Archive for January, 2010

37 episodes later there’s a free online show/webcast/podcast (whatever you call it) that pleasantly surprises me week after week. That show is This Week In Startups – also known as “TWIST” The show is the brainchild of Jason Calacanis. Jason is an entrepreneur with an amazing track record. He started and sold Weblogs, Inc. and [...]

Here’s my take on the iPad. I’ve read enough blogs and opinions this morning that I figured I’d throw mine into the mix. I’ve never done a post like this but what the heck. As someone who’s in the market for an electronic book reader I’ve really been eying up the Kindle. My father got [...]

With the Internet getting ready to explode due to Apple’s Tablet announcement today, I really got thinking about my Uncle Bob. It was my Uncle who first introduced to the Macintosh and helped me purchase my first Mac: A Blue & White G3. The machine was like a gift from the gods. Moving from Windows [...]

Here’s how I got off the drug known as “email” in January 2010. Now of course I didn’t give up email totally, but I’ve freed up an insane amount of time by changing the way I use email. I used to check email non-stop. It was usually the first thing I did in the morning [...]

Saying “I want to make a lot of money” isn’t good enough. Here’s the thing, many people set broad goals in life and end up never accomplishing anything. The biggest and most well-known examples of this are: I want to make more money I want to lose weight The goal might be stated like this: [...]

I have to admit that I’m sometimes amazed at the things people say online.  Just this weekend I was surfing around bragbook, I mean Facebook, and I noticed an old friend of mine made an interesting status update. The update read:  so-and-so ” is drunk on a Wednesday!” No disrespect to my friend who may [...]

Yesterday I was speaking with a client about pricing a new online service. The client kept referring to the “perceived value” of the service if he charged more than his competitors. Let’s say we have two items and one is $69 bucks and the other is $99. They are both almost identical yet many people [...]

One of my goals in 2010 is to read a lot more. I bought so many books in 2009 and I bet I only read about 20% of them. If you have seen my last post, you’ll know that I recently read the expanded and updated version of “The 4-Hour Work Week.” by Tim Ferriss. [...]

Hey everyone, Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season, but now it’s time to get back at it. I apologize for any typos or grammatical errors in advance, but I’m tired and fat from too many delicious treats over Christmas. I’ve spent the last 4-5 days driving my wife [...]


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