Time to Review the Concept of Cat Years?

I was looking at my cat Pogo lately and thinking about his age. He is about 10 years old, and according to popular wisdom, he would be 10 x 7 ‘people-years’ to a cat year = 70 years old.
He really doesn’t act like a seventy year old. For one, I don’t know of [...]

TED: A Great Resource for New Ideas!

Want an opportunity to see videos by some of the biggest thinkers in the world for free?  My friend Catherine tipped me off to the website TED.com.  “TED” stands for ‘Technology, Entertainment & Design’ which was the original scope of the conference when it started in 1984, but since has become much broader.
The concept of [...]

Building a Brand Identity: Watch Your Language!

When you discuss with people the idea that a company should have a strong brand, you often get knowing nods and agreement that yes, this is very important for businesses, and people either laud or complain about their marketing departments for their success, or lack of success, in this area.
I think this is very indicative [...]

How to Revolutionize Your Note Taking, For Free!

I have many times tried to find new methods for keeping track of things by taking notes, creating databases or the like, but always loose my discipline as the storage medium gets large and unweildy.
So I was already pretty skeptical when my friend Omer pointed me to ‘PersonalBrain’ 4.5 by TheBrain.com.  After about 3-4 months [...]

Prediction Markets: Its Not Just the Republicans that Think Palin was a Bad Choice!

It seems there are now a lot of Republicans attacking McCain’s selection of Palin as a running mate after the election loss.  This is a bit of a change of heart since, on the day of the election, 71% of Republicans surveyed said McCain had made the right choice of running mate.  But I guess [...]