Forty four years ago I went to jail for the first time. I was arrested at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco as part of a Civil Rights demonstration. It is funny to think that the last time I was at the Palace Hotel it was for a Web 2.0 conference. I doubt that many … Continue reading
Author Archives: avram miller
You know you are old when
You know you are getting old when an attractive woman sits down next you in first class and says “it is going to be a long flight since I forgot to bring a book” and you look at her, smile and hand her a book to read. That just happened to me. But it made … Continue reading
Facebook for Seniors
A good friend of mine who is one of the few people I hang with that is actually older than I am (and maybe even younger in heart) asked me about my attraction to Facebook. He wondered what it was about Facebook that a 70 year old (his age) could enjoy. First of all, I … Continue reading
Happy Birthday CD
Twenty five years ago, the CD was born and the digital world of consumer media was born. Wow so much has happened since then. And the poor CD has seen better days. Happy birthday CD! Continue reading
The Spring of Love
It is forty years since the Summer of Love. And there are “reenactments” up all over the country. I am trying to imagine what this group (many if not most in their sixties) looks like now. I remember the hit item at the time was LSD (and I do not mean the Mormons). This year … Continue reading
Facebook in impacting my blog
Facebook is impacting my blogging. Ever since I started to use facebook, I have notice a drop in my interest in posting to my blog. I find the facebook experience more immediate. For instance, I see the status statement as a mini blog. I just wrote on it that I was writing on my blog … Continue reading
Is legacy just another word for Ego
I have been wondering if legacy is another word for ego. What is it that we mean by legacy. Are our lives messured by what we did? What we had? Or is it what we left that goes on? Is it about how the world is different because we lived? Is that our legacy. Sometimes I … Continue reading
Christian protesters disrupt Hindu prayer in U.S. Senate
Christian extremists disrupted the first ever senate prayer lead by a Hindu. It is really sad. Below you can read this beautiful prayer that these self appointed defenders of the “faith” tried to disrupt. “Let us pray. We meditate on the transcendental Glory of the Deity Supreme, who is inside the heart of the Earth, … Continue reading
CEOs can live on as artists (commentary by Harriet Rubin)
Just listen to a commentary on Market Place (PBS) by my good friend Harriet Rubin which you can either read or listen to here (I suggest you listen to it). She talks about business leaders who choose to continue working and achieving in their “golden years), people like Murdoch, Buffet, and Phil Knight. Harriet’s … Continue reading
Bottled Water: A Trumph of Marketing
It is time to tap your tap ( Tap your Tap). My wife and I are trying to get off of bottled water which as you must know cost about three times as much as gas, is terrible for the environment and does nothing special for our bodies that tap water can not do (and maybe … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 