Can the UAW Be Owner and Representative?
Interesting times we live in… the UAW is finding itself increasingly at odds with it’s members over the negotiated but not yet approved Ford labor agreement. On Sunday, 92 percent of workers at Ford’s Kansas City Assembly Plant voted against proposed contract changes. The vote there came after a stormy meeting at nearby Winnetonka High [...]
Life After Hard Drives
What comes after hard drives? Good question and one that is critical to our future computing ambitions. According to a new study, if HDDs continue to progress at their current pace, then in 2020 a two-disk, 2.5-inch disk drive will be capable of storing more than 14 TB and will cost about $40 (today, a [...]
Internet Regulations Coming
One sobering thought to think about while you are celebrating the FCC’s decision to move forward with net neutrality regulations is that for the first time the FCC is asserting itself as the authority to regulate how the web is governed. With Thursday’s vote, the five-member panel began the process to move forward with the [...]
Newsday.com Destined for Failure with Pay Wall
Cablevision must have gotten punch drunk with all of the talk coming out of newspapers about going to a subscription model for their online services, because they are going big, really big, with a $260 a year pricing plan for Newsday.com Those who are not customers of Optimum Online or the newspaper – both owned [...]
Pay Per Performance Advertising Goes Hyperlocal
I used a new app from mobiQpons yesterday and color me impressed. The way it works is you install their iPhone, Android or Blackberry app (no signup required, just load the app) and when location services on the device is turned on you will get notifications of merchants offering coupons or promotions in your area. [...]
Opinion vs. Expertise
It’s not often that I disagree with Mike and I am not ready to fully do that here but he is not fully centered on the core issue either. Kimball is correct that he should be better defining his brand and proving his worth — that’s what we’ve been saying all along. But you can [...]
Artists I Like: William Hunter
I have often featured artists who work with wood, people who know me understand my appreciation for this. The ability to work in 3 dimensions with a material that can’t be stretched, smudged, or repaired easily is a skill that few people truly excel at and wood is a marvelous material that never ceases to [...]
The Things You Learn About People
Every friday I ride my motorcycle over to the coast, stopping in at a local bar for much needed refreshments along the way. Over the years I have gotten to know the locals and have bonded with one fellow in particular. I knew that my friend is a veteran and yesterday he revealed that he [...]
If SAP Built an Electric Car
You gotta admire people who have a sense of humor about what their company does: You need to buy a minimum of 5 cars in licence You need at least 1/2 year to adapt your street, garage and parking space to use your SAP ECar But you can run it on bicycle tires, train tracks [...]
Shrooms
Check out this really cool looking mushroom that I discovered growing in my garden today. Can anyone offer some guidance on what kind of mushroom it is?
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My name is Jeff Nolan and I write Venture Chronicles. I am the VP of Product Marketing for Get Satisfaction and I write about a range of topics that interest me, including public policy, technology, entrepreneurship, finance, and global issues.
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