Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
I’ve been a real Christmas tree guy for years but after last year’s disappointment of a tree (I cut it myself but the tree was still dry as a bone by Christmas day) I decided the time was right to change. My wife bought a Balsam Hill artificial tree at their post-Christmas sale last year [...]
Citizenre and Recurrent Energy are providing innovation in the green building sector by attacking the economics of solar energy rather than the technology itself. Here’s the basic problem with home solar: you spend $30,000 for a 3,000 3.0 kilowatt system, which when federal and state rebates are taken into account is about $20,000 out of [...]
Good luck finding a Wii in stock anywhere….
In recent decades there have been two issues that politically divide America more than anything else, abortion and guns. The latter will go before the Supreme Court and the decision, which will be rendered in the spring most likely, will only be surpassed by the original writing of the 2nd Amendment in terms of historical [...]
“Ditto with bloggers who claim to be A-Listers and those who strive to be on A-Lists. Marketing consultants who promise to help you understand the psyche of buyers and buying decisions. And every influencer out there convincing people how influential they are. Or those who ask to see resumes of influence. All this talk of [...]
The two words you want to pay attention to in this graph are “finance research” because they speak to the intent of the entire initiative. Words convey meaning beyond the words themselves and in this case “finance research” means “we’ll wave our arms but do nothing substantive”. The oil-rich kingdom also wanted to highlight a [...]
Very interesting: Based on a 1490s sketch by Leonardo da Vinci, The Ride’s rear hub mimics an infinite number of gears, rather than the mere 21 offered by the usual chain-yanking transmission. So you can always find the perfect gear ratio, whether starting from a stop or speeding down a hill.
Well if we can’t sue them for simply being Comcast I guess we’ll have to settle for suing them over a deceitful business practice. Hart’s lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court, alleges Comcast misleads customers by promising “mind-blowing” speeds and “unfettered access” to the Internet in advertisements while hindering the use of certain [...]
This probably isn’t the kind of first year that New York Governor Spitzer imagined. First he’s involved is a major scandal involving abuse of power against the leader of the opposing party, then he is forced by overwhelming public opinion and fleeing political allies to abandon a plan to give drivers licenses to illegals, and [...]
Rafe just asked the key question: what will customers tolerate for mobile advertising. Every one of the panelists answered with the same theme, advertising has to move from a push model to a rich and interactive pull model. In plainer language, instead of getting an ad shoved in front of you, you go and get [...]