Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs Rakes In Profit in Credit Crisis - New York Times
The one Goldman attribute I respect the most? Humility.
November 20th, 2007
An A-Rod article worth reading
Boras took a hit, but he’ll survive
Count me in the camp that thinks the whole A-Rod scenario was orchestrated.
November 19th, 2007
Wireless ID Creativity
Seen on my list of available hotspots during a stay at La Quinta in Berkeley, CA.
November 15th, 2007
Who?
“Who’s Who” publisher shuts down - Austin Business Journal
Talk about running out a business plan to the very end.
November 12th, 2007
Cheers and Jeers for Verizon
Verizon hijacks your browser | The Register
The vast majority of consumers would find this service helpful. Not me. Call me a purist, but getting no site on a misspelling is better than Verizon’s crappy “guesswork.” If I wanted to have my hand held, I’d install AOL.
November 9th, 2007
How not to theme a coffee shop
Coffee shop aims to kick butt in Austin - Austin Business Journal:
Speechless.
November 8th, 2007
Hardball on Lady Bird Lake
Developers appeal Lady Bird Lake condo project decision - Austin Business Journal
These guys are turning the screws on the deal. Condos 20 feet from the Lake effectively chokes off the trail, and they know it.
November 6th, 2007
FiveRuns
FiveRuns gets $6.2M, names new CEO - Austin Business Journal:
I met a few of these guys during SXSW last year. That space is very compelling. Ruby on Rails is a framework that lets you develop software easily, but production support and monitoring? Not so much. A huge pain point here.
October 29th, 2007
Race to failure
Microsoft beats Google to Facebook stake
Taking some money off the table, smart. As for the contenders — way to go dummies, you just for validating the $15b some bozo pulled out of thin air.
October 24th, 2007
Cap Metro’s Buses arrive in Austin
First commuter rail cars arrive
OK, kind of a non-event. But still, good P.R. for CapMetro. Here I am imagining the possibilities of a commute downtown (or UT) with just a train and a bike.
October 24th, 2007
