From the category archives:
I’ve been a reader of, and kind of a fan of, Stewart Brand for just about 40 years now, since the first Whole Earth Catalog came out while I was in college. To me he stands for the long-term component of so-called “hippie” values that have since become mainstream, because they make sense. Among them, [...]
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Ah yes, the good old days. How quickly time passes. My youngest graduated from college last weekend. She can barely remember life before cellphones, and can’t remember life before personal computers or VCRs, because both of those were born before she was.
A graduation is a milestone event, and milestone events generate this kind of thinking. [...]
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I’ve posted here before on BizEquity, the “Zillow of small business valuation” site offering quick estimates of business valuation.
BizEquity founder Tom Taulli — a true expert in the field — has added some interesting new tools for the site. Most notably, a valuation wizard that can take your inputs and give you a quick and [...]
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I like Twitter and I use it a lot, but really, I don’t care if you do, or if anybody else does. And I don’t get why people seem offended by it, but they do, a lot. What’s up with that? Is it politics or religion? Defensiveness maybe?
For example, this rant appeared as a comment [...]
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The Web: haystacks the size of the Sierra Nevada, millions of needles inside them. Scary big.
No, I take that back. It’s needles disguised as haystacks.
Sometimes the Web is scary in the way that there’s just so much there, and so disorganized, so easy to miss. These are huge haystacks, Sure, you do a Web search [...]
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Almost 20 Years ago I developed a software product called Forecaster. You start with an empty chart. Then you assign values to vertical and horizontal. Then you draw a line with your mouse, and Forecaster generates the numbers that correspond to the line.
It was built as something you could use in a business plan. [...]
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I just read The Corporate Survivor’s Guide to Email on the Huffington Post. Thank God, at least this isn’t true in my world. I don’t think. I mean … is it? Is that what you meant? Here’s how this Nicholas Weinstock post starts.
Now More than Ever
Thank you!
Translation: F**k you. Generally found at the end [...]
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