Complex Business Strategies vs. the Capital Market
This was interesting: a report from the Olin business school at Washington University (where I took some classes in college) says that complex strategies work best but aren’t valued by the market. So...
View ArticleNew England Mobile Book Fair
We finally stopped into New England Mobile Book fair this past weekend. (Perhaps motivated by a comment I made about independent bookstores recently on another blog). I can’t believe I’ve never been in...
View ArticlePaying for something when you can get it for free
Are companies rejecting open-source software because it’s free? I don’t think so. Companies (and non-profits) like to cut costs. They do not pass over free (as in dollars) anything if it will meet...
View Article(Not) Investing in Computer Security
If you read eWeek or listen to some other people enough you are bound to start believing that the world is on the verge of some major computer security meltdown. But when a former UBS network...
View ArticleMadoff, Evidence, and Confidence
If we’re going to learn from the Bernie Madoff scandal it needs to be this: Some people suspected him all along. So why did people keep giving him money? He was a true con man, because he had...
View ArticleSlate Discusses the Economics of Apple Picking
Especially now that I am allergic to apples it feels very much like going to a low-budget amusement park. The horticulture is better at Disney World or Storyland anyway: Apple picking is a cherished...
View ArticleHow Becoming a Chevrolet Owner is Changing My Design Ethic
I feel there is a very different design ethic now that I have the GM car. I saw that Chevrolet is doing a program to sponsor training for first responders to learn how to extricate people from their...
View ArticleThe real cost of free | Cory Doctorow | Technology | guardian.co.uk
I tend to buy this argument… What should other artists do? Well, I’m not really bothered. The sad truth is that almost everything almost every artist tries to earn money will fail. This has nothing to...
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Seeking Upside: Why I Care About Intellectual Property (and a Recent Court...
I’ve long been a fan of open-source software. First of all, because you don’t have to pay for it, and who isn’t a fan of free? Second, even compared to closed-source free software, I prefer open,...
View ArticleWho’s Social Now?
So this was an interesting tweet: Do you like to stay up late on a Friday night or crawl into bed and end the week comfortably? Share at http://t.co/UDtIJeQiEY now — Mabel's Labels (@mabelhood) May 31,...
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