Making It: How To Deal With The Government

Face it: if you build a big enough company, sooner or later you’re going to need some expert help to get the government on your side or off your back. Here’s a great piece from Wired.com (always  at the cutting edge) on the man who helps companies that “disrupt” survive in our highly regulated, legislated, …

The Most Important Article You Will Read in 2015: What is Code?

Paying Attention: From Bloomberg.com, here’s the link to Paul Ford’s amazingly interesting and totally necessary article: What is Code.  The reality of the world we live in now and the world we will live in tomorrow and the future is that everything is increasingly controlled by software. Digital instruction will soon be embedded in almost …

Where have you been?

Paying Attention: Trailblazer is a new type of tool that enables you to track your browsing across the internet in 3D vs. a flat 2D list of sites visited. It’s designed to limit the numbers of tabs open on your browser at any one time, and to work as a tool to enable you to know not …

Best SNL Opening Monlogues: Kevin Hart (date)

Paying Attention: SNL has brought a lot of humor (and comedians) to American culture. This post starts a series that honors the very best opening guest monologues on SNL. First up: Kevin Hart, with a classic from January 2015.   The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube. Thanks to SNL for sharing. All rights reserved by …

Under Armour Makes Its’ Move

Paying Attention: When Jordan Spieth came within a stroke of moving into a playoff for the The (British) Open Championship, most eyes were on the piece of history he was trying to make: become the first player since Ben Hogan to win three majors in a year (Hogan won the Masters, the U.S. Open and …

Under Armour Makes Its' Move

Paying Attention: When Jordan Spieth came within a stroke of moving into a playoff for the The (British) Open Championship, most eyes were on the piece of history he was trying to make: become the first player since Ben Hogan to win three majors in a year (Hogan won the Masters, the U.S. Open and …

Should Apple Buy Greece?

Why not? The Eurozone leaders are not particularly happy to have Greece as a member (they’re hundreds of billions of Euros in the hole). And Greece is not particularly happy to be in the Eurozone, and said so in a national vote when they opted out of the first set of terms for a Greek bailout. …

How to Watch Wimbledon

    Paying Attention. The annual grass court championships for the known world (“The Championships, Wimbledon”) are now closing in on the women’s and men’s finals on Saturday and Sunday. If you haven’t already been dialed in, it gets very serious now. Here is a ClickPak of sources of information, video, and news about the …

Ray Charles: America The Beautiful

There are a lot of great patriotic songs to hear this weekend but there’s one song that sums it all up–Ray Charles’ version of “America The Beautiful”.  There’s  a long lead in as Ray appreciates one of his musicians, but stay with it. It’s terrific. No further exposition needed. Just listen and enjoy one of …

The Art of the Movie Trailer: Bridge of Spies

Paying Attention:Tom Hanks in the CIA in this new thriller, due this fall. This is the first trailer, from Movie Clips. Hanks in a spy movie? We’re all going to see it. The Fine Print: Embed via YouTube. Originally posted by Movie Clips. All rights belong to their respective artists. Thanks to all for sharing.