My wife and I recently had the opportunity to attend a special event on the state of education in the Lexington area. It was a great event. Our local Super, the former Mayor, and the Chairman of the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence spoke to us. The event was hosted by a friend, Adam Edelen, [...]
Exxon Mobil and a few other oil and gas companies just released 1 Q earnings. Exxon made over $9B in income — a figure that most businesses will never see if they add up all years of revenues. Is this wrong? Is Exxon wrong? I say that they are not doing anything wrong. Exxon is [...]
While vacationing in Vegas, I thought a bit about conferences and conventions. Do we really need to attend them anymore? The answer lies in one’s reason for attending the conference. If you go for the face to face networking, hands-on interaction with the vendors, client meetings, or breakout sessions, then you should probably still go. [...]
My wife and I are in Las Vegas right now and have learned a few things about an industry leader trying to fit into a niche market. We’re staying at the Westin — we love Starwood hotels — since we like the experience and wanted to try a place off the strip. I confess that [...]
Continuing in the trend of articles about the future of IT and how we’re in such an infant stage, I read a great post today by Nicholas Carr. (Yes, that Nicholas Carr who wrote “Does IT matter?). The premise of the article is that worldwide server sales make a lot of money for companies like [...]