Broback’s Blog

“Deserve” is a word I hear frequently from my progressive friends (but rarely/never from an economist). The word is usually conjured up as a straw man argument. “Those millionaires actually believe they deserve that money!” etc. Sometimes it’s used as Robert Reich did here as in the rich “don’t deserve it.” Even in unguarded moments, [...]

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Just read an intriguing quote from Richard Morrill, a Seattle demographer and University of Washington geography professor emeritus. Because there is a generation who thinks this kind of stuff matters beyond all else — I encourage all to refer to his impressive academic credentials. Morrill has had stints at several “smart” organizations including Dartmouth, the [...]

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I spend a lot of time banging away on the keyboard producing not-always-complimentary thoughts regarding our President’s economic policies. I’ve posted a bit about his approval rating as well. I would be remiss to not note a job well done by Obama’s intelligence gathering team and his Navy Seals for their execution of Osama Bin [...]

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One of my most favorite — and little-known — services for staying on top of the what’s being tweeted is cloud.li. It’s great for discovering prominent hashtags and emerging trends related to any topic. Just type in a phrase, and it provides a list of keywords and terms commonly used in conjunction with that phrase. [...]

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As someone who started riding Seattle Metro buses during the Nixon administration, and who even allows his own precious children to enjoy the joys of communal transport, I don’t want to overstate the danger presented by taking (or waiting for) the bus. If you look at the statistics, riding the bus in Seattle is no [...]

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Robert Scoble’s most recent post about technology and cars is thought-provoking but IMHO lacks what geeks are supposed to like most — and that is data. With that in mind, let me provide some documentation into why people buy cars, fully reinforced with supporting data backed by large sample sets and geeky things like regression [...]

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Sundar Pichai, Vice President of Product Management at Google was interviewed by Bloomberg TV today. In the brief piece, the Bloomberg people raise the issue of overreach by Google, and if free is the right price for an OS (Rob Enderle says no.) Pichai stresses the importance of innovating, and interestingly that “We completely expect [...]

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WSJ: “my advice is, call your broker and ask if you can get some shares.” GM stock is “a great deal.” http://on.wsj.com/9Spo5D @cbarger # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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@BMjStart would love to learn more about bigsheets — am presenting next week on social data at Internet Summit… # WSJ: Google is giving a 10% raise to all 23,000 employees to “plug the defection of staff to competitors.” http://on.wsj.com/9t7TrJ # Powered by Twitter Tools.

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