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Month: February 2008
I’ve been slowly making my way through a backlog of podcasts since getting my new iPod for Christmas, and recently listened to a fascinating series of lectures on energy efficiency by world renowned expert, Amory Lovins. These lectures are being made available for free from the Social Innovation Conversations channel of the Conversation Network. In […]
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Big Trouble in Legotown
I was browsing Delicious during lunch today, and came across an interesting article titled Why We Banned Legos. From the Rethinking Schools Online website, it tells the story of the children and teachers at a childcare center in Seattle, and the power struggle created by what they called Legotown. Legotown, the kids’ collection of massive […]
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The Ebay Problem in One Word: Trust.
Ebay, now almost 13 years old, is facing some pretty big problems that leave its future success in serious doubt. Being the market leader in an industry with slowing growth is one obvious issue. The number of new people participating in online auctions appears to be dwindling, at least in this country. And overseas, Ebay […]
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Samurai Jesus
I came across an interesting article in the New York Times today about a recent graphic novel version of the Bible. The Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation portrays Jesus as a tough samurai seeking revolution. I still don’t know much about the specifics of this book, but it sounds interesting. Seems like a decent […]
Several months ago, I received an advanced copy of Nicholas Carr’s newest book, The Big Switch: Rewiring the World, from Edison to Google. I immediately read through most of it while on a business trip and yesterday finally managed a few minutes to finish the last few pages. So, here’s my slightly-late review of this […]
I watched tonight’s coverage of the Super Tuesday results with more interest than I’ve in politics for years. It’s fascinating (fun?) to still have both the Democratic and Republican races as close as they are right now. While it looks like McCain is well on his way to clinching the nomination sometime soon, the contest […]
You know, the President’s plan that’s supposed to give hundreds, or even thousands of tax rebate dollars back to American families? The one that’s supposed to keep the U.S. economy from going into the tank? It won’t do much, if anything, to help the economy, and is the latest Washington example of “well, we have […]