January 2012
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SOPA/PIPA Tools: Contact Your...
Write Your Senator directory (if needed) to protest PIPA, the Senate bill
Write Your Representative (if needed) to protest SOPA, the House bill
Subject example: Please Don’t Enact SOPA [PIPA]
Message example:
Dear [Senator/Representative Lastname],
I am writing to voice my concern about poorly crafted legislation (SOPA/PIPA) that, if enacted, would harm the U.S. economy, businesses, and...
November 2011
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Precipitate
Swirling letters, voices, images,
Blowing like leaves in furious wind.
Facts, reports, scholars,
Spell elation, tragedy or nothing,
Creative destruction to some,
Simple terror to most.
We turn, churn, burn,
Synthesizing, theorizing,
Econo, bio, digital systems,
All trying to unmask Chaos.
Until—
We see the pattern.
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November
Today i overheard leaves murmuring, reminiscing, now being bustled and bandied about by chilling winds, each struggling with holding on or letting go.
Their blushes reflected gratitude:
Yellow, how we played, swinging to and fro, mischievously, on delicious days,
Orange, how we were productive, our energy growing our trunk and branches,
Red, how you stole my heart, sun, so blessed be we,...
May 2011
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Cinco de Mayo Salade Niçoise (Cinco de Mayo...
Ingredients: Large turnip, large piece broccoli, romaine leaves, one red & one green jalapeño, garlic, vinegar, dijon, olive oil, egg, tuna, thyme, rosemary, fennel seeds, butter, white peppercorns
Cook the broccoli, turnip and egg while you make the rest of the salad.
1. Halve broccoli but otherwise leave whole. Steam in tbsp olive oil, rosemary 3 or 4 tbsp filtered water until bright...
December 2010
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October 2010
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August 2010
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May 2010
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Responding to Little-Relevant Political Analysis
One of my LinkedIn connections shared this Salon.com article, “Will the Great Recession Lead to World War IV” on LinkedIn. Since LinkedIn constrains responses to too few characters, I’ll continue here. To appreciate, please breeze through the salon article. If you’re used to this type of article, topic sentences will be fine. My response:
I think the article is written by...
April 2010
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MITEF Chicago: Innovation Clusters
(Live blogged with iPhone, expanded some of the abbreviations ,^)
Panel: Stephen M. Goldman, Director Enterprise Architecture, Chicago Mercantile Exchange Mike Dennis pinch hitted for Terry Duffy, President, Professional Trading Group Anthony Kolton, Founder, LIM Inc. Michael Burns, President, Exchange Connectivity & VP Research, Trading Technologies Scott Oldach, Moderator Steve innovation...
March 2010
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“I may say that this is the greatest factor — the way in which the...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen
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March 2010 Malware Attack Journal
Over the weekend, two of my blogs sustained an insertion attack, so I’m sharing my experience here in case it helps you. Here is my account of my maiden voyage with an injection attack, including extensive resources for remediating an attack.
Here’s what happened this time.
3/14/2010
Upgraded to wp 2.9.1 via netsol console (all blogs)
**this is the last time I will upgrade w/o...
February 2010
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Information, Knowledge & Competence
Steve Schwartz just posted a humorous yet useful post, No One Knows What the F*** They’re Doing (or “The 3 Types of Knowledge”) to which I responded here. I think he captures beautifully how we humans often feel in the digital universe of exploding knowledge. Read his post first, as this will make more sense. (disqus is broken, so no comments are working on his blog right now,...
January 2010
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Preview: Social Networking Conference Miami 2010
The Social Networking Conference will have the usual strong lineup of enterprise 2.0 speakers with the twist of some NFL excitement and mobile social. Here I’ll preview the conference including the four sessions with which I’m involved.
The preconfernece, which happens Wed at 9:00, is my favorite track because I get to work with enterprise sponsors and managers of social networkig...
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MITEF Chicago: 2010 Economic Outlook
“2010 Dicey Year with Uncertainty in Every Corner”—Economists and Directors of Goldman Sachs, Mesirow Financial, Keeley Funds and Allianz
(Live blogged with iPhone, only touched up unintelligible words— See Photos Below for Panel Introductions)
Adolfo—Things improved a lot since 09 still pretty bad year for GDP, unemployment, low housing, consumer spending, changed mood, but signs of...
