Stepping into the wayback machine for a moment, three years ago I highly recommended that you read Thomas Friedman’s excellent book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century. The book’s topics – technology and globalization – are even more relevant than when it was first released. So, if you haven’t had […]
We do the occasional email campaign to our current customers at my day job, and in interest of doing things right, I went with the absolutely awesome MailChimp service after looking at it and a number of alternatives. I’ve been very happy with their web app and their customer service, and highly recommend them if […]
Quick. Go to this page and fill out the form. You’ll get a completely free, no obligations copy of the latest Wired magazine. Only 10,000 available, so act fast! Wired is currently my favorite magazine – even more than Fast Company. I look forward to getting it in the mail each and every month, and […]
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 […]
Last Saturday, we had the opportunity to have an Xcel Energy employee come out to our house and perform a home energy audit. This program, subsidized by the company, gives you a very clear picture of types of things that could be improved to use less energy and ultimately save you money. Because our home […]
Since its release in May 2005, I had been using 37signals’ Backpack web application to keep track of pretty much anything I needed to remember. It worked well for awhile, but eventually became a burden. It became a dumping ground for everything in my head, and I began to dread logging into my account each […]
Several months ago, I started a blog post about a wonderful web application called Wesabe that I’ve been using to keep track of our family’s personal finances. Unfortunately, a tight schedule on my part has meant it never made it out of draft form. Luckily for you, it looks like someone else has just written […]
It’s been years since I read an article in Rolling Stone, but they recently published a fascinating one on their website that I highly recommend to everyone. It’s called How America Lost the War on Drugs, by author Ben Wallace-Wells. In it, Wells chronicles the terribly the United States’ terribly costly and ineffective war on […]
Three weeks ago, I ordered my new phone to replace the Motorola Razr V3C that I’ve had for the last two years: The BlackBerry Pearl 8130. It arrived via FedEx a couple of Tuesdays ago, and I’ve been using it ever since. What follows is my review of the Pearl and my thoughts on it […]
The Harvard Business Review has a fascinating interview with Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, who I’ve mentioned before is my favorite CEO. In the interview, Jeff discusses how the company’s culture is completely customer focused, and why it’s not easily reproduced by competitors. Mr. Bezos offers a metric ton of insights and advice about running a […]