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Music, baseball, college football, boxing, weird little sub-cultures, The Thirty Years' War, languages (goal is to speak 20 languages poorly), whether the universe is infinite or just really big, and oh yeah, stuff created in Silicon Valley and like-minded places. |
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Roger Strukhoff earned a BA with honors from Knox College, a Certificate in Technical Communications from UC-Berkeley, and an MBA from CSU-East Bay. His work recently won a "Stevie" American Business Award as best publication in its category. His volunteer work in international affairs merited a Letter of Commendation from the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. He splits most of his time between Silicon Valley and Southeast Asia, but can also be found at 
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Then today ...
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The idea of IT a...
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