Dan Holden
- Professional
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.
| 05.23.2013 |
A Modest Proposal For Disaster ResponseA 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 PDAsNOTE: 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 MediaNote: 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 PloyYou’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 MediaThis 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 ImagesCheck 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 HitLast 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 ChairToday, 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 |





