In 1966 when I was 21, I had a major career decision to make. My main choices were between being a poet (I actually wrote some pretty good poems), being a musician (but all buddies wanted to get stone and then practice while I wanted to practice and then get stoned), go to jail a … Continue reading
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Paul Aster
Over the last several years I have been reading all books of Paul Aster. It has been a truly amazing experience. I am not a big reader of fiction and never have been although I think I have read some of the best over the years. But Aster’s work have had an amazing effect on … Continue reading
The End of Time and Space
Towards the end of 2005, I did an interview with Fast Company Magazine on the most important business idea for the next ten years. It was the tenth anniversary of that magazine. They asked ten people they had interviewed over the last ten years that question (presumably because they liked what we said in the … Continue reading
We all die twice
We all die twice. The first death is the one we all know. You stop. The lights go out. They pack you up and/or wrap you up and unless you are Anna Nicole Smith, your body is disposed of in a few days (I am not going to get into whether we have a soul, … Continue reading
Communitainment (I bet this word never makes it to the dictionary)
Someone I very much respect sent me a link to an article on Ad Week which you can read here. It is definitely worth reading. In general I agree with what was written but I do want to point out that what we observe at any point in time is the sum of many waves … Continue reading
It’s all about me
Just when I thought that blogging with the height of self indulgence I learn of a new capability. Using ning one can create their own social network. I just started my own social network. I called it AllAboutMe. Actually l find ning pretty interesting. What do you think? Continue reading
Cancer
Today , I heard our president talk about Iran. How I wish he would talk about cancer. I am sure more of our soldiers will die from cancer than roadside bombs made in Iran (which clearly is not a good thing either). The last several days I have been trying to help a dear friend … Continue reading
Our Goverment is selling our bodies, one gene at a time.
Actually, they are giving it away for a small fee. See Michael Crichton’s op-ed in the New York Times here. It is just an other awful example of how broken our IP laws are. Continue reading
I finally agree with Steve Job (sort of)
Those of you, who know me well, will know that I have not been a big fan of Steve Jobs. I first meet Steve at what might have been the first PC Forum’s (Ben Rosen was running it and Ester Dyson was helping him….I remember her then as a young girl in shorts). It was … Continue reading
Information Super Highway (Traffic Jam Ahead)
In the 90s, the Clinton/Gore adminstration spoke of building the Information Supper Highway. That is before we all realized that we had a highway, The Internet. In those days, I was busy building the on and off ramps by developing and investing in residential broadband. There is an interesting speech in 1996 by Reed Hundt … Continue reading
Two Thirds Done 