Press Clippings: Investing is an important component of modern life. Whether you were born with money or made your own, the sooner you start investing, the better off you’ll be. Bloomberg.Com has just produced a very informative slide show that tells you which companies are projected to increase dividends the most over the next three …
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The Macintosh is 30
Paying Attention: This weekend, Apple will have a big celebration for the Macintosh computer, which was announced 30 years today, 24 January 1984. Since it’s creation, the Macintosh–it’s spirit, technology, innovation and attitude– has propelled Apple into a mammoth business that operates in industries ranging from software to music distribution and cell phones. Even though …
Rolex 24 At Daytona Schedule
Below, the schedule for the 52nd running of the 24 Hours at Daytona, now called the Rolex 24 at Daytona (you will remember the iconic Daytona Rolex watch, eh?…made massively famous and desirable by Paul Newman, who raced at Daytona). Risi Competizione, the Houston-based Ferrari GTLM sports car team will be running the race in the …
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its’ own reason for existing.”
Understanding Design
Paying Attention: There is so much press today about the importance of design in our lives, that it might be a good idea to verify that we’re all on the same page when it comes to an understanding of what design is and how it works. Design is not just graphic design–the arrangement of elements …
Apple Doubles Down
Paying Attention: What most of the media have missed about Apple’s iPad is how well it works for creative people. The change in GUI/interface and the freedom created by a switch from a keyboard and mouse-based input model to touch screen input, enabled software engineers to re-think a lot of the software that was being used for …
The New Language of Golf
Press Clippings: From Golf.Com comes this very, very funny overview of the latest slang used to describe various shots, personalities, and situations encountered in playing golf. Whether or not anyone is actually using these terms is not under consideration.
The Comeback
Press Clippings: How Chrysler came back from bankruptcy. Great piece from Bloomberg on Chrysler’s return as an automobile manufacturer. The main architect, Sergio Marchionne, the chain-smoking head of Italy’s Fiat automotive group, had an industry rep for making risky situations pay off. All of his talents would be necessary to save Chrysler. Ironically, Marchionne would …
I Heard What You Said Last Summer
Press Clippings: From website iO9 (it should be in your bookmarks) comes this very interesting explanation of why you can hear your neighbors conversations from across the lake (and, of course, the opposite…why they can hear yours).It’s winter in North America and most are safe from pan-lake eavesdropping, but spring is just around the corner …
Sight
“Sight is swift, comprehensive, simultaneously analytic and synthetic. It requires so little energy to function, as it does, at the speed of light, that it permits our minds to receive and hold an infinite number of items of information in a fraction of a second. “