Ernie The Attorney

Meet Blawg-Author Alex Wellen in Dallas

Alex Wellen, author of Barman, has set up a blawg to help get the word out about his fine opus (which is a 'what's it like to leave law school and start practing' book). Alex will be in Dallas next Monday and Tuesday to talk about his book. For more details click here.

Proof that the Apocalypse is nigh

If people are really willing to pay $129 for this contraption and use it in public then I have grave doubts about the future of our civilization.

There are limits to Fox's madness

Fox News will sue anyone at the drop of a hat, but it does have some standards. For example, Fox won't sue itself. But that doesn't mean it won't threaten to sue itself.

Shel Israel's Confrenza Newsletter

One of the really interesting people I met at PopTech is Shel Israel. He and his partner have a business where they attend about 30 technology conferences each year and they send out a newsletter that summarizes the key points of the conference. While I wouldn't recommend that you skip a conference like PopTech if you can make it, I would say that, if you can't make it, then reading Shel's summary is a great alternative.

In addition to PopTech he also covers TED and Demo. If you think you might be interested in his newsletter send him an E-mail and he'll send you some free samples. I think he'll even give you a great rate if you decide to subscribe.

Where are we going?

Juan Enriquez says if you want to know where you are headed you need a map. In this interview he points out that we have a great map. One that tells us we are heading for a revolutionary time.

The Japanese are fascinating

Chris Cloud is intrigued by the Japanese fascination for cell phone technology and for artificial snow-covered mountains. I once spent a week in Tokyo visiting my brother (who lived there for 3 or 4 years) and I have to agree with Chris: it is an intriguing culture, especially for Westerners.

FCC Commissioner in favor of free markets

Colin Powell's son Michael, who is Chair of the FCC, has "rare and precious wisdom." So says Arnold Kling in this thought-provoking post. And if you click now you'll receive an added bonus: a short comparison in the approaches of two Nobel prize winning economists: Friedrich A. Hayek and Joseph Stiglitz.

Promoting the new $20 bills?

Why spend money to promote the new twenty dollar bills? After all, asks Rob Walker, isn't this a product that pretty much sells itself?

Soon everybody and their brother will be blogging - Oh, by the way my brother's now a blogger

My brother Stuart has started a weblog about using Information Technology to improve business: Applying IT to Create a Performance Measurement Dashboard. Stuart lives in Panama and runs a food distribution business that he started a couple of years ago. He used to live in Tokyo and Barcelona; he got his MBA from Sophia University in Tokyo and worked for a fancy hotel in Barcelona. Stuart is a smart guy and is keenly interested in how information technology will affect businesses --not so much because he's a techie (he's not and he'd be the first to tell you that) but because he is open to change and eager to exploit its potential for business growth.

Of Wireless Power and Solar Flares

Are we really on the verge of having wireless power for our laptops and other mobile devices? Apparently so. I wonder how they would handle a category X.17.2 Solar Flare like the one that is about to strike Earth right about now.