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07.21.08Teaching Dad About the Internet Circa 1994
My ExperiencesI swear - I am not a dork :) I was home this weekend and grabbed a book off my father’s bookshelf. It was a title I had not seen in ages – The Whole Internet Users Guide. Protruding from the top was a sheet of paper that looked like a letter. It was! The following is a letter I must have written and given to my father along with this old-school O’Reilly Media book back in 1994. I would have been 14 years old: Dad, I am glad you are interested in the world wide web (part of the internet) but as ...
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06.19.08Inspiring, Teaching, Leading
My ExperiencesLast weekend I had my ten year high school reunion. Over the weekend I heard an amazing story about a well known faculty member. I want to share the story because to me it is the absolute definition of leadership. [Note: I have purposely decided against publishing this professor’s name for privacy reasons] I attended a boarding school in Connecticut. While I was there -- and for years before and after my own graduation – one professor stood out among the rest. Over his tenure of 49 years, he served as an inspiration in the classroom, on the playing field and in ...
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05.15.08I Got Kicked Off Facebook
My Experiences, Social NetworkingThis past New Year’s I made Ten Predictions for 2008 on this blog, including a bonus, eleventh prediction… Well that eleventh prediction has come true: I have been kicked off Facebook for what is, in my opinion, a really big mistake/misunderstanding. Of course since I am the one who was kicked off I will leave it to someone else to cover the story (to avoid bias) and I will link to it when that happens Nick O'Neill has covered the reason at AllFacebook.com. Needless to say, I have really not done anything wrong and I am confident my account will reinstated after additional ...
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05.12.08Top Down Selection: Sifting For Quality Information
My Experiences, Social MediaWhen I was young we used to have a blast in Florida scooping up gobs of beach sand in a sifter and then shaking out the sand in hopes of finding a shark's tooth. Now, I find myself doing the same thing with information. Clearly there is more tech information available than one can reasonably consume in a day, or a lifetime. I have already shared how my information consumption habits have shifted to my reading hundreds of micro hunks of content, streamed to me throughout the day, a concept I'm basing a company around. Clearly, this is a trend with ...
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04.03.08Thanks for Enriching My World
My ExperiencesI wanted to thank the following bloggers for taking the time to consistently write thoughtful, intriguing posts. These posts routinely prompt me to do additional homework, lead to fun debate or dialogue and generally enrich my understanding of the world: Barry Ritholtz Paul Kedrosky Stowe Boyd Fred Wilson Nivi Babak You guys rock! Happy good people day!
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03.26.08Investment Economics For Young Professionals II: Four Areas for Investment Consideration
My Experiences, Tech'nomicsA while back I wrote a post called Investment Economics for Young Professionals. In it I promised a follow-up post on the four areas where I feel young people would be wise to invest. To reiterate - I am not an investment professional - so please do your own homework and take these suggestions with a grain of salt. Shipping. It would seem to me that premium shipping companies such as UPS and FedEx are prime for long-term sustainability and growth. The amount of goods sold online continues to climb year over year. This growth will continue as more people ...
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03.23.08Tricks of the Trade: How to Meet an Influencer
Entrepreneurship, My ExperiencesIt is a fact of life: the more influential you are, the nicer the hotel you stay at. Based on this truthieness, here are two very similar hacks. Hack #1. Let’s say you’re traveling internationally and want to mingle with a jet setter crowd, but you’re on a tight budget. Simply locate the nicest hotel in your particular city and head there. In general most 5+ star international hotels have a fantastic lounge with wifi, bars and coffee. Park yourself there for the afternoon and strike up casual conversations with the folks around you. You’re likely to meet some interesting, wealthy ...
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03.15.08BarcampNYC3, Cavemen and SXSW
My ExperiencesApologies to all, especially Matt, for a lack of blog posts. I’ve been a busy guy: In addition to a beyond-heavy workload, Heights Media Group in conjunction with iStragtegyLabs launched a social platform for Geico last week helping cavemen find dates. I then spent five days at South by South West and had an absolutely awesome time -- even despite the Lacey debacle. Seeing Marty was a true highlight at the Crush Party, as was the following night’s Rock Band concert. Today I presented at BarCampNYC3 along with Vishy Venugopalan, Sewell Tang and Krish Sridhar. We organized a panel called, The Office ...
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03.01.08Daniel Squadron: Political Entrepreneur
My ExperiencesOn Thursday I had the privilege of attending an event thrown for Daniel Squadron, a 28 year old Democrat currently running for State Senate. I’ve met Daniel a few times over the last few years and like him a lot. He understands that most people, especially younger folks, don’t know or particularly care about state government. However Daniel’s not afraid to give you an earful on why it does matter. New York State government used to be a leading force in key legislations. He'd like see it return to its once prominent form. In contrast, current turnout for state elections ...
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02.29.08Come on Hillary…Enough Already
My ExperiencesI like Hilliary, but I like Obama more. Still I can't help but feel sad that Hillary feels forced into such pathetic scare-tactic campaigning:
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