Quirky thoughts from an old man.
The news this month has stories about the death throws of Sears and Kodak. Both were iconic American companies and both were done in by changes to their environments. Kodak was the silver halide film company and the digital revolution changed photography so much, so fast that they weren’t able to adjust. Sears invented the …
“Opportunity is often there, but it rarely knocks.”
I wrote last week about the Electronic wallet and said in passing that keys were next and Ravi K sent me a link to a company that is trying to build a smartphone activated add-on to a standard deadbolt. Lockitron has a very clever solution to the technical problem of this product and they illustrate …
The State of Israel was 64 years old this week which makes it about middle aged as nations go. Happy Birthday Israel To add a little more historic perspective: Israel was founded before the fax machine and outlived it. Israel was founded before the cassette tape and has outlived it. The same for the floppy …
This is a sad week for those of us who grew up loving books. The Encyclopedia Britannica is no longer going to be printed. News story here It will continue as an online source and try to compete with Google and Wikipedia, and it might, but this is the end of the printed collection of …
I just finished “The Devils Company” on my Kindle 1. It has been been my primary reading tool for two years now. Kindle 2 which I have fondled but don’t own is a significant improvement. I welcome the entrance of The Nook. Competition breeds change and some of the change is good. I am however …
Each year we get a few less Christmas/Holiday cards but in the remaining ones we get an increasing number of photo cards. We also get more and more online cards and online holiday letters. It has been an interesting evolution to watch. If I was paying careful attention I’m sure that there are also ways …