Tag Archive for 'Business'

Today I fly East

Well, I’m heading to the airport soon for my flight to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Because of the odd flight schedules and the almost 4 hour flight time, I have to fly there today and spend the night if I want to spend a whole day in the office tomorrow. Which I do.
Our Kuala [...]

I hate Blackberrys

I hate Blackberrys. Not the fruit but the more popular psuedo-pager Blackberry that most people assume work by way of magic. Which they do kind of. They also seem to stop working as if by magic as well. Perhaps it’s more like voodoo. The only thing for sure is that [...]

Heading to Malaysia

It looks like I’ll be in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at the end of February.  Only for two nights though.  I have about one days worth of work in our office there and that’s it.  I have to go do a site check of what they currently have and what they will need this year to [...]

Future of music quorum

Matt over at The Onymous sent me this article on the future of the music industry from the eyes of five people with different levels of involvement in the music industry as a business, a culture and a mess. It’s a very long article but it’s very enlightening for those of you interested in [...]

Censoring Wikipedia

Like many people out there in Interwebs land, I am a big fan of using Wikipedia to look up things I don’t know. I know that it is editable and subject to the bias and whims of others on the web, but for some naive reason, I never really thought about people purposefully censoring [...]

Tesla reborn

Nicola Tesla would proud, and probably really jealous, of the guys at MIT that plan to commercialize the wireless transmission of electricity. If they can improve the efficiency or more importantly the range (which is currently at 7 feet), this could revolutionize many industries.
One industry in particular that I think would greatly benefit [...]

Another blow to St. Louis

I just read that Wachovia is buying long-time St. Louis powerhouse A.G. Edwards. Even though this deal will leave the retail brokerage business based in St. Louis, it means that St. Louis has lost yet another world headquarters of a major corporation. They’re trying to put a positive spin on this but, considering [...]