Independent Thinking Blog
Independent Thinking Blog
Don’t Be Left Behind
"What's becoming clear is that you've got to be there, or you may be left behind." --Ilyce R. Glick & Samuel J. Tamkin, Real Estate Matters. Check out Real Estate Matters in today's Washingon Post. Simple, succinct outline of why...
Powerset’s Smart Entrepreneur
The trouble with some entrepreneurs is that they have great ideas but little business sense. Instead of importing talent to run their companies, people like Yahoo's Jerry Yang think they can do everything themselves. They can't. Kudos to Powerset co-founder...
Protecting Your People
The fire alarm in my building went off twice the other night. Although there are probably 400 residents, I wasn't surprised to find only a handful had bothered to move. I think it's selfish and offensive to risk a firefighter's life on the off-chance you've...
Delicious Prospects
I recently uploaded all my bookmarks onto Delicious, which lets me multi-tag items so I can find my Library Resources page whether my brain is processing "reference" or "business." (Of course, just because it's online doesn't mean you shouldn't back up the...
Mr. Monk and the Business Cards
There was an episode of Monk a couple of years ago where the brilliant but obsessive-compulsive detective gets new business cards. When he discovers how much each card costs, he starts taking them back from people he doesn't think really need to have them. Many...