Today’s Google Doodle is a based on a microchip in honor of the the 84th birth anniversary of Robert Noyce, the co-founder of Intel who is widely regarded as the “the Mayor of Silicon Valley” for his warm mentoring of others coming up in the field. He was also a total badass: went to Grinnell College in Iowa, was way into flying planes, extreme skiing and singing madrigals. Such a cool guy.
He died on June 3, 1990 - my 6th birthday. For this reason, for the awesome social / digital work I got to be a part of on behalf of his brainchild mega-brand, and for my dear love of semi-conducting and processors and all they have spawned, I feel semi-connected (pun intended) to Robert Noyce. Clearly Google does too. :)
Posted December 12, 2011 at 7:56am in robert noyce intel silicon valley google doodle logo social digital semi-conductors grinnell technology tech
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