After 22 weeks of dieting, I keep thinking back to a much-discussed article we published more than five years ago in Fast Company. Called "Change or Die." It was a bracing reminder of how hard it is for people to make deep-seated changes in their habits, even when they know the price of failure may be death.READ»
Fast Company's 100 Most Creative People in Business represent the best and the brightest in innovation and creation, but the companies they rep aren't all powerhouses--yet. Here are 10 of the most creative small business drawn ...READ»
BlueBeat, the Murph and the Magic Tones of the digital age, has brought out an iPhone app, says Music Ally. It's free, it streams your music, and it's probably got the record labels' lawyers sharpening their pencils in anticipation. ...READ»
Rolling Stone has rolled out its new Web site today, er, tomorrow. Or something. More importantly, for the first time in a long time, it's in charge of its own online destiny. A deal with RealNetworks, which ran the magazine's online ...READ»
A series of 25 new drawings and new album artwork by the neo-hippie Renaissance man work like the rest of his visual art, connecting the dots between his lyrics and music.READ»
“I don’t motivate my players. You cannot motivate someone, all you can do is provide a motivating environment and the players will motivate themselves.” Phil Jackson, coach of the L.A. Lakers I have always been a big P4P – ...READ»
I live just outside Northampton, Massachusetts. About ten years ago, Northampton established the position of City Poet Laureate, with a two-year term. Until two years ago, the post was mostly ceremonial. The official poet would ...READ»
Selection of testimonials:D.U.I.
Mark Jachimczuk: "You both have done an amazing job. I really cannot thank you enough for everything. Bless you both."
Adam Balawender: "Thanks for everything you do. You continue to open up the ...READ»
Nokia already owns the global cell-phone market. Now Tero Ojanperä is launching the world's biggest delivery system for services, apps, and entertainment.READ»
When Bob Dylan took the stage with an electric guitar at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, he was booed by fans loyal to folk’s acoustic roots. Twenty-four years later, fans seem far more receptive to technological advances in music. ...READ»
The Black Crowes are performing live, in concert, at The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City. The best selection of tickets is on sale now through ACTickets.com. The Black Crowes will be performing Saturday August 19thREAD»
IN August 1969, Bethel, N.Y., was a once-in-a-lifetime weekend getaway for some 400,000 people who swarmed Max Yasgur’s 600-acre farm for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair to hear rock acts like the Who, Jimi Hendrix and Country ...READ»
The Society of Publication Designers, SPD, announced the finalists for its yearly magazine design awards. This year's entrants are terrific eye candy. The awards are considered one of the industry's premier laurels. There are too ...READ»
Everyone knows that if your team isn't in the Super Bowl, the biggest (perhaps only) reason to watch are the commercials. Some companies have decided to leak their own Super Bowl spots online so ad geeks have something to drool over ...READ»
“The Times They Are A-Changin,” sang Bob Dylan, which is one of his most famous title tracks for it captured the spirit of social and political upheaval that characterized the 1960s. Personally, this was a coming of age period ...READ»
In my last post, I mentioned how scaled back the show was and how much smaller the crowd was making it easier to play the games on display. But as always, it's hard to get a chance to play the most anticipated games. Here's a small ...READ»
Microsoft held its annual Xbox 360 press conference this morning at the Los Angeles Convention Center to kick off E3. I arrived about 30 minutes after the conference already started because of a late flight but apprently I didn't ...READ»
"Yellow wakes me up in the morning. Yellow gets me on the bike every day. Yellow has taught me the true meaning of sacrifice. Yellow makes me suffer. Yellow is the reason I am here." -- Lance Armstrong
Much of the world may not know ...READ»
“It’s not even a sport; it’s just a pointless leisure activity for old white people…”
“It’s worse than watching a filibuster on C-SPAN…”
“It’s like watching grass grow, or paint ...READ»
This week, back in 1961, Bob Dylan took the stage at Folk City in Greenwich Village for
the first time. And he has a lot to answer for. Anyone over forty, at one time or
another, has been seized by momentary, but repeated, ...READ»
Señor, señor, can you tell me where we're
headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon?
Seems like I been
down this way before.
Is there any truth in that, señor?
Bob Dylan -- Señor (Tales Of Yankee Power)
OK, so I ...READ»
She says, "You can't repeat the past." I say, "You
can't? What do you mean, you can't? Of course you can." -- Bob
Dylan, Summer Days
Summer days, and summer nights are indeed long gone for the hedge
fund ...READ»
Hey, look, we all have to talk about business every day of the year, but who among us has been able to resist being an armchair critic at our various holiday gatherings? Well, it’s my blog and I can do what I want, so for today ...READ»
