Broback's Blog

I returned from a whirlwind trip to San Diego 48 hours ago. Thanks to my friend Dennis Hall, I was able to experience spending a day (and overnight) on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Going into it I knew that I would be having the experience of a lifetime — a tailhook landing at […]

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Krugman decided to write about the minimum wage today. As one would expect, he is all for raising it. He provides non-controversial assertions that: It’s low by historical standards. Foreign competition is not a relevant factor. He likes the E.I.T.C. and it compliments the minimum wage nicely. The public favors it. A higher minimum wage […]

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I’ve been meaning to write up a response to the oft-repeated claim that Medicare is much more efficient than private insurance but then the Wall Street Journal hit the high points for me. Usually that canard is put out when I advocate for markets in the medical sphere — and I used to fall for […]

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The recent collapse of the carbon trading market in the E.U. has prompted me to put in writing something I’ve been convinced of for some time — that skeptics of man-made catastrophic global warming should just keep quiet. My opinion is that they need to spend less time talking about the economics of carbon taxes […]

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A little validation for us Huskies from the folks at SmartMoney and their sources — The College Board; U.S. Department of Education and Payscale.com. It will be likely reassuring to UW students and parents who view college through an (arguably narrow) “vocational” lens. While its intuitive that — holding all other variables as equal — […]

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Are you a Web data geek? Are you into scraping sites? If so, you may be one of the many people who rely on the highly-regarded Needlebase to help you in your efforts. After reading about Needlebase on RWW, (very, very cool example of the potential here.) I spent many hours playing with it — […]

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Here may be an entrepreneurial opportunity. Register at thousands of sites using a variety of non-intuitive unique email address that are used nowhere else. When you start getting emails about viagra sent to one of these addresses, flag the related site in a database as one to avoid. Build a browser plugin that accesses that […]

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A fitting legacy. This troll of global proportions who threatened to turn Seoul’s presidential palace office into a “sea of fire,” will be be thought of in this hilarious context for all time. Many thanks to Parker, Stone and team for this lasting impression.

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Had a chance to sit in on Steve Blank’s Lean Launchpad class last week at the Haas School of Business. Came away very impressed with the real-world/pragmatic aspects to his curriculum, and the enthusiasm of everyone in the room. Prior to attending the class I decided to read through Steve’s blog, and came across a […]

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No surprises (at least to me) here. Seems to reflect the imagery and videos I’ve watched. Original here.

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