You {should, shouldn’t, should consider} programming/learn(ing) to program

I had a short and slightly angry post drafted about how little I care for programming, and how annoying it is when programmers tell me I should learn to program….I had a short and slightly angry post drafted about how … Continue reading

Your parents really did have it easier

I feel bad for people who went to an expensive college because it was the thing to do and not because they knew what they were going to do with…I feel bad for people who went to an expensive college … Continue reading

The dark side of Internet marketing

The Internet is the new Wild West for anyone with the time and wits to take advantage. Your potential audience is thousands of times bigger than in offline marketing. It’s…The Internet is the new Wild West for anyone with the … Continue reading

My love/hate relationship with marketing

I like it when people do things I ask them to do. There’s the rush of power, but then the satisfaction that comes from asking people to do something worthwhile….I like it when people do things I ask them to … Continue reading

Let the economists worry about the economy

The ’00s were a rough decade. The .com bubble popped, then some jerks with planes blew a hole in the country just as we were starting to recover. Now we’re…The ’00s were a rough decade. The .com bubble popped, then … Continue reading

I am a non-professional blogger

Blogging professionally tends to make people drop personality. The blog becomes a brand on its own and leaves the person or people behind it in the shadows. So I’m going…Blogging professionally tends to make people drop personality. The blog becomes … Continue reading

The JOBS Act

Every good thing I try to think of on the JOBS Act is caught by my “but that’s what they said last time” filter. This is the first bubble where…Every good thing I try to think of on the JOBS … Continue reading