If you talk to a lot of the engineers and dreamers in Silicon Valley, especially ones over 35, they will most likely tell you that they are fans of science fiction. This genre of movies, comic books and books were huge in the first half of the last century and remained somewhat steady in the latter part of the last century when most of the engineers of today were born.

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Tim Bajarin
Tim Bajarin is the President of Creative Strategies, Inc. He is recognized as one of the leading industry consultants, analysts and futurists covering the field of personal computers and consumer technology. Mr. Bajarin has been with Creative Strategies since 1981 and has served as a consultant to most of the leading hardware and software vendors in the industry including IBM, Apple, Xerox, Compaq, Dell, AT&T, Microsoft, Polaroid, Lotus, Epson, Toshiba and numerous others. View all posts by Tim Bajarin