Osama bin Laden — D.O.A.
Yeah, I know I haven’t posted in a long time, but this news is big. Congrats to our leadership and armed forces. I hate to celebrate the death of anyone, but this one was long overdue. (Update 5/5/11:...
View ArticleFifty years of US manned spaceflight
A round of applause to NASA and everyone involved in this ongoing adventure. “To infinity and beyond … ,” or something like that. Hot from the inbox: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s Statement About...
View ArticleGraphene paper
Pretty cool. From the link: A scanning electron microscopy (SEM) image of graphene oxide papers and an analytical model showing the layered structures of graphene sheets, the intralayer and interlayer...
View ArticleBook recommendation — “The Investment Answer”
If you are investing (and I hope you are), if you are thinking about investing, or if you just think you might start investing sometime in a foggy future, do yourself a huge favor and pick up a copy of...
View ArticleA message for journalists (and marketers)
The ongoing demise of journalism as a profession in its current form is well-documented. Traditional print outlets are drying up left and right, those still in business are cutting staff, and many...
View ArticleTen years later …
I don’t really have a lot to offer aside from two blog posts. First up is a post of mine from MarketingSherpa this Friday. I interviewed a reputation management expert for a how-to consumer marketing...
View Article“The Blackwater dudes would play Nickelback … “
Talk about the bar from hell — in the midst of Iraq’s Green Zone during the worst of the war, everyone’s favorite “security contractor” (nee Blackwater, nee Xe, now Academi) allowed its employees to...
View ArticleCool tech product: Logitech Mini Boombox
I found this in a CIO.com article this morning — the Logitech Mini Boombox. From the first link: Priced at just $99.99, the Mini Boombox is much cheaper than many comparable products. This makes it a...
View ArticleHate Facebook Timeline …
… but love Pinterest? Turn your Facebook page into a Pinterest lookalike. From the CIO.com link: Pinterest, the newest social network to take the world by storm, is coming to Facebook in a unique...
View ArticleIs your computer a zombie?
Find out here. From the PhysOrg link: For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their...
View ArticleJust in time …
… for the weekend (and the 4th of July), good news for all the drinkers out there. From the Medical Press link: A new study led by University of Pittsburgh researchers reveals that moderate amounts of...
View ArticleDoes anyone else think …
… Todd “frickin'” Hoffman is the Honey Boo Boo of gold miners?
View ArticleJay Leno leaving the Tonight Show …
… is like the fall of communism? Really? Great analogy there, Hyden. From the link: If I can reference a seminal event for individuals in my demographic group that occurred a quarter-century ago, the...
View ArticleAn appearance on the SalesFusion blog
I was recently interviewed by SalesFusion for their new “Industry Insight” feature. The results were published today in a blog post titled, “Industry Insights with David Kirkpatrick.” The interview...
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