My own thoughts and ideas on what “sustainability” really means have now begun to be articulated, far more eloquently than I ever could, in Tim O’Reilly’s post, “Work on Stuff That Matters.” His First Principles are: Work on something that matters to you more than money. Create more value than you capture. Take the long [...]
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Importance, Value and the Long View
Posted in business innovation, environment, life, tagged O'Reilly, principles, sustainability on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rising from the ashes
Posted in environment, life, tagged Battelle, Calacanis, environment, Hsieh, O'Reilly, Obama, technology on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Reading Calacanis’ popular and excellent post on “The Future of Startups,” and more and more announcements like the one Zappos’ CEO, Tony Hsieh, gave to his employees last week, has given me the feeling we still have not yet seen the bottom of this particular barrel. Thus, I do not envy President-elect Obama. Though I [...]
Political post
Posted in life, tagged politics on October 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
As a rule, I steer clear of discussing politics and religion in public and private life. For whatever reason, I can work with, be friends with or be related to all kinds of people and enjoy their company all the time, so long as these two polarizing topics are never mentioned. It’s not that I’m [...]
Olympic thoughts
Posted in life, tagged olympics on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the Beijing Olympic Games came to a close today, some thoughts started stirring… First, I came across this amazing data model from The New York Times. It not only shows this year’s medal count, but the counts from over 100 hundred years of past Games. I think it’s a fabulous way to show data [...]
