Peter Cochrane
RSS Peter CochranePeter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Exponential growth - so misunderstood
Comment So says Peter Cochrane in his latest column, where he explodes the myths surrounding exponential growth. Peter can be contacted by emailing petercochrane@silicon.com He was just too... [08 Aug 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: The 3G chasm - deeper than we thought
Comment Peter Cochrane pulls no punches. Some governments chose to give away 3G spectrum licences. Others ran auctions at the height of the tech bubble, raising billions along the way. Who was wisest? It has... [01 Aug 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: ButterflyWings.com
Comment Peter Cochrane has. Chaos theory is a phrase bandied around all too often. But have you ever considered the various factors that led to the internet bubble? Apart from the occasional ice age or natural... [25 Jul 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Don't make life harder than it already is
Comment In his second column for silicon.com, Dr Peter Cochrane looks at what he thinks is the common nonsense the telecoms industry - from vendors to analysts - is pinning its future on. Peter... [11 Jul 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Where am I coming from?
Comment Peter can be reached by emailing pcochrane@silicon.com It is about coping with, understanding and taking advantage of change, getting a 'heads up' on a world that is increasingly fast, non-linear and confusing. [11 Jul 2002]
silicon.com: Four years old, and toddling along nicely
News Add that to our unparalleled array of columnists - who have just been joined by leading futurologist Dr Peter Cochrane (http://www.silicon.com/a54343 ) - and it's no wonder we're still going strong.... [05 Jul 2002]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: It's our brains that lack bandwidth
Comment In his debut column for silicon.com, world-renowned technologist and entrepreneur Professor Peter Cochrane addresses the first of many contradictions in the digital world. Why do telcos baby their... [04 Jul 2002]
Start-ups now and then - Cochrane, Jones and Kawasaki speak
News Peter Cochrane. The start-up scene has undoubtedly changed over the past two years. In 2000 we spoke to a number of experts - entrepreneurs, technologists, VCs and some people who'd describe themselves... [05 Apr 2002]
Peter Cochrane, co-founder, ConceptLabs
News Peter Cochrane is a respected futurologist, columnist, former BT CTO and serial entrepreneur, known for creating 13 companies including ebookers.com - away from his day job. Now he devotes most of his... [04 Jan 2002]
silicon.com's Beyond the Processor Hot Topic now live
News This section features world-renowned futurologists Peter Cochrane and Ray Kurzweil reacting to some instances of future computing as seen through Hollywood's sci-fi eyes. Microchips currently underpin... [22 Oct 2001]
Sci-fi or sci-future? Hollywood technology scrutinised
Comment PETER COCHRANE: People have been using their brains as bit transport for millennia - we hear, see, feel, smell, and convey to others via language and pictures. From memory implants in Johnny Mnemonic to... [18 Oct 2001]
What lies Beyond the Processor?
Comment Now this isn't a simple subject for us to grapple with, so we enlisted some help.silicon.com reporter Joey Gardiner caught up with two of the foremost thinkers of the digital age, Peter Cochrane and Ray... [18 Oct 2001]
Sci-fi or sci-future? Hollywood technology scrutinised (part two)
Comment Here, Peter Cochrane and Ray Kurzweil continue their analysis of science fiction and the shape of things to come. Peter Cochrane is the co-founder of ConceptLabs and... [18 Sep 2001]
BT: Bland leading the blind
Comment Peter Cochrane, BT's former head of technology, left complaining of a lack of entrepreneurial and technological vision. Instead it is presented with the safe face of the BBC, an organisation hardly known... [26 Apr 2001]
Brown must loosen tax shackles, says high-tech industry
Comment Peter Cochrane, former chief technologist at BT and co-founder of ConceptLabs, would like to see the tax system streamlined. Who'd be Chancellor of the Exchequer? OK, so you get the famous red dispatch... [05 Mar 2001]
