September 2007
Setting appointments, part 1
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cortland: Downloading more free, legal music, DRM’d music from http://www.SpiralFrog.com (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Jets down 7-0 (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Jets scoreless at halftime - yikes (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Adios, Mets… (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: @mikemcclary: grew up in NJ a Yanks fan (!), love the Dbax, hate the Mets. Dad took me to Philly games. (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Picking up some food at Mi Piaci before a big day of baseball, football and family. (via Twitter / cortland)
Guest Quick Smoke: Bolivar Royal Corona
Each Saturday and Sunday we’ll post a Quick Smoke: not quite a full review, just our brief take on a single cigar. The following is a Guest Quick Smoke, submitted by a StogieGuys.com reader for our Quick Smoke Cigar Giveaway contest. If you’d like to submit your own for publication, please contact us.
Counted among the best Cuban robustos of the 90s, the Bolivar Royal Corona fell off for a time...
cortland: relaxing after beautiful Sunday morning run. (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Checking out more real estate in Bucks County, PA (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: at the diner after the show, Iron and Wine was fantastic (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Iron and Wine going on momentarily (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: drinking a Magic Hat outside the Tower before Iron and Wine (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: ethics training course this afternoon (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: TGIF! Iron and Wine tonight in Philly. (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: back to work after lunch at Blimpie (via Twitter / cortland)
Mark Knopfler -
Kill To Get Crimson
Artist:
Mark Knopfler Review:
Along with occassional soundtracks and All the
Roadrunning, his winning 2006 collaboration with Emmylou
Harris, Kill to Get Crimson is Mark Knopfler’s fifth solo
album, and it’s a gem. Since the 1995 breakup of Dire Straits,
Knopfler has dedicated himself to making music that blends the deep
resonance of traditional folk with the off-kilter edginess...
cortland: showing my son’s video to my son (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: smoked a great Romeo and Juliet Reserve Maduro on the way home (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: coffee break time (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: working on web site updates (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: prepping for work after great early morning run. (via Twitter / cortland)
Online Video: How to Get Yours Seen and Get Paid
The world of online video is flourishing right now, to the point where web workers who can produce video content have unprecedented kinds of opportunities for reaching large audiences, and even getting paid. Mention online video to many people, and they think immediately of YouTube and other video sharing sites, but there are many different ways to promote your videos and earn revenues from them.
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Diplomacy Leads To More Sales Or Happier Enemies !
The next submission in my (potentially named) The Simplenomics Guide to Desirable Traits For Sales People or maybe Mike’s Simple Guide To Desirable Traits For Sales People is one of the hardest traits to master:
Diplomacy
It doesn’t matter if you call it tact or judgment, what matters is that without it, you’re never going to be anywhere near the top of your industry, sales wise, without...
Mobile 2.0 Startup Ecosystem
Mobile Web expert Rudy De Waele has posted slides of a presentation he did last week in London, at the Mobile Web 2.0 Conference. This is the best and most comprehensive overview of Mobile Web startups and product ecosystem that I’ve yet seen. I particularly liked the following slide, categorizing the main players:
Check out the whole set of slides below, for an overview of Mobile Web...
cortland: relaxing after big Italian dinner (via Twitter / cortland)
"Dead" man wakes up under autopsy knife - Yahoo!... →
Pennington Returns to Action; Jones Returns to... →
First Bike Ride
There’s nothing like a kid’s first bike. Here’s our son’s first ride on his first bike.
cortland: Checking out HypeMachine in the backyard (via Twitter / cortland)
New Wright house makes trinity in Pa. - Yahoo!... →
September 14 Birthday →
cortland: Trying new podcatcher(s). Any reccomendations? (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: enjoying a cigar in the backyard (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: looking at homes in Bucks County, PA today. (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: home after first 3-mile run in too long (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: attending GIS demo (via Twitter / cortland)
Interview with Mint.com Founder
Check out this interview with the Founder of Mint.com.
Goldman Sachs' breathtaking bet pays off - Sep.... →
cortland: Looking for real estate in Bucks County, PA (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: prepping for work. thank God the weekend is almost here. (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: going to lunch with my dad (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: Downloading a little free BB King from SpiralFrog (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: about to enjoy dinner with the family (via Twitter / cortland)
Research Recap
Investment research is a business I know a bit about. Back in 1993, I was involved in seed funding a company called Multex that basically invented the idea of online distribution of investment research. Multex was a big success, went public, and was sold to Reuters earlier this decade. The team behind Multex is now doing another startup called Instant Information which I am an investor and board...
EMusic, a Song-Download Site, to Offer Audiobooks... →
cortland: back to work after lunch (via Twitter / cortland)
cortland: internet connectivity problems at work are very frustrating. (via Twitter / cortland)
Hillary’s American Health Choices Plan
Hillary’s American Health Choices Plan covers all Americans and improves health care by lowering costs and improving quality. It speaks to American values, American families, and American jobs.
It puts the consumer in the driver’s seat by offering more choices and lowering costs. If you’re one of the tens of million Americans without coverage or if you don’t like the coverage you have,...
Preezo - Presentations for the Web
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