My Musings

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    This is NOT Free

    It’s amazing how big companies want to use people’s work for free. Today I read an article about a science fiction writer who was asked by Warner if they could use his interview for free.  (A Scathing, Brutally Honest Rant About Not Working for Free BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY | FRI, NOV 14 http://pulse.me/s/36dx9F ) Earlier I…

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    Hard Problems

    Lately I’ve been reading a lot about people solving hard problems such as saving the world, eliminating poverty, solving climate change. These are BIG, HAIRY problems that won’t be easily eradicated. Most of us don’t deal with stuff like this. But we all do work on hard problems, just on a smaller scale. Right now…

  • Authenticity

    Now I think I know what people mean about being authentic. A couple of days ago I received an email from a guy who posted his comment in the Project Control group of LinkedIn. On the surface of it, he was directing us to a “mystery” blogger who was writing about his ‘day in the…

  • He’s Back At It Again

    Carl Icahn is back in the news again; he’s agitating Apple to buy back shares as a way of increasing shareholder values. But why should Apple give money to people like him who are providing nothing of value to the company? All Icahn and his ilk are doing is sucking money out of corporations. Instead, that…

  • Dashboard Driving

    Dashboard driving: running your business solely on the numbers without considering your long-term prospects or intangibles. Do you drive your car solely by looking at the dashboard, measuring your speed and fuel usage? Or do you mostly drive by looking out the window to see where you are and where you are going and possibly…