Jeff Nolan's take on innovation, entrepreneurship, tech and stuff that interests me
I couldn’t help but notice the symbolism of imported manufactured goods piling up in ports alongside piled up recycled goods destined for offshore ports to be made into finished goods. The symbolism being that at the same time the flow of goods is halting, so to is the flow of dollars leaving the American economy [...]
Two stories caught my attention this morning, the first is one about California state legislators traveling abroad while the Assembly and Senate were called into special session to deal with that massive budget crisis that California is in. These people sure do travel a lot… but seriously, do our state representatives really need to travel [...]
Curious about bonds? Here’s a great little video that explains 4 basic types of bonds, Schoolhouse Rock style.
Johnson & Johnson took a stick and whacked a hornet’s nest over the weekend. They released a viral video ad featuring a story of a new mom using one of those sling devices to carry around her baby and how it was making her back hurt so she took Motrin (a J&J product) to relieve [...]
WTF, can’t these people use twitter to send out a message on planned maintenance… unless this wasn’t planned?
The linked post is a great explanation of the Mark Cuban insider trading case announced by the SEC yesterday. Also, it’s worth pointing out that this is a civil case as opposed to a Martha Stewart criminal variety that could result in jail time. While many no doubt would be pleased to see Cuban locked [...]
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Microsoft is hosting a blogger roundtable today here in SF around the U.S. launch for their Online Services.
Phoneflix has completely changed my interactions with Netflix. Now, wherever I am I can open it on my iPhone and manage my Netflix queue. It’s as random as while watching television or at the car wash or even sitting is a movie theatre watching previews. TweetDeck (and Thwirl before it) accelerated my twitter usage. Yammer’s [...]