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Entries from August 2008

Keep Those High Expectations

August 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Other

I posted something very similar to this on Wax Porhetoric but that had much more of personal slant to it, one on how to live life. Yet when we think about this, it is very relevant when searching for a new job, a new opportunity, or even associates in which you would like to do [...]

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Old Technologies Still Sticking Around

August 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, Gadgets, Inventions, Inventions, Technology, Websites, emerging markets, mobile phones

Even as new technologies continue to flood the marketplace signaling death for older technologies, some older technologies simply refuse to die. I was reminded of this recently as I read a release touting IBM Lotus would be available on mobile phones. Wow. And here I was thinking Lotus was going to die a slow death…continuing [...]

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What Kind Of Business Should You Start?

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Business, business ideas, entrepreneurs, start-ups

What kind of business should you start? Seems like a simple question, doesn’t it? How about one that makes you loads of money? Sounds nice. Or one that involves something you enjoy doing…it sounds pretty good to get paid for doing a hobby. 
As fine as these all sound, chances are the business won’t survive on [...]

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Wishing the U.S. Patent Office Wasn’t So Slow

August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Business, Business Practices, Inventions, Inventions, Legislation, Other, Other, Rant, Rant, Technology, emerging markets, entrepreneurs, start-ups

We’ve heard over and over again how painfully slow the U.S. Patent Office is. I was reminded again today as I was copied on an email to a patent attorney regarding an application we sent in THREE YEARS AGO. What the hell? This wasn’t even a very complex product that we are dealing with here. [...]

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