Archive for 2011/10


Wall Street Protests

When the revolution comes, they’ll not only want to know what side you’re on, but what side you’ve been on. I’m watching these Wall Street protests skeptically. As delineated by so many news outlets, we’re not quite sure what these protesters want. But one thing we do know is they’re angry, that 1% have all […]

iPhone 4S

Huh? We waited this long for this? It’s like Toyota revealing its new Camry looks just like the old one, but is totally new under the hood, and they’re calling it the Camry S. It’s a great phone. State of the art. The chip is faster, the camera’s amazing and Siri is like nothing else, […]

Negotiation

"There’s no one in this room I haven’t screwed." Irving Azoff at the Pollstar Awards In "Moneyball" there’s a fascinating, as in unable to put down, recounting of Billy Beane’s efforts to get the players he desires before the trading deadline. Let’s be clear. The players are under contract to other teams. Beane is operating […]

Two More Articles For You

RE-DATA MINING "When Data Guys Triumph" This is an article about how "Moneyball" has altered the career path of business students, how they’re now doing work in analytics, looking for inefficiencies. The money quote is: "In most industries, Generation Moneyball isn’t yet in charge. But as the Nobel laureate Max Planck once said, ‘A new […]