The Hedy Lamarr of Early TV
By the time Paul Winchell died, last weekend at 82, the BBC was only able to point out that he had done the voice of Tigger for Disney. He was so much more. Like Hedy Lamarr, who created the technology...
View ArticleLiving in the Forest
When the tornado warning sounded near my home last night I found I couldn't get a view of what might come through the trees. I have elm trees, oak trees, dogwood trees, sweet gum and a huge sugar...
View ArticleThe Most Subversive Book Series Ever
Hear me out. J.K. Rowling conceived her entire series on a train. It would be seven books, matching the years spent at an English boarding school such as Eton. Book Six was released tonight. Rowling...
View ArticleGoogle's VOIP Play
NOTE: Many of the claims made in the item below have been questioned by Russell Shaw. See the full story here. It's ironic, but my first invitation to use Google Talk came from Pakistan. From Karachi,...
View ArticleWhat? I'm Retirement Age?
Well, nearly, judging from the latest re-org news coming out of Microsoft. The retiree in this case is Jim Allchin (right), who has been the Windows guru there for years. What struck me was his age,...
View ArticleWrong Number, It Must be 2005
Here's a story that illustrates well the time we're living in. (The picture, from Pravda, shows Indian and Pakistani nuclear sites. Its meaning will become clear in due course.) I had a meeting...
View ArticleThis Week's Clue: Second Acts
We all grow older, even tech executives. And this week, my free weekly newsletter, A-Clue.Com offers some thoughts on that. (Subscribe here.) Think of it as another product of...the aging process (you...
View ArticleHow To Be A Big Time 21st Century Brand
Easy to say, tough to do. Ready? OK. One thing. Your Unique Selling Proposition (USP) must be simple, powerful, easily understood by everyone you do business with -- employees, suppliers, customers....
View ArticleBruce Arena's Big Mistake
You're used to my occasional forays into (usually political) non-tech irrelevancy here at Mooreslore. Well, I'm about to do it again, but this time, at least, I'm speaking of sport. Specifically...
View ArticleNationalize the Phone Network
It's a crazy notion that is going nowhere. But it would solve a lot of problems, most especially for the Bells, who would be the idea's staunchest opponents, if it were proposed. (It's not being...
View ArticleThe Social Generation
A posting from Bernie Goldbach in Ireland helped remind me of just how much progress we've seen in the last decade. The best way to see it is through the eyes of people who are growing up. I've got two...
View ArticleFamily Fun, for Christmas
Just in time for Christmas, Atlanta blogger Mingaling (right) offered me (and therefore you) access to a great family fun game for the holidays.It's actually the beta test for something called...
View ArticleMurder the Beloved Country
One reason I haven't been around much lately is I have been (finally) reading Salman Rushdie's latest 2005 1997classic Shalimar the Clown. Like all great writers Rushdie tends to be ahead of his time,...
View ArticleWhat Jobs Could Buy Today
Disney. The Walt Disney Co., including ABC, ESPN, the movies, the theme parks -- the whole shebang -- is presently valued at about $50 billion. That's actually about one-sixth less than it was worth...
View ArticleDana's Quick Writing Course
I've been writing for over 40 years, professionally for 30. If you're interested in doing the same, here's a simple four-step process that will make your writing all it can be. Writing is easy to...
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