Category Archives: Meaning

Why Did MSFT Buy Skype?

Posted on May 10, 2011 by

Why did Microsoft drop $8.5 billion on Skype?  Are they that terrified of Google Voice that they’ll drop major change on an acquisition they don’t really need?  The deal is ridiculous and upside down and backward.  What was Ballmer thinking?  Is MSFT … Continue reading →

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Berkshire Hathaway Loses its Moral Value

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Berkshire Hathaway has a problem.  No, it isn’t their “Official Home Page” website that looks like it was designed by a third-grader in 1991 — note the ubiquitous link to Geico insurance in the footer; and no, it isn’t the choice … Continue reading →

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Broken Families and Half-Brothers and Whole-Sisters

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

I was born in a time when being a child from a “broken family” meant your mother and father were divorced and you were irretrievably marked in the marketplace of social commerce as damaged goods.  Today, there’s slightly less stigma … Continue reading →

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Experiencing The Mountain Goats Live

Posted on April 10, 2011 by

When I first started listening to The Mountain Goats in 2009, my co-worker who introduced me to their music would play a live recording of theirs, in part to introduce me to what it would be like to go and … Continue reading →

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