Kevin Kelleher’s article on GigaOm this morning titled 2009: Year of the Hacker made me think back to the rise of open source after the Internet crash of 2001.  In the

Fred Wilson has a magnificent post up this morning from Berlin titled Bits Of Destruction.  In it, he nails a critical point about innovation. “This downturn will be marked in

My father, Stan Feld, is a retired endocrinologist.  He wrote a beautiful blog post yesterday titled The Therapeutic Magic Of The Physician Patient Relationship: Part 1.  In it he tells

Today’s lunch time conversation was about valuing competence vs. loyalty.  In some organizations, loyalty is the most important attribute while in others competence is valued over loyalty. I have

Thomas Friedman has a phenomenal Op-Ed in today’s New York Times.  Time to Reboot America.  Whether you like or dislike Friedman, he’s nailed this one.  Repeat after me: Ctrl-alt-del.

Oh goody, they are here.  Every magazine, newspaper, and most of the online publications known to man are putting together their “2008 year in review” and their “2009 prediction” editions.

Every male tech nerd (and some female tech nerds) that I’ve known has at one time or another has fantasized about a robot bringing him (or her) a beer from

Q4 vacation earlier this month was the site of my 43rd birthday (to those who wished me a happy birthday, thank you!)  We spent the week in Cabo at the

I’m always amused at how many “lists” appear at the end of the year.  I’m anti-list – I never read them and I no longer am willing to contribute to

As Chanukah sprints ahead and gets started before Christmas, we all know how this ends since Christmas will finish before Chanukah does.  To refresh your memory, take a look at