When we hired Greg Huang as our Seattle editor a few months ago, Rebecca wrote an article entitled, Introducing Greg. He Rocks. That’s because right after we hired him, he went on tour with what we described as his “fantastically quirky band,” Honest Bob and the Factory-to-Dealer Incentives. The band, which claims influences by the Violent Femmes, Beatles, and Twisted Sister, among others, fairly exemplifies the innovation scene: besides its Xconomy editor, other band members include Dan Schmidt, employee #3 at Harmonix; Bill Foster from Cognex; and Chris Rigopulos from OC&C Strategy Consultants.
Now, Greg is back on the East Coast for a mini-tour to celebrate the release of Honest Bob’s new album, Third Time’s the Charm (look for it soon on iTunes and CDBaby). They played in NYC last night, but tonight are on at Tommy Doyle’s in Harvard Square. They hit the stage at 10:30, and you just might see some of their Xconomy colleagues around as well. If you do, let us know you’re an Xconomy reader, and we’ll buy you a beer.
If we can hear what you’re saying: they crank it.
Author: Robert Buderi
Bob is Xconomy's founder and chairman. He is one of the country's foremost journalists covering business and technology. As a noted author and magazine editor, he is a sought-after commentator on innovation and global competitiveness. Before taking his most recent position as a research fellow in MIT's Center for International Studies, Bob served as Editor in Chief of MIT's Technology Review, then a 10-times-a-year publication with a circulation of 315,000. Bob led the magazine to numerous editorial and design awards and oversaw its expansion into three foreign editions, electronic newsletters, and highly successful conferences. As BusinessWeek's technology editor, he shared in the 1992 National Magazine Award for The Quality Imperative.
Bob is the author of four books about technology and innovation. Naval Innovation for the 21st Century (2013) is a post-Cold War account of the Office of Naval Research. Guanxi (2006) focuses on Microsoft's Beijing research lab as a metaphor for global competitiveness. Engines of Tomorrow (2000) describes the evolution of corporate research. The Invention That Changed the World (1996) covered a secret lab at MIT during WWII. Bob served on the Council on Competitiveness-sponsored National Innovation Initiative and is an advisor to the Draper Prize Nominating Committee. He has been a regular guest of CNBC's Strategy Session and has spoken about innovation at many venues, including the Business Council, Amazon, eBay, Google, IBM, and Microsoft.
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