Can you spare a buck fifty? Listen to my quick interview with Launch Pad Winner Adam Blum of Rhomobile. Quick because I caught Blum on his way out the Moscone door after he briefly checked out of the Rhomobile exhibitor booth. He was heading back to his Cupertino office, which is located next to Apple. The man had little time to celebrate or rest on his laurels.
Rhomobile opened for business on September 2008 and is currently staffed with 12 employees. They create a cross platform for smart phone apps. They build native smart phone applications for the iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile , Symbian and Android.
The Launch Pad is the talent contest for up and coming innovators of now and next year. Six finalists pitched their companies to a crowd of curious on lookers, three expert judges, and potential partners and VC’s.
I just found out that actor Sean Connery, who passed away last October, died of complications due to Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's debilitates cognitive function. The cause of his death hit me three-fold: He was my mother's favorite movie star, they are both in their 90s, and she too has Alzheimer's. According to a recent AARP feature story , I was shocked that the great jazz singer Tony Bennett has Alzheimer's. Tony was also another idol of my mom. She would always perk up whenever she heard his infamous "I left my heart in San Francisco" ballad. Photo by Dyna Lopez In 2017, one year after his diagnosis, my mom, brother, and I watched him for the first time performing in San Francisco to a packed audience amongst a sea of silver-haired ladies. He was 90 at the time and did not disappoint. He belted out hit after hit and showed no signs of the debilitating disease. She sang along to a melody that was unfamiliar to my brother and me. My brother asked her, ...
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