Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
"Canadians cheered Friday for their beloved loonie, reaching parity this week with the US greenback for the first time in 31 years, but consumers are not yet benefiting, and manufacturers are reeling." Kind of makes me wonder what the hell they are celebrating, the exchange rate is leading to inflation for Canadian consumers and depressed [...]
"Now that Debrowski has apologized to China, it seems only fair for Mattel’s conniver-in-chief, Robert Eckert, to explain to American consumers why his company chose to scapegoat Chinese subcontractors while keeping the true death-peddlers on Mattel’s payroll." Yeah, at a minimum I expect Eckert to do something more than kick the dirt around and say [...]
"By early next year, 100 Silicon Valley business executives will be driving high-mileage plug-in hybrids, a testament to the seriousness of global warming and the earnestness of local leaders to help fight it." It would be far more impactful and I’d be far more impressed if the "Plug-in Hundred" gave up private jets. I think [...]