This is a long-overdue review of the iPad, in part because of what can only be described as a massive reluctance on my part to actually touch an iPad. I'm not a big fan of hype. I neither purvey nor consume hype, certainly not in the massive quantities that have surrounded the rounds of iPad [...]
Sunday afternoon. Hot. Sitting by a pool, listening to The Stones' "Exile on Main Street," and contemplating the term "exile." First, a digression: No matter what The Rolling Stone Top 500 Albums of All Time said, the greatest rock album in history is "Exile on Main Street." Nothing else is even close. Bank that. The [...]
The breaking point for me was the last venture capitalist reality show I watched. I could bear only a half-hour and I honestly don't remember the name of the show. What I do remember is an entrepreneur who had devoted two years of his life's work and sold 50% of a potentially million-dollar idea for [...]
Having just (literally “just,” as I’m writing this piece on a 13-hour flight out of Beijing) completed my 55th trip to China, I left with a stronger vision than ever that you need to get to China. Now. Yes - YOU. Why? It’s not just the Sichuan food (though that’s a compelling reason in itself, [...]
"Curate" is a business term very much in vogue today. And, literally, today. Maybe I'm traveling in "better" circles but, honestly, until like three months ago, I rarely heard the word. Now, every time some one tries to pitch something to me, I guess-timate how many minutes into the meeting "curate" appears. I honestly don't [...]
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