From the monthly archives:

September 2008

Sustainable for whom?

September 16, 2008

I just picked up some oatmeal from the company cafeteria. They’ve just switched to more environmentally friendly cups, plates, etc. Yay. The paper bowl I just carried back to my office is green and white – a very soft friendly green mind you. It’s called an “ecotainer”. Clever! It’s got a little slogan on it: […]

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9/11

September 11, 2008

I don’t really know what to say, but it feels wrong to me to let this day pass without acknowledging the terrible event on 9/11. I don’t want to do this in a partisan way. Like most people, I have some partisan leanings and I have a worldview that informs and is informed by my […]

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Jer979: Marketing Messiah

September 9, 2008

You gotta love Jer! Check out his recent blog post on how he deftly concluded a meeting with some Jehovah’s Witnesses at his door by offering them some very good marketing advice. Any of you in the religion bidness should get in touch with Jer. He can help! And Jer: Perhaps now that you have […]

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A constitutional amendment

September 2, 2008

I recently posted a critical new piece of social legislation that you must all follow. See my original post here. My dear friend Tawana has pointed out a flaw in the original legislation so I am amending the rule. This amendment is effective retroactive to my original post. [Tawana’s critical counterexample was a person we […]

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It’s called "hurricane season" for a reason

September 2, 2008

My heart goes out to people whose homes and possessions are destroyed or damaged by hurricanes. But I’m really tired of seeing news coverage of hurricanes in the U.S. It’s ridiculous already. These hurricanes happen every year. And we even know pretty much when they’re going to happen. It’s called “hurricane season.” So why the […]

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At least I made sense

September 1, 2008

Check out Business Week’s Innovation site. I am now a featured commenter. Scroll down about midway and look on the left side. Sorry about the photo. I didn’t have much to work with. But I think the point I made is a pretty good one. I was responding to some point about why VCs are […]

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