I saw the buzz (and the ludicrous conspiracy theory) about Amazon’s investment into 43 Things. Amazon’s interest makes sense given many of the principals were previously involved with Amazon’s rocking p13n team. They make features like this that sucker you into spending more time and money on Amazon’s site and enjoying it. I don’t mean […]
Last December I was lamenting the industry analyst forecasts were all over the map. One particular analyst, Analyst Bravo, had unbelievabily optimistic numbers. Here’s a better chart depicting the market predictions of four analysts for hard-boiled eggs (HBE), soft-boiled eggs (SBE) and Jewel-encrusted eggs. Everyone acknowledges the hard- and soft-boiled eggs market is declining while
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Director Mitch had an interesting take on his personal consumption of technology. We have similar degrees and tenures in high tech and a similar adoption rate of technology. I’m usually in the Late Majority or Laggard cycle:
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I’m on a “non-fiction writer’s” list where the participants help each other critique WIPs and share experiences in the business. It’s a working list, and to stay on, one has to do a combination of five submissions and critiques a month. I’ve mostly been on the critiquing side because I’m not quite ready to start
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One motivation for the exercise last week in reviewing 10-Q/Ks was to come up with some forecasts on the marketplace. We also use an array of industry analysts who are ostensibly better connected and do this stuff all day, but the numbers I’ve seen are all over the place. Consider the following chart:
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During the last couple of weeks it’s been icky weather — dark, cold, rainy. I’ve been indoors, looking at a several companies’ financial filings, connecting the pro-forma dots in an attempt to understand the companies’ fundamentals and make a judgement on whether I think they will remain viable concerns. The job is much easier with
Sometime Tuesday, my laptop crashed. I don’t know exactly what happened, except when I woke up, the machine had powered itself off and would not get past its POST. I power-cycled the machine several times, expecting different results. No, I’m not crazy; computing is just that nondeterministic. I undocked the laptop and tried again. This
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I’ve had an account with monster.com since 1996. Basically forever. From 1996-1999, they were a great source for job hunting. Real companies posted actual jobs. If you applied, and were reasonably qualified, a human being often responded with a genuine personalized email. (When the response was unfavorable, you’d have what’s known as a “flying hatchet”
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