Tag: bill-gates

  • George R. R. Martin’s mountain cabin

    George R. R. Martin about his time writing in his mountain cabin: My life up here is very boring, it must be said.  Truth be told, I hardly can be said to have a life.   I have one assistant with me at all times (minions, I call them).  The assistants do two-week shifts, and have…

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  • What Bill Gates learned at work in 2018

    Bill Gates: In 1918, the Spanish flu killed 50 million people worldwide. It still ranks as one of the deadliest natural disasters ever. I had hoped that hitting the 100th anniversary of this epidemic would spark a lot of discussion about whether we’re ready for the next global epidemic. Unfortunately, it didn’t, and we still…

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  • An interview with Satya Nadella and Bill Gates

    Seth Stevenson, for The Wall Street Journal: In February 2014, Satya Nadella became the third CEO of Microsoft . Nadella, more soft-spoken than his predecessors, Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer, assumed the company’s helm amid one of its stormiest chapters. Ballmer, toward the end of his 14-year tenure, had purchased Nokia ’s mobile phone business…

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