The Daily Friend February 16, 2025 Five decades ago Barry and his wife, Shel, arrived in South Africa with he hoping to make the transition from academia to journalism and tell the story of transformation, from white rule receding to freedom in southern Africa. Early frustration became opportunity when Barry was hired as a reporter at the Financial Mail. With money now jangling in their … Continue reading Into Parts Unknown, II
dailyfriend.co.za January 26, 2025 Can Taiwan’s TSMC’s massive fab north of Phoenix trigger a rebirth of semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. Barry visited the site and filed this report. Read the article. Continue reading Chip Renaissance in the Arizona Desert
Five decades ago, traveling nearly three weeks by freighter to Cape Town began an adventure that turned an academic into a journalist. Continue reading Into Parts Unknown
It’s a privilege to teach at Europe’s second oldest university (after Paris). Founded in 1348, named after a Bohemian king, Albert Einstein taught theoretical physics here in 1911/12. I taught a two-week elective course on technological innovation in the Silicon Valley. There were daily reading assignments for what would be discussed in each 80-minute class. Continue reading Teaching at Prague’s Charles University
dailyfriend.co.za South Africa November 24, 2024 Free media face existential challenges. Newspapers are dying and public trust in media has declined to historically low levels. Artificial intelligence arguably will make things even worse. People crave objective, balanced, comprehensive news. Read the story. Continue reading Free Media Challenged
Barry D. Wood 