Assorted Links
The New York Times on the next Federal Reserve Chairman. I’ve had the opportunity to meet with Janet Yellen on several occasions. She is insightful and extremely pleasant. She is definitely a “small lady with a large I.Q.” During the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper […]
Best Buy’s European Exit: Thoughts on What Scales Well
Yesterday Best Buy announced they were exiting Europe through the sale of the 50 percent stake in their European joint venture to their partner in the JV – Carphone Warehouse. The deal totals roughly $775M – 573M in cash at closing, $124M in common stock of Carphone Warehouse with a 1-yr lockup period, $39M in […]
Lessons from Little League: Motivation
With three boys playing baseball, I spend every evening on the baseball diamond and the hours after I get home are often filled with more batting practice in the basement. I’ve learned a lot about baseball, boys, and myself through coaching over the last 5 years. I thought I’d share a few of these life […]
April 2013 Travel Log
By the time I hit April and May, baseball season is in full swing (pun intended) so I’ve tried to limit my out-of-DC time during those months. Here’s a recap of my travel during the month of April: 1 trip 3 airports (IAD, NRT, HKG) 4 flight segments 17,189 total miles 1 red-eye 2 nights […]
Kids Coding and Why I’m excited about Tynker
I’ve written before about kids & coding. The programs I’ve tried with my oldest child (currently 9) haven’t been a great fit. Which makes me excited to try Tynker (see here and here).
The Great Promise of Technology
At rare times in our collective history a tech product is introduced – one that is so new it doesn’t have a market. It’s capabilities and functionality are largely undefined – left to others to uncover. These devices and services offer tremendous promise. They offer promise about what can come to fruition through the right application of […]
The Impact of Globalization on Competitiveness within the Consumer Tech Market
The world is truly becoming flat when it comes to consumer tech and that has had (and is having) profound ramifications on the competitive nature of the global marketplace for consumer tech. The global tastes and preferences of consumers are becoming homogeneous and while some subtleties still exist between geographic markets, these differences are quickly becoming marginalized. Take for example […]
The Value of Mirroring
I’m a fan of mirroring. At least I’m a fan of the idea. I’m not a heavy user. Actually, I don’t really use it at all. I guess I’m not alone. According to a recent study from NPD, only about seven percent of tablet or smartphone owners actually use screen sharing technologies. NPD suggests the […]
Monetizing Digital Structure
In the last year or two there has been an explosion of massive online open courses (MOOCs). These have come from a wide assortment of institutions. To date there has been tremendous experimentation but business models are still forming. As Cisco’s executive director for AsiaPac Andrew Thomson recently suggested one potential business model “could be that the content […]
For Adult Smokers Only
Apparently teenage smokers must have their own lounge at Narita.