Today after reading an article about how the fruit company plans to introduce continuity as an innovation, I just chuckled to myself. Again, the fruit folks are sitting there watching all the innovation going on in Ubuntu and scrambling to try to take the ideas, recode them on their own locked down proprietary systems, and implement them for profit. As…
10 Entrepreneurial Mistakes to Avoid
I just wanted to re-post this article as a reference for myself. I’m in the middle of dusting myself off from a business mishap and learning about law, but at some point I won’t be able to avoid another startup or business. It’s in my blood. Sometimes I (and definitely my wife) wish it wasn’t… This article is loaded with…
Speed Reading: Man I wish I took this course in Elementary School
Today I learned how much not learning speed reading cost me in my life. The concept is simple when you break it down. Time is money. Why is time money? Your life is simply how much time God has given you before you die. Ta-dah. So if you want to get more out of your life, wasting less time and…
Google forced by Europe to remove search results?
All I can say is ‘beware’ if this European ruling against Google gains traction. All of the pain mentioned in this BBC article will become real including, but not limited to: censored information like China abuse of power by those with money to fight in court (ie. a company with a lot of money could have the whistle blowing work…
Scammy Moves by Financial Institutions
For now I’m going to spare my ‘financial institution’ the bad press they deserve. I’m going to remove their name from this and I’m going to give them about six months to one year to see how they treat me as a prime borrower. If they goof up any major (or minor) thing I’m going to come back to this…
Un-social Media your Blog Comments, Man.
You may notice in my post that you are reading now, that you can post your comments below. It doesn’t matter who you are, you can try. I don’t actually expect anyone to post (this isn’t the 90’s anymore), and I still have the choice of approving it or not, but I don’t restrict you. There is nothing more frustrating…
Are Payday Loan Businesses Evil?
I have been looking into the payday loan business. It intrigues me both as an entrepreneur but even more so on the ethics side. There is a serious stigma associated with payday loan businesses that they are evil and help to ruin lives. This is a broadcast about our local city Burnaby showing the same thing: that we must unite…
Are LED bulbs worth it?
Are LED bulbs worth it… yet? I’m pondering the question. This blog post is simple. I want to make sure I don’t lose the best post I’ve seen on the topic so that I can come back to this and finish my study! I will conclude my thoughts on the matter after I actually cross that bridge. Here is the…
Making Skype and your Mic Submit under the power of Ubuntu 13.10
It’s sad that we’re even using Skype on Ubuntu considering it’s owned by a company with zero interest in open source… but alas, some habits die hard and we don’t want this little program to prevent you from realizing that Ubuntu is, by far, the best thing that will happen to your computer life (and other parts as well –…
Origins of April Fools (All Fools Day) Day
April Fools day has thrown me off since I was a kid. I thought it was quite irrational if not ‘wrong’ that there would be a day when you could trick (a.k.a. lying) your parents and do pranks and not get in trouble. I noticed people also enjoyed tricking me. For me it was the only day of the year…