“The desire of Americans to have tailor made justice and tailor made medicine has made American businesses weak. American legal and medical costs are so much higher than those of other economies that the tremendous advantage that US businesses have in terms of the drive and creativity of its people is lost in legal uncertainties, lack of standards, and a medical system that is both unfair and tremendously expensive. Moreover the results are appalling: USA is a less just society than Europe or Japan and a less healthy nation. US longevity is trailing way behind that of the EU and Japan.”
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Go for it Martin…
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
Seeing the future…
Monday, September 15th, 2008Next weekend on the political talk shows, someone will say “nobody foresaw this crisis”. It’s the same excuse used for the morgage crisis; and just like the morgage crisis, it’s untrue.
“The practice is very different, as Warren Buffett worked out years ago. His 2002 letter to his Berkshire Hathaway shareholders made headlines by condemning derivatives as “financial weapons of mass destruction”. The passage comprised only a couple of pages of the lengthy letter but read it again today – it is the best guide to understanding how Wall Street has arrived at today’s mess.”
Wall Street crisis: Is this the death knell for derivatives? |Business |guardian.co.uk
Recommend a product that you’ve never tasted?
Thursday, August 14th, 2008A few weeks ago I found myself in California and talking to Eileen Hassi who part owns Ritual Roasters in San Francisco. The conversation started with the normal “what do you do?” and then she blew me away.
She had the perfect one line response, which led to my second question, to which she had another perfect response; and on and on. After a half day spent in her company not once was I left with the impression that she was less than 100% committed. Her commitment and obsession with her product seemed total.
I’ve rarely been so impressed by someone. And this is a three store coffee chain!
So I finally got around to looking her up on Google tonight and this is the quote I see…
Ms. Hassi said she was at a party recently when someone came up to her and offered a profusion of thanks. “He said, ‘thank you, thank you, thank you for opening your cafe.’ “
Street Scene – Cafe Capitalism, San Francisco Style – NYTimes.com
Can I recommend a coffee house without ever seeing it? Hell yes!
I’ll see you at the debates bitches…
Thursday, August 7th, 2008Fingers crossed…
Sunday, June 1st, 2008gapingvoid: “cartoons drawn on the back of business cards”: “moleskine 42″ framed
…more to follow. This should be very exciting!
News Maps…
Sunday, May 18th, 2008This is so simple and yet so fantastic…
Could we do this analysis in real time?
Joho and market bullying…
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008I’ve given up counting the number of times this has happened to me…
Joho the Blog » Market bullying
Seriously, it’s madness. I once clicked on a link on my Mac to buy office; I only wanted to know how much it would cost. I was whisked away to the Microsoft web site where they tried to install something and then tried to refer me to a partner site. I never did find out the price!
Project Management Lessons…
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008Large aircraft have to be the most complex things built by man; how difficult? This article in Flight International is a wonderful overview of how things can slowly slip out of control…
One year on: the story of the 787
Is it coincidence that the 787 is being build in the same city as Vista? Both projects tried to be radically different and in both cases, the companies learnt a lot of lessons.
So imperfect; but so sucessful…
Sunday, March 30th, 200810 Millionth Article Written on Wikipedia
I’m talking about Wikipedia; although it could apply to TechCrunch!!!
The Space-Shuttle Quandary…
Monday, March 24th, 2008Should you film a once in a lifetime experience or just experience it…
The Space-Shuttle Quandary – Pogue’s Posts – Technology – New York Times Blog
Probably both. Set up the camera before with a timer to shoot every couple of seconds and then forget about it. Of course, it could film the wrong thing but who cares? You could loose the camera on the way home anyway!!!
