Why We Start Up Startups


Thanks to the great Brad Feld for publishing this column in his blog today as well. Pause for a moment.  And ask yourself some simple questions you probably don’t think about every day....

DarkList Links Silk-Road-Style Drug Dealers


When the Department of Justice took down the anonymous, Bitcoin-based narcotics bazaar known as the Silk Road in October, the dark web drug market didn’t disappear. It splintered into smaller markets...

Macintosh At 30: Interesting, Profound And Curious Things Said About the Mac


— The Macintosh ‘speaking,’ with help from a computer-generated voice narrator, at its introduction by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984 at the Flint Center in Cupertino, California....

Pope Francis Talks Internet


“The internet …,” writes Pope Francis today, “offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.” With that, Pope Francis offered the world some...

Ellen Pompeo Signs Two Year Contract for Grey’s Anatomy


It’s all the way to 2016 for Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey. They have signed on for two more profitable (and grueling) years on Grey’s Anatomy. Appearing in their on-screen personas as Dr....

Apple’s Mac still Big Influencer, 30 years after Debut


Apple's Mac still influences computing today, 30 years after its debut NEW YORK (AP) — Look around. Many of the gadgets you see drew inspiration from the original Mac computer. Computers at the time...

New Take on Google Glass


I’ve come around a bit on Google Glass.  Not entirely, but perhaps 270°. To clarify, I’d be surprised if I ever adopted Glass personally.  I’m just an old guy, stuck in some rut from the...

Are you Buying Fitness Wearables From Electronics Companies?


Having spent the week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), it would appear that fitness & sport tech has started to reach mainstream prominence.  In a way it has, in others...

Working From Home? 11 Ways To Stay Motivated


I haven’t had any coworkers in five years now. Well, at least none that I see or hear on a daily basis. I’m a freelance journalist, one of many occupations these days that allows the complete and...