Rising Commons

08/06/2024

Please check out my father's first book, on his life as a hardware electrical engineer in the semiconductor industry, troubleshooting problems to get the worlds' systems going. He didn't go to any fancy schools, and didn't know anything about his biological parents until 2020. His parents who raised him, (my grandparents) were sweet scrappy resilient people from West Texas, who ran a used car lot, raised pigeons for people to eat, had a milk cow. His father apparently lied about his age and dropped out of school in the Great Depression to work and help the family. Served in the war. Drove an Ice Truck for some time, and developed a strong physique, his mother later told my mother. My father also won a diesel mechanic scholarship, but "threw it", because he didn't want to be a mechanic, and instead went to an experimental 2 year degree in ONLY electrical engineering at Texas A&M in the 70's. My father then built a career in the succeeding decades in solving problems that no one else could solve (interspersed with various entrepreneurial and passion projects) He attempted to have TI spin off its computing division, as I understand, but the effort didn't receive sufficient support, and TI ended up being outcompeted. .... I read a draft of the book some 4 or 5 years ago, but I haven't seen the latest version. He's been working with the editing team for the last 8-12 months to finalize for publish today. (I'm proud of the phrase "silicon trenches", my contribution to the book....).

Silicon Trenches: Dial-up to AI. Building it as we fly it.

10/09/2020

If you love databases and project management, and want to see a more just and democratice economy, apply to our assistant project manager job!

08/09/2019

Minnesota, like much of the nation, has acute shortages of affordable housing. Manufactured housing costs far less to build than traditional homes and could be a solution. But lack of supply and a decline in the number of mobile home parks are major impediments.

08/31/2018

Thinking about legacy

As Labor Day arrives and economic inequality grows, could a new provision in the defense spending bill help build workers' wealth?

08/30/2018

Hidden in the defense bill Trump is a bill that will make the Small Business Administration much more helpful to employee-owned businesses.

08/30/2018

Dream job

08/14/2018

Come work with great folks, if you are in central or eastern mass!

Want to be part of a growing team of successful community organizers? If you're a a group process guru, a real estate whiz, or a trainer extraordinaire, the New England Resident Owned Communities (NEROC) program wants you! Take a look at our job description and if it speaks to you, speak to us!

08/06/2018

A Beautiful telling of the subtle power of NVC for transforming lives and relationships 💙

Let’s face it, we all deal with conflict at times, and some of us more often than others. Some conflict situations are more intense and dramatic than others, or at least we can perceive it that way. To help understand

05/26/2018

With new tools and political policies now in place to support them, there could be a boom in employee-owned business ahead as baby boomers retire and sell their companies to their workers.

04/13/2018

Through 400 years of plantation enslavement, lynchings, lost years of family history, loss of earning potential through lack of inheritances, and generations of neglected educational opportunities, African American producers and land owners have been placed seriously behind the starting line without...

04/13/2018

Maine would be well-served by creating policies that encourage other business owners to consider employee ownership.. Maine news, sports, politics, election results, and obituaries from the Bangor Daily News.

04/12/2018

Vincent and Carolyn Roman shared tons of crushed stone with neighbors, mobile-home park.