FUSION WESTERNISLES LAUNCH IN LINUX CENTRE, NESS
We had a superb inaugural meeting of Fusion Western Isles in the Ness Linux Centre last night. Thanks to Malcolm Macsween, Donnie and Angela for organizing such a great event.
And thanks too to Bruce Morrison and our guest speaker David Mackenzie for an absolutely spellbinding trawl through the key technology trends of our times.
David is a recently retired director of IBM and he's on a immensely exciting mission to make the Highlands and Islands the new Austin. Jim Hunter of HIE also talks of the potential of the new Seattle, mostly because the Pacific Northwest is as wet as the Atlantic Northwest!
A mission overall that many of us have been pursuing for a wee while and one that now really looks like its got momentum. Technology and mountains! And beaches, cliffs, sailing. And a cinema hopefully!! And a wonderful pub on the UHI Lews Castle Collge campus. You can't have a University or a high-tech sector without a great hangout!! This of course applies to Inverness too - use that big river Ness more effectively people!! Y' need a 6th Street, a Temple Bar.
BTW check out Richard Florida on what distinguishes the new technology growth areas worldwide: amentity, diversity and tolerance are absolutely key ... and you need a great university too.
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