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  Time for Twitter?

  11.06.13 | Permalink | Comments Off on Time for Twitter?

  I’ve gotten a few left-handed comments that I haven’t written anything other than tweets about Twitter’s upcoming IPO and that this was unfair given the amount of scrutiny I shared with the other big social media IPO of Facebook. Fair commentary particularly because as a potential investor, I view Twitter much the way I viewed […]

• Business, Coastal Stuff, Politics

  A Bridge Too Far

  09.18.13 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  Photo Credit: Charles Russo A small concrete bridge was built to span Pilarcitos Creek in Half Moon Bay, California in 1900. The bridge is narrow, old, and in need of some attention. In 2010, a study recommended replacing the bridge and a Federal grant was sought to help finance the replacement. The grant was awarded […]

• Business, Innovation, Technology & Science

  Google Glass Kerfluffel

  06.05.13 | Permalink | Comments Off on Google Glass Kerfluffel

  As Google Glass has made its way out of the Labs and into the earlier adopter community, there have been many strident reactions, policies drafted, and hands wrung. People wearing them are being christened “glassholes” and prominent early adopters are being skewered for playing with their new found toys. It reminds me of what’s about […]

• Business, Commentary

  Market Disruption vs. Market Destruction

  03.26.13 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Amazon 2012 Financials (source EDGAR)Click to Enlarge One of the most fascinating things I’ve witnessed over the course of my career is the increased frequency and ease with which markets are changing. Technology is a catalyst in that and now we are seeing the change in markets accelerate from centuries to decades to single digit […]

• Business, Innovation

  To Be Remote, or To Not Be Remote

  02.26.13 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Disclosure: I am a Yahoo shareholder. Last week Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer declared remote workers obsolete at the portal company. You can read all about the decision if you simply do a search on “Yahoo remote workers” and read until your heart is content. About 15 years ago in Silicon Valley, it became possible to […]

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