Swine Flu and the “Everyman’s Approach to Risk”
I read this in the LA Times today and the first thing I thought was “how do they know?”.
“This virus doesn’t have anywhere near the capacity to kill like the 1918 virus,” which claimed an estimated 50 million victims worldwide, said Richard Webby, a leading influenza virologist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital [...]
Blame the Hedge Funds!
On every news story this morning about the pending Chrysler bankruptcy, the narrative included “hedge funds would not agree…” as a central theme. Economic populism still carries the day in Washington.
What you won’t hear in these mainstream news stories is that Treasury was demanding a huge haircut for debt holders (screw the “hedge funds” label, [...]
The Venture Capital Math Problem
I wish I could add something insightful to this post from Fred but when combined with the extensive comments (must read) I don’t think many people could contribute an insight not already covered. In fact, this entire post plus the comment thread is so deep that it could be the basis for a 2nd year [...]
Messaged To Deaf
One of my very good friends is Harriet Meth, co-founder of Core Ideas Communication, a company that works with some of the largest global companies to refine how and what they communicate and manage issues that hit them.
As an Emmy awarding winning TV news and documentary producer, Harriet’s unique art is that of putting truth [...]
Links
California’s proposed “Amazon Tax”.
Peter Thiel argues that the link between freedom and democracy is decaying.
The skeptical environmentalist (I love this label, think it would be a great title for a book I want to write).
Yes Virginia, companies really are leaving California for business friendly and lower cost [...]
Is it Live or Is it Memorex?
This is a really interesting discussion about the role that Photoshop now plays in high end photography. After reading this posting and seeing the stark differences between the pre/post Photoshop’ed images, all I can say is that my respect for the great photography of the pre-Photoshop years has gone up substantially. I don’t know where [...]
Craigslist Has a Problem
Like everyone I was saddened at the murder of a young woman advertising massage services on Craigslist. I also recognized that the crimes that make the headlines are but a miniscule percentage of the legitimate ads placed on the service. But then I wondered about all the property and violent crimes that occur and [...]
Glue not Duct Tape
The Glue conference is scheduled for May 12/13 in Denver and I am moderating an exciting (well for me it is!) panel on XMPP. This is the first time this event has been held but it comes from the same folks that put on the excellent Defrag event and in many ways is the other [...]
Cuil Remains Cold
I wrote about Cuil when it launched last July with over the top PR coverage… at the time noting that the search results underwhelmed, nobody cares about privacy, and their results presentation was not efficient. Apparently I was not alone in these observations.
After the first flurry of news reports on the launch of [...]
Denver online newspaper misses subscription goal
Anyone still want to argue that regional news sites with a subscription revenue model are viable?
With backing from three entrepreneurs, former staffers of the News said they would launch InDenverTimes.com if they could get 50,000 paying subscribers by Thursday — what would have been the News’ 150th anniversary.
But the site attracted only 3,000 paying subscribers.
[From [...]
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My name is Jeff Nolan and I write Venture Chronicles. These are my thoughts on technology, innovation, management, public policy and pretty much anything else that I find interesting.
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