I had dinner with Johnny H on Sunday night, and he was telling me that he was in the process of selling his Beemer because it was about to hit a bit inflection point in terms of depreciation – 150,000kms. My Prius had its 140,000km service on Tuesday (yesterday) so I thought maybe I should [...]
Pretty much everyone that I meet has a pet project that they want to take to market, or knows someone who has one. But almost invariably when the discussion turns to what needs to be done, the person at the center of the play – the entrepreneur if you will – has a misconception about [...]
From my buddy, Ervin Grinberg comes this gem… Differences Between Christmas and Chanukah Christmas is one day, same day every year. December 25. Jews love Dec. 25th. It's another paid day off work. We go to movies and out for Chinese food, and Israeli dancing. Chanukah is 8 days. It starts the evening of the [...]
Fascinating story emerging in the US about active duty soldiers and their rights in the US to challenge the administration on the war in Iraq. Under the Military Whistleblower Protection Act (DOD directive 7050.6), active-duty military, National Guard, and Reservists can send a protected communication to a member of Congress regarding any subject without reprisal. [...]
Wikis are starting to enter mainstream life. A Virginia woman, Melanie Mattson, worried about Bird Flu puts up a wiki on the net. A wiki is an efficient way to gather, store and disseminate information and its this sort of community lead activity that will propagate the idea of collaboration and community from grass roots through to corporations.
Newspapers are being killed on classified revenue. They're losing readers as people migrate online. Most are slowly, way too slowly, changing. Papers are being force to change their whole operational style. One decide to fight back. The Virginian Pilot, the biggest paper in Virginia, has set up a stand alone video site; Hampton Roads.tv which blends professional [...]
Last Friday I dropped my wife off at <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Sydney airport so she could catch the Jetstar flight to Ballina on the north coast of New South Wales – the feeder airport into Byron Bay.<?xml:namespace prefix = o /> I was half way back home when I got a call on my [...]
The US continues its descent into the Third World, but you would never know it from news reports of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ July payroll jobs release.