Some people are in denial about climate change. But that already puts a pejorative spin on the concept, doesn't it? And some people are in denial about peak oil. As long as you believe in one of the two above read on… Over the next few years we are going to have to solve a [...]
You know the problem that I see with the Greens is that it confuses grass roots with disorganized. I think it is good to have a grass roots organization where people have the ability to provide input and to let ideas bubble up from the base. But I also think that without strategy enormous amounts [...]
A tip of the hat to Graham Lauren for forwarding me an article co-authored by Peter Senge, the eminent business strategist, which in turn prompted me to offer a few thoughts about innovation and change… There never has been any shortage of great ideas. This period in time is no different to any other, [...]
In 1981 I submitted my thesis for consideration. “Increasing the GDP by decreasing the cost of telecommunications to small business” (SME SOHO).Since that time, I have arguably been engaged in an experiment (to which I have devoted my life and entrepreneurial efforts, some successful and some not), to prove the conclusion in my paper.i.e.: By [...]
We have noticed of Late that the US Judiciary don't seem to have all the facts pertainent to file sharing cases, relative to the issue of damages – or if they do, they are failing in their instructions to the Juries. Whether this is due to poor representation, or lack of adequately informed expert witnesses, [...]
We had the mining bubble, the dot.com bubble, the real estate bubble and according to the other baby boomer in the Koltai household, we’re about to have the Bandaid bubble. Although in Europe at least, everyone seems quite chirpy about the economy. My partner is a wise owl. (Can’t call her old – she’s [...]
Copyright was not always a criminal offense. It apparently became so in Australia as a result of concern arising from copyright infringers possibly not having the means to settle a civil copyright dispute. In 1998, Ian MacDonald, Solicitor, on behalf of the Copyright Council for Australia in an article for the Institute of Criminology, [...]
Here are the predictions of the experts on how long, how deep, how painful the recession will be in the US and how soon it will start to turn around… These are the people who not only saw the meltdown coming, but were prepared to stake their reputations on it… Some examples of what they [...]
Over the last week the world has watched in awe as the big swinging dicks on Wall Street have been humbled. I predicted that there would be a crash several years ago, but had no idea that when it happened it would happen so fast. And it has really only just begun. But now is [...]