My definition of “Sales”: The ability of an individual to convey his or her thoughts in a clear and orderly manner such that an audience can understand and follow what is being said. Sales is an extremely important skill. I only discovered the importance and the power of sales after I graduated from college. In [...]

As an ex collegiate athlete, I’m no stranger to athletic exertion. I spent the first 22 years of my life being yelled at by coaches and pushing my body to the edge for athletic achievement.  It may come as no surprise that my attitude about extreme workouts has changed somewhat since my exit from the [...]

This past week I spent a lot of time studying patterns (distributions) of human behavior relative to online advertising. For instance, the distribution of click-through rates across continents, or the distribution of advertising prices across online publishers. While looking at many graphs and curves, I wondered: what does the distribution look like for human intelligence? [...]

Like many other technology enthusiasts, I was very sad last week when I learned that Steve Jobs passed away. There is no doubt that he will be remembered as a global thought leader, tastemaker and transformative figure in the technology, film, and music industries. When I think about Apple and their recent success, one vivid [...]

A few weeks ago I picked up Jared Diamond’s ‘Guns Germs and Steel’ and read through a couple chapters.  I read the book right after college, but just now, looking back through Diamond’s thorough exploration on the origins of human cultural differences – a question popped into my head. How long did it take humans [...]

On September 11, 2001 at 8:45am I was working over a buffing wheel in shop class. I was in Baltimore, Maryland at the Park School and I was in eleventh grade. The shop teacher turned on an old radio receiver that looked like it was manufactured in the 1960’s. At first I was mostly confused, [...]

This weekend I enjoyed a relaxing bike ride through Prospect Park, spotting my girlfriend as she trained for the New York marathon. Riding at a runner’s pace — slow enough to allow for plenty of observation — I noticed that many people (at least 20 by my count) were running in either Vibram slippers, leather [...]

One week ago I had never experienced an Earthquake or a Hurricane – now I’ve experienced both. Overall I must say it hasn’t been too bad, although there were a few very scary moments on Tuesday (as you can imagine, when your NYC office building starts shaking an earthquake is not the first thing that [...]

When was the last time you heard or read about a revolutionary technology or idea? Here is a random assortment: The Printing Press The Hybrid Electric Engine Facebook The iPad It would be hard to argue that any of these technologies are not revolutionary – and each have certainly changed the world in some way. [...]

In the gym locker room one morning last week I caught a few minutes of a televised debate between two well dressed, whiney voiced congressman. After several whips back and forth, one of the gentleman shrieked in frustration “this is what’s wrong with washington”! Since going 100% digital, and cancelling my cable subscription, I usually [...]