November 2010
4 posts
Unwillful neglect
Tonight I saw a PBS newshour segment on end-of-life care. It is a wrenching experience, full of strong emotions that are uncomfortable. Who wants to feel responsible for deciding when to end someone else’s life? It’s an awful position. But how many people prepare for this situation and do what’s needed to prevent putting their relatives through it? Beyond the impact on a...
Delayed reaction to the "instant" phenomenon
A few months ago, Google’s “Instant” search interface launched and got great press coverage. People were very excited - they claimed we would save 1 or 2 seconds every time we searched the web with it! pooh-pooh, I thought. Now I finally understand why it’s so great…
But it’s not about making web searches faster.
It’s about making Google better for...
“one’s prestige at PayPal was measured by how few people could stop you...”
– http://www.quora.com/What-strong-beliefs-on-culture-for-entrepreneurialism-did-Peter-Max-David-have-at-PayPal