Category: Economics

NYTimes.com – South Korea Seeks Internet Speed of 1 Gigabit a Second
Hey US, you want to develop new technologies and companies, let’s do this.
February 22, 2011
NYTimes.com – From Sputnik to SunShot
60% drop in about 15 years, another 75% percent drop over next decade with more emphasis on renewable energy sources seems totally doable.
February 19, 2011
NYTimes.com – Public Workers in Wisconsin Protest Plan to Cut Benefits
The second part doesn’t make a lot of sense as far as a partial solution to solving the deficit, the collective bargaining wouldn’t reduce any current state payments to employees.
February 16, 2011
NYTimes.com – Failure to Launch
Ouch.
February 13, 2011
NYTimes.com – American Medical Response Settles Facebook Firing Case
Good decision employees should be able to comment in their private off time as publicly as they wish about their company (minus releasing trade secrets and such).
February 10, 2011
Macworld – iPhone 4 breaks all Verizon sales records in two hours
That’s more than a little impressive.
February 7, 2011
Seth’s Blog – Pleasing
If I ever start a company this is going to be part of the company policy.
February 7, 2011
NYTimes.com – Simon Johnson: The Ruinous Fiscal Impact of Big Banks
Another article about how banks are wanting their cake and eat it.
February 3, 2011
Scottish Ruby Conference – Ticket Sales Close Monday 7 Feb, at the latest
PayPal has to be one of the worst payment processors for business it seems on the internet.
February 2, 2011
TechCrunch – Egypt Shuts Down Noor, Its Last ISP
This is so weird and disturbing the idea of a political entity being able to just disconnect itself from the internet.
January 31, 2011