Renaissance hotel plans event center (Austin Business Journal).
Tangerine’s is the club that’s being displaced by the new events center. Not that it was very popular, or even respectable. Its replacement is definitely higher and better use.
January 11th, 2008
The city finally released the Downtown Austin Plan. If you’re interested in the future of Austin’s downtown, it’s worth a read.
Also, some background reading on the fight over Austin’s Capital View Corridors.
January 10th, 2008
Intel Breaks Up with OLPC (Wired.com).
This is really tough to watch. I invested a lot of time in OLPC, knowing full well its potential benefits as well as the critical weaknesses. The Wired article just points out more of the obvious, that entrepreneurs with cash motivation can run circles around a nonprofit when it comes to marketing and innovation. (The defection of the display maker is a real problem — after all, they cannot milk the existing technology forever.)
Therein lies the problem. In my opinion, the OLPC project never intended to provided its member companies a big enough carrot. Had there been financial incentive, the money spent by those companies would have been serious investment dollars. As it is, that money is what it is…goodwill expense.
Negroponte is on record as saying the project is already a success — and who can argue, with all the new entrants vying for the emerging computer market. But maybe hindsight tells us it all could have been done much cheaper.
January 4th, 2008
Well 2007 has come and gone, and the annual reviews are trickling in. The S&P, for one, finished up 3.5% in 2007.
Personally, I made 5.05%, and I didn’t even have to manage it actively. I just invested in a high-yield checking account, and spent 2007 watching the interest deposits flow in.
That means in a one-year time horizon, I beat the market.
Congrats to me! Where’s my bonus check?
January 2nd, 2008
Getting to the heart of what makes Belichick successful (KC Star).
That’s how you coach.
December 31st, 2007
eBay’s rising star plots revamp of ‘flea market’ -
Good article from FT, and really does highlight the challenges of even trivial changes in a gigantic corporation.
December 20th, 2007
What’s Drudge Worth?
A short, fun read from Portfolio Magazine.
December 18th, 2007
I am testing out a new Facebook App which is supposed to integrate with my main blog. Actual content will return shortly.
December 14th, 2007
Computer Sciences Corp. ready to negotiate sale of downtown building - Austin Business Journal
Quoth the article:
Five of the six stories that encompass the building are dedicated to office use while the ground level is retail that makes up part of the emerging Second Street District.
You know what that means? That’s right, MORE CONDOS! (I’m joking or am I?)
December 10th, 2007
SAP unveils its first software for iPhone
Nice PR. Too bad the “software” is a website. Thanks, but that’s not what people want.
December 4th, 2007
