About
Dan is a social media strategist, writer and content developer specializing in the social media, semiconductor and wireless communications industries. All statements, observations and opinions in this blog are my own.
In addition to designing, developing and implementing social media environments, Dan is a freelance journalist and content developer drawing on 25 years of experience covering wireless networking, mobile computing, social media, game technology, design automation, optical engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, alternative energy and communications.
Dan is also an editorial team member of the Social Media Club and a founding member of the Social Media Club’s Silicon Valley Chapter. He is also the official storyteller for TEDxSanJoseCA. Dan writes extensively on technology, tech history and tech communications in his widely circulated SiliconCowboy blog. His Twitter address is @dan_holden.
Dan’s work experience includes a positions at Altera Corporation, Broadcom Corporation, Cadence Design Systems and TSMC, among others. Before that he was a business and tech industry staff reporter at Electronic News and the San Jose Business Journal and a freelance writer for several other industry publications. He began his career as a contract technical writer for Intel Scientific and Tektronix, Inc.
An award-winning short story and screenwriter, Dan also posts much of his creative writing to a blog called En Vidrio.
Contact Dan at any time at 2danholden@gmail.com.
SiliconCowboy is a registered trademark of Dan Holden.
Dan, you have an interesting blog here. Enjoyed reading about your family and ranch and professional pursuits and, of course, your blog entry. Am going to bookmark you and visit again for updates. Dean
Thanks, Dean! I appreciate your feedback.
Dan, I found your blog because Dean Anderson featured it on his FB post and I’m a FB friend of Dean. Have only read a little but like what I see. Will come back and read more and hopefully add my 2 cents. Charlie
Hey Dan
Belatedly, it was great to see you at DAC, even for a short hallway run-in. I just came across your blog and am kicking myself because my daughter (Savannah, 9), who was with me in SF, would have loved to have seen your ranch and meet your kids – and horses. We have a 5 year old, Lindsey, too, but Savannah is just getting into horseback riding. Let’s stay in touch and maybe we can get them all together sometime.
Hope all is well at Cadence.
Mike
Mike,
Awww, that would have been great! Next time for sure. My daughters would have loved to meet them!! Meantime take care, it was good to see you, happy that things continue to go well for WiredIsland.
Dan
Here is our Caribbean ranch – http://www.provoponies.com This is where Savannah trains and worked this summer. If you go under their news section and click the horse show story, you can see here and her horse Limbo.
best regard from Indonesia
I’ve just added your blog to the SOCcentral.com Blog Roll. Being a physicist by nature and training, I really enjoyed the “The First Fly Ever Zapped In a Cathedral.” I new a lot of guys who did research at Yale using a van deGraff accelerator, a descendant of the CW accelerator.
John,
Thank you, I am honored! And very glad you enjoyed the story!