Startups. Y’all fucking up my subways. (an excerpt from the ground breaking book ‘What the Heck is Going On Here‘ A thrilling story of an older man living in New [ … ]

I watched Transparent in its first season. I liked Transparent then. I don’t think I was particularly looking forward to its second season, but I did anticipate including it in [ … ]

The stock market is a scale. It is precise at pricing over a long span of time but is also inefficient in any moment.  A consumer at the deli counter [ … ]

Big warning that this may have spoilers of Star Wars the Force Awakens.  Please only read on if you can’t wait on the long lines on a cold day… I [ … ]

This is a photo of the silhouette of Nancy Konipol taken in the days after 9/11. She was one of only a few photographers invited Ground Zero by the Governor and [ … ]

Survivor second Chance is one of my favorite seasons and that place in my rankings surprised me. The game has evolved. The strategy of hub and spoke is no longer [ … ]

Tech history is short. In one generation an observer can see a company advance thru it’s life cycle. Companies that endure, change and become something else. What was elastic becomes [ … ]

I like cupcakes. I don’t eat a lot of them because I try to adhere to my diet, but I do like them. Several blocks away from our apartment is [ … ]

Is Uber properly valued, without qualifying your answer, Yes or No? Uber has an assumed valuation of 92 billion billion dollars. With today’s mega valuation that may seem in line [ … ]

This quick post is about Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook and giving back, but it begins and ends in my local dining spot. I am a regular at a restaurant across the [ … ]