December 2009
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New Facebook Scam: Currently Chatting with Scammer
Beware of this Scam: Actual Chat with Scammer I just concluded
Just now, one of my Facebook friends, Lynn, whom I know through networking, started a Facebook chat with me, and I’m sharing to help you avoid a myriad of such scams yourself:
7:00pmLynn
Hello
How are you?
7:01pmChristopher
Hi Lynn, doing gr8, thx for saying hi. what’s up with you?
7:02pmLynn
not good
7:02pmChristopher
why...
November 2009
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October 2009
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Skype 2.8.0.722 #Fail #Errors
Very unhappy that Skype released this piece of garbage; must be force quit every time. Here are the details.. as you can see, many issues, bad software. Worse, they have the classic maze on skype.com so you can’t reach them easily. They’ve become a microsoft I’m afraid.. and I was a raving fan for years. Very disappointed.
Skype 2.8.0.722 errors
2009-10-26 12:28:07.669...
September 2009
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MITEF "Entrepreneurs/Innovators Resources" Live...
To read in the order I blogged it, go back 3 pages to start and read in reverse order (from bottom to top). I tried to correct a few typos but time doesn’t allow for perfection; I pecked this out on an iPhone!
Similar theme here to other entrepreneurial panels I’ve seen over the years.
Chicagoans don’t self-promote enough
The community isn’t collaborative enough,...
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Ron people here don’t self promote. Max investmt 1.
I asked how they saw the community using social networks to shave the business cycle. There’s work to be done here, as all panelists made false assumptions about SNs: Dave on social nwks my q. Ron about trust (rather than social networks). Fred qual v quant (perceived SNs about quantity). Nik face to face key (more important than...
Ron distrib control. Must do if u can’t. Weinstein solve a real problem. Trading companies. Huge bus in Chicago. Weinstein likes disruption. BS, the coasts. Chicago fred bigger than Austin or nc. Nik were not collab enough. IIT siloed. Need to break down.
Nik. Very few people get financing no sense of reality, credit cards. New q. How to give up control? Fred it’s a maturing process share control. David need to understand your role.
Weinstein go to nat. vc assn, get due dilly. Valuations. Nik cheapest money is sales. Ron. U have a science experiment if no prod or customer. U give away yr company. Customer rev the most Impt.. now sales in MBA progs
Q&a startg slow. Fred. We (Chicago) make bus run were not tech but domain knowledge. Lanny plug into the network. Sheldon gratuitous annoncenent didn’t they screen these?
Synthetic choco co Mgmt fell apart. Fish hook technology graphic designer like disruptive tech. Most peoples have one disruptive tech, repeat. Most entreps have one idea in life.
Ron continue he knows sm rough entreps can’t write exec summary, ouch, a busboy in the valley can write
One. 300 pg bus plan. Ignorant entreps. No research.
Ron start willl lower energy level after Weinstein he’s an angel. MD. The voice of reason. Biotech, heartland Angels. Midwest tech investment yech most impt. Need good People around tech. Entreps need to share, give Up control. Most techs not appropriate for funding. Entreps need to give up control. How u think.
Weinstein venture Devt shop CEC (Chicago Entrp Center). Chicago 49th city usa cec started Weinstein 2003, businesses not buying from entrepreneurs w corps. Sounds like knocknow! Not startups but mature firms. Innov multiple sectors. Not only tech. Food bio 3 ent classes ; startups, interesting Weinstein-Ron May intg interchange
Weinstein ” wicked” key vocabulary. Wants...
Talking up technexus High tech clubhouse. Need to support math science technology need to connect w business connect students w business k-12 level
Fred IL has a bitchn tech scene but not cohesive, we’re (ITA) a trade assn, we help to grow business Chicago needs to be more collaborative. Connections. Espousing the power of connections, message includes enterprise and startups gr8 message. Connect, inform,
160 events/year., and promote. We need to pound our chests. Community as collaboration. “The big willie” the new name for...