Comments on: What would Thomas Edison be working on if he were alive today?

By: Jeff Rutherford

Jeff Rutherford — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:55:00 +0000

Also, re: Tesla

Tesla beats expectations as revenue — and losses — grow
http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_17395740?nclick_check=1

By: Jeff Rutherford

Jeff Rutherford — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 14:34:00 +0000

I was traveling last week when traffic to my blog post re: Thomas Edison exploded. I wanted to weigh in. @Frontier, you might think I’m viewing history through rose colored glasses.

I’m definitely aware of Edison’s less-than-savory habits that have been glossed over in many histories – he routinely crossed business partners and thought nothing of walking away from his debts. And a lot more.

@Bix Yes, there was the well-documented rivalry between Edison and Tesla. But, I certainly think Edison, if he were around today, would be fascinated by hybrid and all-electric vehicles. Maybe, he’d engineer a board room coup and push Elon Musk out of Tesla Motors and take over.

I also wonder what he’d think of the proliferation of 3D movies these days.

By: John Montello

John Montello — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 03:16:00 +0000

I think he wood be working on cold fusion or an efficient way to make hydrogen, so we could run our cars off of saltwater !!!

By: BIX

BIX — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:33:00 +0000

if you did any research you might find out that Edison hated Tesla (the inventor). tesla threatened and eventually succeeded in taking the electricity business and invention of a more efficient electricity. but those cars are awsome…

By: BIX

BIX — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 02:33:00 +0000

By: Frontier_teg

Frontier_teg — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:57:00 +0000

Since Edison was more interested in DC than AC (Which Nikola Tesla invented), Edison probably would be making mistakes like Digital Equipment (“there is no use in the home for a computer, the PC is a fad”).

Edison stole much of his technology from Tesla.
I find it Ironic that you say he would be having lunch with Elon Musk, head of Tesla Motors. He probably would be trying to steal the battery tech.

Keep the rose colored history coming.

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By: Jay Berkowitz

Jay Berkowitz — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:03:59 +0000

Jeff:

Thanks for the kind words about the Ten Golden Rules of Internet Marketing Podcast. Sarah was a great interview! Don't miss some other pioneers of the web including Craig Newmark founder of Craig's List, Tim Westergren founder of Pandora.com, Steve Krug Author of the best web design book 'Don't Make Me Think' and Jason Calacanis founder of Mahalo.com.

I love your comments about what Edison would be doing today. I agree completely that he would be looking at electric cars and green technology and the semantic web, many of us believe that is the next big thing for the internet.

By: Jay Berkowitz

Jay Berkowitz — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:03:59 +0000