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Monday, April 15, 2002 |
I always say, keep a diary and someday it'll keep you. --Mae West
When you put down the good things you ought to have done, and leave out the bad ones you did - well, that's Memoirs. --Will Rogers
6:49:14 PM 
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The Power of Media Ownership
Sue Herera of CNBC and Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of GE, owner of CNBC had a fine chat this afternoon. The chat provided a forum in which GE could refute the points made in yesterday's New York Times article.
This came on the heels of today's announcement by GE. The stock closed below $32 a share and has lost around 20% in the past couple of weeks.
6:42:19 PM
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Getting out of the rat race!
Have you ever wondered what we'd do next if somehow by "magic" everything we're working on suddenly worked exactly as we imagined it should? If every portable device provided just the functionality we want; if just the right world conditions materialized; if all was well, what would you learn or work on next? If chasing the almighty dollar wasn't a motive; if keeping up with whomever was no longer important; if doing something that was personally rewarding or benefitted another was all that mattered, what would you do?
Will Rogers. "Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." [Quotes of the Day]
11:53:46 AM
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Telecom Shakeout Continues
A Fiber Pioneer Restructures. Flag Telecom, one of the firms that helped spark the fiber-optic building boom of the late 1990s, files for bankruptcy protection after missing debt payments. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
If you haven't read Neal Stephenson's article about "the longest wire on Earth," you should. Though it dates back to December of 1996, it is timely still because of the cost and time required to lay a transoceanic cable. This article is over 50 pages long, but it remains one of the most educational pieces that Wired has ever published. If you have any interest whatsoever in how we move data around the globe, this is worth your time.
11:41:02 AM
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© Copyright 2002 Steve Pilgrim.
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