I had an academic frenemy growing up. Since I started broadening my horizons senior year of high school – into sex and drugs and rock and roll, to be specific – he sort of edged me out. I’ll never forget how, in my yearbook, he declared victory, citing the old[…] Read On
One of our cats has a problem: she doesn’t get along with the others. She has no problem with dogs but she hates our other two felines and the feeling is mutual. She lets us know how she feels by peeing on our couch. I let her know how I feel[…] Read On
A lot of the guys I grew up with in Brooklyn were artists. BS artists. And I mean they were good at it. You didn’t have to be a gambler to bet that much of what came out of their mouths was complete BS. It was a sure bet. After[…] Read On
Decades before the “green” movement was hijacked by hordes of fanatics, environmental lawyers, politicians, and Al Gore, Rod Schneidmiller began experimenting with ways to eliminate troublesome bugs without using insecticides that also kill beneficial insects. More than 30 years later, Schneidmiller sells his brightly colored reusable yellowjacket traps through major[…] Read On
By now we’ve all noticed how folks act out and behave aggressively a lot more online than they ever would in person. We see it everywhere: Trolls on Twitter, hate-speech on Facebook, and vitriolic comments on blogs and media articles. Of course, there’s still the good-old standard: flame emails. I[…] Read On
Political correctness fosters groupthink and drives cultural conformity. It silences open discussion and destroys real diversity. I used to think the thin-skinned thought police couldn’t get more oppressive but I was wrong. I guess the more we give in to their bullying tactics, the more emboldened they become. Last year,[…] Read On
Just before giving up on corporate America for good, I was heavily recruited for the VP of marketing job at Atheros, a late-stage startup and early Wi-Fi innovator. I knew the technology was hot and was sure that the company would make it, so when I say I wanted that[…] Read On