Are people moving more?

Lease lengths in commercial real estate (source, via) are getting shorter.   Though residential moves in the US have been falling for a long, long time. (My theory: It’s probably that people are living longer and don’t need to move

Are people moving more?

Lease lengths in commercial real estate (source, via) are getting shorter.   Though residential moves in the US have been falling for a long, long time. (My theory: It’s probably that people are living longer and don’t need to move

Zillions and zillions: an email fiasco that tore a hole in the Internet

  I write emails to everyone I know every once in a while. About once a month. I use some tools to get these sent, use unsubscribe links, manage my lists/contacts, and generally try to be a good citizen. Still,

Zillions and zillions: an email fiasco that tore a hole in the Internet

  I write emails to everyone I know every once in a while. About once a month. I use some tools to get these sent, use unsubscribe links, manage my lists/contacts, and generally try to be a good citizen. Still,

CRISPR reading list

I’m very curious to learn more and explore the ideas possible around CRISPR. Apparently anything is possible, and it feels to me like PCs, the Internet, Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Social Networks, Blockchain, Drones… all those big new platform technologies. A

CRISPR reading list

I’m very curious to learn more and explore the ideas possible around CRISPR. Apparently anything is possible, and it feels to me like PCs, the Internet, Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Social Networks, Blockchain, Drones… all those big new platform technologies. A

Ray Kurzweil is from Queens

So was Richard Feynman. More heroes of Queens here at Q is for Queens.  

Ray Kurzweil is from Queens

So was Richard Feynman. More heroes of Queens here at Q is for Queens.  

Could the deflating bubbles worldwide be an innocent good thing?

Maybe the worst will pass without incident? China – deflated/deflating but not crashing (as long as growth is +3% and their government stays stable…seems good enough for me) Startups – early/late stage companies in soft landing with repricing of seed,

Could the deflating bubbles worldwide be an innocent good thing?

Maybe the worst will pass without incident? China – deflated/deflating but not crashing (as long as growth is +3% and their government stays stable…seems good enough for me) Startups – early/late stage companies in soft landing with repricing of seed,

Venturing to Change the World, the startups class at Columbia College this spring.

I’m teaching a class with Damon Phillips this Spring at Columbia. It’s pretty exciting. Here’s what it’s about: how to start startups and build them into something important. It’s a survey; it covers a broad range of topics related to

Venturing to Change the World, the startups class at Columbia College this spring.

I’m teaching a class with Damon Phillips this Spring at Columbia. It’s pretty exciting. Here’s what it’s about: how to start startups and build them into something important. It’s a survey; it covers a broad range of topics related to

New Fortune Post: What I Wish They Taught Me…

Fortune asked me to write about the things I wish someone taught me before starting a company. There is a long list; in fact, there will be a class taught by me at Columbia College about this starting in about 10

New Fortune Post: What I Wish They Taught Me…

Fortune asked me to write about the things I wish someone taught me before starting a company. There is a long list; in fact, there will be a class taught by me at Columbia College about this starting in about 10

Turning your WordPress blog into Knotable

Somehow I only noticed this now, six-months after its release –> Automattic, the makers of WordPress, run their company on a flavor of Knotable. It’s a theme for their own product called P2 –> https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2-breathe/ Try it or look at

Turning your WordPress blog into Knotable

Somehow I only noticed this now, six-months after its release –> Automattic, the makers of WordPress, run their company on a flavor of Knotable. It’s a theme for their own product called P2 –> https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2-breathe/ Try it or look at

1 more hour per day.

The NYT site tells me I read 133 articles “recently”. I think that’s not far off — perhaps 5-10 articles per day at 3-5 minutes each. ~750 minutes per month. 13 hours – half an hour per day. Plus Twitter,

1 more hour per day.

The NYT site tells me I read 133 articles “recently”. I think that’s not far off — perhaps 5-10 articles per day at 3-5 minutes each. ~750 minutes per month. 13 hours – half an hour per day. Plus Twitter,

Our first solar panel

About one kilowatt per hour on a winter day. That’s $0.25 per daylight hour in New York.

Our first solar panel

About one kilowatt per hour on a winter day. That’s $0.25 per daylight hour in New York.