Finding Clarity in an Ambiguous World

In a world of abundant, choices we are increasingly less likely to trust the advertising machine for recommendations on what is truly good.  Instead, we listen to our friends.  They filter out the stuff that doesn’t matter (things they tried that were mediocre), and let us know of the stuff to avoid (because it sucks)…

At one point in time, after moving to CA for an extended time, we were finding renters for our home.  In Colorado, those renting a home usually are ones that can’t presently purchase a home – this makes the decision difficult since there is always some mistake or situation they are working through.  We had…

One of the challenges entrepreneurs have is selling customers and investors on something which, by and large, isn’t built yet. Sometime ago, I joked with an investor, that investors prefer to invest in people who are delusional. Someone who “knows” that they really can go make something happen (even though any rational analysis reveals just…

This evening I was driving home, we almost got in an accident. We came upon a police car with it’s lights on, parked on the inside lane (presumably having pulled someone over).  We passed on the outside lane slowly and as we did the car who had been pulled over started to pull into our…

Last year,  Ann and I went to a Lucha Libre (Wrestling match – ala Nacho Libre) in Cuernavaca, Mexico. It was a very interesting cultural experience and actually increased my respect for those producing ‘Professional Wrestling’. We showed up to the ring and took a spot with the standing-room only crowd up in the balcony. …

Back when we moved to California, I had to clean out all of the stuff that we had in our garage and decide what to keep and what not to keep. Most things you find in the garage have some kind of utility at some point in time or to some other person, but their…

This is one of the funnier comics I’ve seen on editors in a long time: XKCD – On Editors

As the software industry continues to mature, it’s interesting to see the progression of platforms and applications. After watching the launch of the iPhone SDK, it’s interesting to compare Apple’s strategy with other platform strategies (Windows, Google, Salesforce, Facebook, Intel). Traditionally, Apple has been extremely protective of it’s use model, wanting to make sure that…

I’m presently drinking what could be the best cup of coffee I’ve ever had. It was expensive though, $6, for a Cup-Of-Excellence (COE) winner from Guatamala. It was made with a machine Clover at Ritual Roasters which is in San Francisco. One of my friends recently showed me an article about this coffee machine which…

One thing I have been struck by lately is how words represent abstractions of a concept or meaning. We use them as short cuts for communication. They remind us of other conversations where the words took shape. What’s most interesting though is that no word has an absolute meaning, but only what we have learned…