This story is from today's *San Jose Mercury News*: [image: Leslie Berlin, author of a book about the legendary Bob Noyce, is back with "Troublemakers," which follows some of Silicon Valley's less well-known, but equally important pioneers.] <http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/06/troublemakers-helped-build-silicon-valleys-tech-industry-now-what/> ‘Troublemakers’ helped build Silicon Valley’s tech industry — now what? <http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/11/06/troublemakers-helped-build-silicon-valleys-tech-industry-now-what/> By Levi Sumagaysay <http://www.mercurynews.com/author/levi-sumagaysay/> November 06, 2017, 7:00 am Included in Leslie Berlin's book, and in this story, is discussion of Atari, including Al Alcorn and Nolan Bushnell. Leslie was in the front row of an IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.siliconvalleyhistory.com> event I organized in Sept 2016 about Atari, and its panelists included these two luminaries. That event is described here <https://californiaconsultants.org/event/ataris-impact-on-silicon-valley-1972-84/>, its slides are here <http://californiaconsultants.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1609-CNSV-BergBushnellAlcornRubinMayer.pdf>, its full video is here <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3MXnVUbT1wSRIKWCHSuEyvliNkypEWK9> (thanks to Viodi's Ken Pyle <http://viodi.com/>), and an *IEEE Spectrum* story about the event (written by Tekla Perry, who sat next to Leslie at this event) is here <https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/tech-history/cyberspace/atari-alumni-talk-about-the-tall-tales-the-told> . The above story mentions Berlin's book about Bob Noyce titled *The Man Behind the Microchip <http://www.oupcanada.com/catalog/9780195311990.html>* which I heartily recommend. I'll be anxious to read the new book! Also, Leslie will be interviewed at the Computer History Museum <http://www.computerhistory.org/events/upcoming/#troublemakers-story-silicon-valleys-coming> in Mtn. View, California, USA on Wed, 13 December, at 7pm PST. That interview should also be streamed on Facebook Live. _________________________ Brian A. Berg / bberg@StanfordAlumni.org Berg Software Design 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite F, Saratoga, CA 95070 USA Voice: 408.741.5010 / Cell: 408.568.2505 Consulting: Flash Memory/USB/Storage/Patents visit the Storage Cornucopia: www.bswd.com FMS Technical Chair: www.FlashMemorySummit.com <http://www.flashmemorysummit.com/> IEEE Milestone <http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Milestones:List_of_IEEE_Milestones> Coordinator for Region 6 <http://www.ieee-region6.org/> IEEE SCV Section <http://www.ewh.ieee.org/r6/scv/> Past Chair / IEEE-CNSV <http://www.californiaconsultants.org/> Board Director IEEE Silicon Valley Tech History Committee <http://www.siliconvalleyhistory.com/> Chair