip design and manufacturing, wireless networking and mobile computing, alternative energy, large and small screen video and film technologies, and social media. I'm also a bit of a tech history buff and I enjoy discussions about the impact of social media on traditional journalism and other forms of communication.

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05.23.2013
A Modest Proposal For Disaster Response
A 10-step proposal for responding to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes and wild fires. Note: This idea was triggered watching a news report which noted there were no storm shelters in any of the schools...
Social Media Journal
04.17.2013
From the Wayback Machine: My 16-year-old Article on PDAs
NOTE: I wrote this article almost 16 years ago for the San Jose-Silicon Valley Business Journal Focus section on Consumer Electronics.  It’s kind of fun to look back at the reality of how and why the...
Social Media Journal
04.08.2013
Brian Solis: Driving Change Management with New Media
Note: This article is one of a series of social media profiles I am writing for the Social Media Club. You can find this original at the Social Media club site, here. I’m posting it to my own blog...
Social Media Journal
04.04.2013
‘Cool CEOs Don’t Need an Education’ is a Cynical Marketing Ploy
You’ve seen this proposition numerous times in the last couple of years. Start-up kings don’t need university education. Savvy youth don’t need a degree. College is not for everybody. The concept was...
Social Media Journal
02.26.2013
Brian Solis: Driving Change Management with New Media
This profile is part of a series sponsored by the Social Media Club. This interview was conducted over several months culminating with the recent release of Solis’s latest book, What’s the Future of...
Social Media Clubhouse
02.12.2013
SiliconCowboy has a New Look!
Howdy friends, by now you have noticed that my blog has a new look. It’s actually a free WordPress theme called “Suburbia” by WPSHOWER. The home page features 14 posts in a contemporary, almost...
Social Media Journal
02.07.2013
Were the Five Recent/Worst Mass Murderers in the US Democrats?
As of about mid-January 2013 there is a blog post circulating, mostly among conservatives, that suggests that “The Five Recent/Worst Mass Murderers in the US [With a Gun] Were all Registered...
Social Media Journal
02.07.2013
Surveillance Camera uses 358 Processors to Comprehend 1.8 Gigapixel Images
Check out this amazing video the state of the art in spy camera technology today.  This device straps to the underside of a high-altitude jet or it can be mounted into a continuously flying drone...
Social Media Journal
01.30.2013
Studio Bongiorno Soft Opening Is A Smash Hit
Last weekend I attended the ‘soft opening’ of Studio~Bongiorno, an eclectic art studio shared by several artists at 500 Lincoln Street in Santa Clara, California. The studio is primarily owned by...
Social Media Journal
01.24.2013
Why We Need An Assault Weapons Ban and A Strong SEC Chair
Today, Sen. Diane Feinstein introduced a bill, more than a year in the making, that would ban a range of assault weapons and ammunition magazines larger than 10 rounds, saying that we “need to stop...
Social Media Journal

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