An Ubertunity
Uber uses smart phone technology to pair people who need rides with people who have cars and time. It is a brilliant idea. AirBnB does the same thing with extra rooms. These are big disruptive changes... Read More
New Photos
The web site update continues apace. Many thanks to Nancy Harvey my computer dude extraordinaire for all her work. ... Read More
The Experience Economy
A week ago I speculated that more money would be flowing toward buying experiences and marginally less to buying stuff. As is often the case it turns out there is a book. The Experience Economy was wr... Read More
A Free Society
“In a free society, everybody has the right to be wrong in their opinions. (But don’t tell anyone at Yale that.)” Jonah Goldberg... Read More
Maxim from the Past
The Greatest Ability is Dependability The slogan of Coventry Manufacturing in its formative years (circa 1984)... Read More
A Change of Status – 4 – Swag
Swag is the stuff you get to mark that you have had an experience. People go to Disneyland and buy a Disney branded something to show that they were there. Going to Disneyland conveys status, buyi... Read More
A Change of Status – 3
It was announces this morning that Constellation Brands a beverage conglomerate bought Ballast Point, a craft beer brewer in San Diego for a billion dollars or 20 times projected 2015 sales.... Read More