Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
A version of this post is going out to subscribers of the Economics and Research Center newsletter. (What? You don't subscribe? Well then, be sure to sign up here.) It contains excerpts from the forthcoming book Disrupting the Future by Dr. Joe Webb and myself. Watch for the announcement of ...Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
I posted bits of this over on my personal blog, but some of it seems appropriate to repurpose here, as there is one place I found where print will remain alive and well—for the foreseeable future, anyway. Last weekend, I competed in the 33rd annual American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held at ...Thursday, February 18th, 2010
I was meeting with my accountant last week, and since I am always curious as to what other professionals and businesses outside the printing industry are doing, the subject of social media came up—LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, et al., and he just sighed and said, “You know, I just don’t want ...Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Let’s blame it all on a sixth-century monk named Dionysius Exiguus (literally, “Dennis the Short”). He was the one charged, by Pope Saint John I, to start counting actual chronological years or, specifically, the year of Jesus’ birth. Dennis began his chronology with the foundation of Rome, and ergo Jesus ...Sunday, October 18th, 2009
Yesterday, I received a letter in the mail from my credit card company saying that they have been desperately trying to reach me and that I should call them about my account as soon as possible. This was curious; I can pretty much identify all the calls I’ve been avoiding ...Thursday, October 8th, 2009
I admit it: I am becoming iPhone app-happy. I hadn’t intended to, but gradually—no, check that; actually pretty rapidly—I have become obsessed with mobile phone applications. iPhone apps were something that had been at the very periphery of my radar, but as I was researching my new WhatTheyThink primer report, ...Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
A couple of months ago, a representative from some public interest group rang my doorbell and tried to get me to sign some petition or other and give them money. I declined, not necessarily because I disagreed with their positions, but because I refuse to encourage door-to-door canvassing. I told ...
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