Microsoft STILL Doesn’t get it

Just when you think Microsoft may start to get the Internet, they dash your hopes again. They just don’t get it. In the most recent Business Week magazine, Steve Ballmer was interviewed about opportunities in Asia. He commented about the problems of what makes a...

The Day the Music Died

With total apologies to Don McLean and complete recognition of the hyperbole of the title, I am quite sad that WBCN died this week. The station was dying a long slow inevitable death for the last decade since its purchase by radio conglomerate CBS. This matters to me...

The Frog & the Scorpion

I think most of us know the parable of the frog & the scorpion. If you don’t, the quick summary is that the scorpion asks the frog for a ride across the stream. The frog, afraid of being killed by the scorpion, initially rejects the scorpions request. The...

An Amazing Finish

On Memorial Day, I got to witness one of the most amazing come-from-behind victories I have ever seen in sports. The Syracuse men’s lacrosse team defeated Cornell in overtime to claim the NCAA title. The amazing part of the victory was that Syracuse was down by 3...

The Air Being Let out of the Balloon

There has been so much written lately about the newspaper business and its impending death, however, I feel the need to add to the dialog and hopefully can do so without repetition. The decline has been so long in coming it’s like watching one of my kid’s...