Yesterday I went to sign up for Audible, the audio book site. I have never been a huge fan of audio books in the past, but I can’t keep up with all of the books I want to read right now so I am trying them again for the first time. Audible is of course […]
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The Rent Economy Takes It On The Chin
Update: AirBnB to offer $50,000 guarantees I have spent a lot of time thinking about the benefits of the rent economy. I have been working through the business case for a couple of ideas of my own around the idea that people like to rent when they can. Last week I wrote about Plumgear, a […]
Maybe I Was Wrong About Chrysler
When the federal government bailed out Chrysler a few years back, I was firmly in the camp that they should have been allowed to die. Chrysler has been a bad company for a long time, and it seemed like a good time to shoot them in the head and be done. Lo and behold, today […]
Giving Before Asking
I watched an interview with Chris Sacca a few weeks ago wherein he talked about a number of topics of interest, including: How he got started in venture funding How he made (and lost) his first fortune by leveraging student loans for grad school What he looks for in entrepreneurs (It’s not necessarily what you […]
I Don’t Care About the NFL
There was a time when I watched a ton of football, both college and pro. It was not uncommon for me to spend most of the day Sunday watching the NFL, then continue on to Monday night. Last year I watched almost no NFL, and some amount of college. What has become apparent over the […]
Living Without Snail Mail
It’s amazing what I find out about how our home life operates when the Chief Home Officer (aka my wife) is not here. One of the more disturbing things I have discovered this week is how much mail we get that is utter waste. Every day our mailbox is crammed full of catalogs, credit card […]
What Matters
Every now and again you get a swift kick in the side of the head about what matters. I have had a running gun battle with a guy at one of my clients for the last six months or more. The battles have been ideological, practical, theoretical, and every other kind of cal. We just […]
The Rent Economy – Plumgear
I am really interested in the emerging Rent Economy (not sure if this is a real term, but it sounds good). What I mean by the Rent Economy is the host of new companies that will rent things that have been traditional buy items. I ran across a company last night that rents designer baby […]
Coldplay – Viva La Vida Live
Link: Coldplay – Viva La Vida Live I was listening to this last night and decided to share. It’s one of my favorite tracks
Kindle and My Personal Library
I love my Kindle (even though I don’t technically own a kindle, I own an iPad and Android tablet that have the Kindle reader on them). I have read far more books on my Kindle than I would have if I had been buying hardcover or paperbacks. I am sure I am not alone. What […]