Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

Video Report on The Banking Crisis

more about "Video Report on The Banking Crisis", posted with vodpod

September 30, 2008

Tired of Not Understanding the Financial Crisis?

Don’t understand the financial crisis going on right now?  You aren’t alone.  It is a sophisticated financial mess.  I moved from real estate to technology in 2006 because I saw this coming.  To understand the cause and effect behind the catastrophe, here are a few sources of information:
My December video post explaining subprime real estate  [...]

September 29, 2008

Getting out from under the spell of e-mail

Here is a great productivity article for dealing with email.  Mondays are great for reevaluating what your goals are for the work week and mapping out a plan.  Some practical things to consider include:

Check email in batches, rather than fluidly throughout the day. Some experts suggest checking it twice a day. Others, up to five [...]

September 22, 2008

Who is Irrational?

This article from the Wall Street Journal is interesting.  Bill Maher debuts “Religulous,” his documentary that attacks religious belief, in a couple of weeks.  But according to the WSJ article:
It turns out that the late-night comic is no icon of rationality himself. In fact, he is a fervent advocate of pseudoscience. The night before his [...]

September 19, 2008

Did you know…

That Americans sent 75 billion text messages in June 2008 alone?

September 12, 2008

Homeowner’s Thoughts on His Realtor(s)

When you find someone doing a good job, sometimes you just have to publicly give them some props.  My wife and I have a lovely home that is listed with a realtor from Greenwood, IN, named Mike Duncan.  Mike isn’t your typical realtor sales guy.  He is detailed.  He is thorough.  He actually follows up.
Mike [...]

September 11, 2008

iPhone 3G Conferencing Capability

The other day I needed to run a conference call for a conference I have been working on for my church.  Since everyone had cleared out of my office, I decided to test the conferencing capability by calling into my iPhone from my coworkers’ handsets.  The iPhone could handle 5 other lines in one conference.  [...]

September 9, 2008

Announcing Elias Interactive

What a crazy month!  I am proud to introduce a new partnership I have formed with some talented software desisgn and development ninjas, Eric Clark and Lee Taylor.  These guys are close friends and very good at what they do.  As a team, we have developed an expertise in installing and customizing eCommerce platforms using [...]