Steve Gotz

A passionate Entrepreneur, Innovation Evangelist, Skeptical Optimist, Non-conforming Mind and DIY-guy! Have worn more than a few different hats and most likely will wear a few more.

Currently working @ CNGL, a Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) funded research centre, where I get to work with 150 of the smartest & coolest researchers involved in developing novel technologies that enable seamless interaction between people, content & systems.

TOP 3 Life Goals:
1) Work with really cool people to create really cool technologies which change the world!
2) Measurably improve the lives of one billion people!
3) Give back more than I take.

Checkout other things I'm doing at 43 Things

“THE ART OF NON-CONFORMING”

The basic failure of our time, future historians may well decide, has lain in the too ready acceptance of current orthodoxies, whether through fear of being suspected of rebelliousness and consequently punished, or just as a result of succumbing to mass persuasion…

Non-conforming is a recognition that Man and all his works are inherently imperfect, and therefore susceptible to criticism, if not ridicule. It is tremendously invigorating….As a habit of mind, it is greatly to be recommended…

-Malcolm Muggeridge (1953)

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“The future belongs to a very different kind of person with a very different kind of mind—creators and empathizers, pattern recognizers and meaning...”

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arts and sciences = my passions for life

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“ Children are born true scientists. They spontaneously experiment and experience and reexperience again. They select, combine, and test, seeking to...”

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Two jets of sugar syrup collide and interact to form very different patterns. On the left, the two jets have a low flow rate and create a...

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Focus on understanding the problem well by asking a lot of good questions … don’t leap to solving the problem or focusing on the solution.

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Continuous Partial Employment

I saw this term, Continuous Partial Employment, used by Chris Anderson over the weekend and it’s been rattling...

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The importance of stupidity in scientific research

I recently saw an old friend for the first time in many years. We had been Ph.D. students at the...

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