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This sci-fi novel follows the stories of a doctor, brilliant scientist and religious fanatic as the earth becomes ensnared in a time-warping cocoon built by an alien intelligence with intentions that I won’t reveal. At stake, of course, is the future of humanity and possibly the universe. I’m in awe of the imagination that came … Read more

In the introduction and chapter one of “Story” by Robert McKee, I came across a few inspiring insights into storytelling:

Hal R. Varian quoted in Wired: Varian believes that a new era is dawning for what you might call the datarati—and it’s all about harnessing supply and demand. ‘What’s ubiquitous and cheap?’ Varian asks. ‘Data.’ And what is scarce? The analytic ability to utilize that data.” Providing information analysis is a task that is related … Read more

Summary: In today’s information environment, making and selling a product is not a sustainable business. A product is not an end, but a beginning, and a gateway to the real business: providing services around that product. Inspiration: A CNN story about Riversimple, a company from the U.K. that has come up with a hydrogen-powered, less-poluting … Read more

Summary: Attention to product quality that goes unnoticed and unappreciated by your customer will consume resources that could be put to better use. Source: A Harvard Business Review article from the May 2009 issue (p. 68 is relevant to this post) examining six mistakes companies make in managing capital. There’s a pay wall since the … Read more

G.O.P. Senators Question Obama’s Health Reforms Christian Albin, Four Seasons Head Chef, Dies at 61

Power Survival Sacrifice Lull Precipice

inebriation resurrected a lightened movement spinning forward to laughter like breath beneath 10 million years of savagery erupting from machine as flesh as machine to rise into grunts of quiet violence tearing misery’s meat for a cause of lies spurring truth with dead boots.

As newspapers hunt for new revenues, what exactly would they be selling to their customers if they started charging for their online information? Or if I had an article in my pocket about a subject of my choosing, written in a way that I prefer, and I hinted at the content with nothing more than … Read more

Obama begins construction of a rhetorical road to the goal of a safer world with a speech on improving U.S.-Muslim relations, Hong Kongers celebrate freedom while China does not, more Americans are unable to afford prescription drugs while a few major pharmaceutical companies (1, 2, 3) made an average profit of $7.78 billion in 2008, … Read more