Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help on...

…notwithstanding my lack of recent posts. I've been busy with projects and haven't had much time to blog. In the meantime, check out this Slate article (co-written by my fiancee). It's a little off topic but that's a proud guy's liberty…

Paramount studios announced today that they've severed ties with Tom Cruise after a 13 year relationship due to his "unacceptable" behavior. Strangely, Cruise's agents claim that they terminated negotiations with Paramount after turning to a pair of hedge funds to finance Cruise's future projects. Clearly, there's more to this story: as my fiance...

From 1984, as he presents the original Macintosh computer: The screaming crowd reminds me of footage of old Beatles' concerts–maybe it's the bow tie?

Umair at Bubblegeneration recently wrote a great note on the "post-network" economy–the main idea being that bland strategy is increasingly a commodity, and that in mind, the next great shift in value creation will come from creativity. But what is creativity? The best answer I've recently heard comes from Sir Ken Robinson. If you...

Kiko, the online calendar I picked as my favorite Ajax application back in September 2005, is now for sale on eBay. The starting bid is $49,999.99, with no takers yet. While Kiko's functionality was solid (and improving, especially with recent releases), the team apparently wasn't able to develop a viable business model to

In my last post, I described a new service that tracks what other sites are popular with my readers. I didn't fully realize it at the time, but one such site is the brand new blog of Mahmood Ahmadinejad, the President of Iran. It's worth a look (but see the update below first)–in

Looks like Interactive just bought a 51% stake in NYC-based ConnectedVentures, which runs CollegeHumor.com, among other sites (link to more deal info). Gawker reported last month that this was in the works, valuing the company somewhere between $20-30M. According to CollegeHumor's media kit, the company displays ~280 million pages each month and ...