Wall Street Journal

With or Without Paper, the News Lives On. I hope.

July 16, 2010

As the newspaper business seems to die slowly, I console myself with the idea that journalism isn’t dying with it. The Huffington Post is booming. The New York Times will bring in about $350 million this year. The new iPad shows us how we can spread the paper in front of us with coffee and [...]

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It's Not the Technology That Makes You Dumb. It's What You Do With Your Time and Attention.

June 9, 2010

Yesterday I posted WSJ vs. NYTimes on How Dumb You Are or Aren’t on Huffington Post, tracking conflicting opinions on whether technology makes us all smarter or dumber. Smarter because it’s a lot of print, creativity, and intellectual work; dumber because of multitasking, distractions, shorter attention spans. I find the debate interesting, but I go [...]

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As if Business Plans Don’t Matter to Venture Capitalists! Jeez!

April 9, 2009

Isn’t this about as dumb as saying a screenplay doesn’t matter because the audience won’t read it: Small businesses seeking financing from venture-capital firms need not worry about writing up a solid business plan, since it doesn’t sway funding decisions anyway, concludes a new study by researchers at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith [...]

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