Lots of book reviews to catch up on, so I’m going to do capsule reviews until I’m caught up. Balance of Trade, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller I really like the Liaden universe books, but hadn’t gotten around to reading the new books in the universe. When I saw this one in the library, […]
Living in a viral world
Yesterday, Grant McCracken posted a link to a music video by a band called Ok Go. It’s an amazing video, where the four members of the band do an intricate dance involving eight treadmills. I’ve probably rewatched it five times, and it still consistently puts a smile on my face because it’s so endearingly goofy. […]
Taking the Blame
One of the threads running through my head recently is the importance of stepping up and taking responsibility. I’ve been noticing it in lots of places, in Seth Godin’s blog, in the book Lipstick on a Pig (where Torie Clarke’s first piece of advice is “Deliver bad news yourself, and when you screw up, say […]
Sailing and the AVP
More fun experiences in New York: I got to go sailing with Captain Sasha on Friday evening. Sasha’s an instructor with the Manhattan Sailing School, and took a couple of us out for a sunset cruise. It was lovely and peaceful being out on the water, with just the sounds of the waves and the […]
Seizing The Moment
I have a series of posts that are all linked in some way in my head, and are all in various states of incompletion. I’m going to dive right in and start posting and hope that it comes together as I go along. Or maybe I’ll just confuse people. Last month, at the Yankees game, […]
NextNY PitchCamp
After enjoying my last outing with them, I went to another nextNY event this evening. This one was PitchCamp. Keshava recruited several investors and entrepreneurs (including David S. Rose, the pitch coach written up in BusinessWeek) to serve as coaches while volunteers tried their pitches. The first hour was three companies doing 2-3 minute elevator […]
The Wrath of Richard Feynman
I’m at the Isle of Tortuga, prepping for brunch. Christy had me making Monkey Bread, where we take refrigerated biscuit dough, the kind that comes in the little cans that you crack open, and then split it into little balls, roll it in cinnamon and sugar and place it into a pan for baking. It’s […]
Reinforcing patterns
Somewhat following in the footsteps of my posts about persistent patterns, one thing I noticed in the news reports of the terrorist plot was this line: “Teams of at least two or three men were assigned to each flight, the schedules for which they had researched on the Internet, the official said.” Is there anybody […]
Persistent Patterns
It’s been way too long since my last pretentious philosophical post. I’ve got about three half-written, but none of them have really come together yet. But tonight, I’m posting something, dammit! I actually want to revisit my completely uninformed picture of what goes on in our brain. Long-time readers may remember my series of cognitive […]
Life in New York
I’ve got a couple posts floating around in my head, but I can’t make any of them come together right now. Not sure if it’s the heat or general distraction or what. So instead I’ll post about stuff I’ve been up to. After Monday night at Hallo Berlin, there was bowling on Tuesday (company field […]
