Pro CommerceI love commerce. Commerce and technology define the "modern world." Both thrive on meritocracy, diversity and openness.Biofuel cars and smell- June 30, 2008 First, the neighborhood, as I was driving home from coffee, smelled like fish the kind of foul smell you find in a dirty fish & chips restaurant. I couldn't figure out why. Turns out, the car in front of me...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/biofuel-cars-and-smell.html The Pride parade- June 30, 2008 I went to the Pride parade to see the Dykes on Bykes. I'm a biker. Here are two photos. They are really having fun. In both, they have left Market Street and are headed for 7th Street South of Market...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/the-pride-parade.html Michelle's Princeton thesis- June 29, 2008 At the beginning of the Obama campaign, Mrs' Obama's Princeton undergraduate thesis was put off-limits by Princeton. Stupid thing to do because, with the Internet, it was bound to become public knowledge. Putting the thesis off-limits has led to efforts...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/michelles-princeton-thesis.html The potential Obama damage- June 29, 2008 If Obama is doing any racial good for the country, it is only from now through the Democratic Convention and into the Fall campaign. Why Think about the post election scenario: If Obama loses we will have many explanations but...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/the-potential-obama-damage.html Jewish movement to pro-commerce- June 28, 2008 I see a long term consequence of the steady shift of Jews from 12% voting for pro-commerce political candidates in the 1990's to more than 35% voting that way in the coming 2008 November elections. Already, Jews under 35 years...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/jewish-movement-to-pro-commerce.html Perfect Democratic candidate- June 27, 2008 Has anyone pointed out that the Democrats may have picked their dream candidate Barack Obama is the perfect image of an effete academic. He is like Adlai Stevenson and Michael Dukakis rolled into one. Obama is more of an appeasement-end-the-war...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/perfect-democratic-candidate.html Plaque at Craigs List- June 27, 2008 We need a plaque on the building where craigslist.com got started (and still operates). See photo on the right. Craigslist has had a very dramatic global effect on newspapers. It has replaced most want ads. Want ads have been the...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/plaque-at-craigs-list.html Will we have 24-7 management- June 26, 2008 I may be wrong, but I don't see management in the world of business acceding to the reality of global 24-7 commerce. I know that management on a Navy aircraft carrier operates with 24-7 built into its design. When the...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/will-we-have-24-7-management.html Ice as metaphor- June 25, 2008 If ice didn't expand at 32 degrees there would be a very different form of life on earth. Water expands, under normal pressure, when it freezes into a solid as it becomes ice. If water didn't expand at this critical...http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/ice-as-metaphor.html Quicken fraud- June 24, 2008 I have used Quicken for my home and business accounting for nearly 15 years. While using Quicken 2003 version in April, the goddamn program refused to reconcile the files I had downloaded from my bank and my credit card accounts....http://phillips.blogs.com/goc/2008/06/quicken-fraud.html |