When I heard that Uber’s board was considering replacing Travis Kalanick with HP Enterprise CEO Meg Whitman, I felt an unmistakable sense of déjà vu. That’s when it hit me: OMG, Uber is the new HP. The analogy isn’t perfect, but hear me out. HP’s board was bitterly divided over[…] Read On
The Brooklyn of my youth was not the bastion of political correctness, groupthink and sexual confusion it is today. We said what we meant, meant what we said and knew how to think for ourselves. Girls were girls and boys were boys, not gutless metrosexual gnomes who gave up their[…] Read On
I’m a jerk. There, I said it. At this very moment, my friends are nodding their heads up and down and thinking, yup, he’s a jerk alright. The good news is, I’m only mean to friends and loved ones. How do I even have friends, if I’m such a jerk? Good[…] Read On
Stick a fork in me; I’m done. The fat lady has sung. I’m waving the white flag, throwing in the towel and anything else I can find lying around. Alert the media: the personal war I’ve been waging against the interactive Web – social media, user-generated content and personal branding[…] Read On
“Nobody told me there’d be days like these; strange days indeed, most peculiar mama.” – John Lennon What if you woke up one day in a bizarro world overrun with people whose self-image is a strangely twisted version of reality. People who say anything but what they mean and rarely mean[…] Read On
Babies are the ultimate narcissists. They absolutely believe the world revolves around them. And they’ll do anything to get our attention: look cute and gurgle, grab our fingers and never let go, scream their little heads off. Whatever works, good or bad, they’ll do it. The thing is, babies have[…] Read On
The Trump administration’s Transportation Department is withholding federal funding of a project to modernize Silicon Valley’s light rail system. The New York Times says Trump is breaking a campaign promise about rebuilding America’s infrastructure. The question is, why should Washington have to fund California’s transit system? Turns out, the Golden[…] Read On