Monthly Archives: November 2011

» The No New Gifts Holiday Challenge :zenhabits

By Timothy | Published: November 30, 2011

What is this crazy challenge? It’s simple — follow all these rules: Buy no new gifts during the holidays. Wait, whaaat? Don’t fret, there are alternatives: Make gifts, like crafts or construction type gifts. Bake or cook consumable gifts like cookies. Give the gift of your service — wash cars, give a massage, babysit, clean [...]

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Seth’s Blog: Pre digital

By Timothy | Published: November 25, 2011

A brief visit to the emergency room last month reminded me of what an organization that’s pre-digital is like. Six people doing bureaucratic tasks and screening that are artifacts of a paper universe, all in the service of one doctor (and the need to get paid and not get sued). A 90-minute experience so we [...]

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Ex-AIG CEO’s company suing government over bailout – Yahoo! Finance

By Timothy | Published: November 21, 2011

“The government is not empowered to trample shareholder and property rights even in the midst of a financial emergency,” Starr International says in the suits. It contends that the government discriminated in its action against AIG, by refusing to provide loans or loan guarantees or access to the Fed’s discount borrowing window as it had [...]

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America Before The Entitlement State – Forbes

By Timothy | Published: November 20, 2011

Reacting to calls for cuts in entitlement programs, House Democrat Henry Waxman fumed: “The Republicans want us to repeal the twentieth century.” Sound bites don’t get much better than that. After all, the world before the twentieth century–before the New Deal, the New Frontier, the Great Society–was a dark, dangerous, heartless place where hordes of [...]

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Leonardo’s To-Do List : Krulwich Wonders… : NPR

By Timothy | Published: November 18, 2011

The Benefits Of Not Focusing “We live in an age that worships attention,” says my friend (and Radiolab colleague) Jonah Lehrer. “When we need to work, we force ourselves to concentrate. This approach can also inhibit the imagination. Sometimes, it helps to consider irrelevant information, to eavesdrop on all the stray associations unfolding in the [...]

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Tech Execs Tap the Speaking Circuit – WSJ.com

By Timothy | Published: November 17, 2011

Speakers say they work hard to balance speaking with their day jobs but that the personal exposure helps promote their business, too. “It is an executive sales role,” said seasoned speaker Jeff Taylor, founder of job site Monster.com, who has started a talent management service for DJs. This year, Mr. Taylor will give more than [...]

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ANARCHY | Frank Miller Ink

By Timothy | Published: November 15, 2011

ANARCHY posted 11.7.2011 Everybody’s been too damn polite about this nonsense:   The “Occupy” movement, whether displaying itself on Wall Street or in the streets of Oakland (which has, with unspeakable cowardice, embraced it) is anything but an exercise of our blessed First Amendment. “Occupy” is nothing but a pack of louts, thieves, and rapists, [...]

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