This is not a job inquiry letter that I received. I found out about this from The Bad Pitch Blog. As  you might have guessed, the Bad Pitch Blog killed the author, a columnist responding to a job ad. I loved the response. Absolutely loved it. I liked it a little bit because the author…

I have a google alert that searches for mentions of the term “prosecutorial misconduct” . It’s a never ending flow of events, which is unfortunate in and of itself.  Its a reminder that power corrupts on a daily basis. This morning’s email brought my attention to an article written by Cornell Law Professor Michael Dorf….

The internet has been dead and boring for a while now.  It has reached a point of stability where flashes  of technological creativity are rare, but  every now and then some new technology can put a spark back in the ole gal (no sexism intended). If you haven’t heard of WebHooks or PubSubHubBub its about…

Has anyone else noticed the irony that Redbox, a company that rents DVDs for a dollar from a kiosk that people have to drive to, is the most disruptive force in the video business ? Or the irony that the most successful video delivery business, Netflix, makes almost all of their money shipping DVDs in…

I get deal pitches daily.  I want all of you to understand the code words that IMHO are sure fire signs that the entrepreneur has no idea what they are doing and is destined to fail.  This is from an email today, redacted of course to protect the guilty.  My interpretation of the letter is…

I got some interesting questions via email and I thought I would share them, along with my answers. Does he feel that the economic crisis make him more or less confident in Rand’s objectivist philosophy?  Why? it hasnt changed. Im not a believer that her writings are guidelines for how governments should operate. I think…

Bust your ass and get rich. Make a boatload of money. Pay your taxes. Lots of taxes. Hire people. Train people. Pay people. Spend money on rent, equipment, services. Pay more taxes. When you make a shitload of money. Do something positive with it. If you are smart enough to make it, you will be…

This is in response to Michael’s Newser response to my blog on selling content online MIchael, I think we agree more than we disagree. let me address some specifics. 1. Respect the fact that Im fat 2. I do have friends.  I didnt realize we were boys, but anytime you want to hang, just holler…..

If you are like me, you have reached your limit of 10 saved searches on Twitter.  Searching Twitter to keep track of trends and topics that matter to you is probably  a daily function. The problem with Twitter Search is that  you can’t tell the difference between a tweet going out to 100,000 followers and…

Rupert , you didn’t ask my opinion on this, but since when has that ever stopped me. First the good news.  You can sell content on the internet.  People pay for content on and off the internet every second of every day. It’s easy to do. If you do it right. But before I get…