The Soul of Wit

The Soul of Wit

Over the past few weeks there’s been an internet furor over a reality television personality who expressed his religious beliefs in a magazine interview, offending a lot of people. He was quickly suspended from his show by network executives as a knee-jerk...
Visions of Sugar Plums

Visions of Sugar Plums

Every business must foster the type of working environment it deems appropriate. Modern management philosophy increasingly focuses on cost reduction; yet in honor of the season, I present two diametrically-opposite corporate workplace models. Anyone familiar with the...
Clanging Chimes of Doom

Clanging Chimes of Doom

Surfing cable channels yesterday, I suddenly realized the reason “old TV” sucked is the opposite of why “modern TV” sucks… wide-spectrum conformity vs. acute specialization. Back when there were only three major TV networks, producers had...
One Does Not Simply Walk Into Toyland

One Does Not Simply Walk Into Toyland

Last month Facebook Inc. finalized its updated (and ruthlessly exploitative) TOS, formally altering the way it collects, uses, and shares user data. An angry group of Facebook users (myself among them) has been complaining about these potential changes since they were...
In The Arms Of The Angel

In The Arms Of The Angel

So here’s a new bit of corporate hilarity for you: nearly a month ago the Justice Department announced that investment giant (and financial melt-down participant) JPMorgan has agreed to a $13 billion dollar settlement as penalty for their horribly fraudulent...