Before Bailing Corporations Out From Coronavirus, Make Them Stop Destroying The Planet
Make corporate America stop profiting off carbon emissions, and start creating sustainable jobs, as a condition of the bailout. Corporate
Category: Business
If You Only Try To Understand One Financial Graph, This Is The One
We’ve all gotten used to tuning out financial market noise, because it’s just too damn complex. But something really dramatic
Flashback To A Very Young Netflix, Climbing The Wall of Worry
Check out the first five Netflix annual reports (2002-2007), which for some reason I saved and have now scanned: 2002
Notes From The Day Larry And Sergei Pitched Us On Google
This morning I found the notes from my memorable early-1999 meeting with Google’s Larry Page and Sergei Brin. I was
What’s Holding Back The New York Times?
Why does The New York Times only have two million digital subscribers, when there are two billion smartphone users on
Deflation Is Tightening Its Grip On Us All
Why so many people are feeling squeezed. What’s the United States’ biggest export? iPhones? Airplanes? Nope – it’s deflation. For
Caught Secretly Doing the Right Thing
The above security camera photo shows members of the Quizlet team hustling patio furniture inside to protect it from a
The Power of Unlocking Alternative Solutions
I spent today working on some home-improvement projects, mostly involving locks and metal fitting of various types. At one point
What I Learned From My Swim Goggles Today
What you’ve always believed is true, may not be true. This morning the strap on my swim goggles broke right
Cobalt Blue Sign From the Dawn of Global Banking
I bought this sign at the Alameda antiques market after noticing it a few months in a row. I’m into
Words to Work By, Revisited
Just came across this list I wrote for the Quizlet company handbook in 2010. I was trying to convey some of
How Pilates Got Huge: It Went Open Source
If you want to start a trend that goes from obscure to ubiquitous seemingly overnight, open it up wide. Case
The Fully Automated Future is Still Mostly Hype
Just did a quick loop through the Berkeley Campus to buy some books at Moe’s and came across two things I hadn’t
The Asteroid That Smashed the Newspaper Industry
I woke up this weekend to the news The Times had finally sold off The Boston Globe to a local
CIO Panel Discussions at the Churchill Club
From 2002 to 2007 I moderated dozens of roundtable discussions with corporate CIOs (Chief Information Officers) and other executives on
Cell Towers in Church Steeples
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2003, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’
The Future of ATMs
This article was originally published in the New York Times in 2002, as part of a series I did for their ‘Circuits’