The New Year tends to provide us with an excuse to make promises to ourselves, or start something new. Every day actually provides us with this opportunity, but somehow, the New Year seems to be a point where a new start seems more important or portentous. While small, measurable goals are easier to accomplish, this [...]
Entries from December 2007
December 18, 2007
Financial Disparities and Inequities
One of the things that always strikes me as unfair in our capitalist system is the disparate impact problem.
If you have money in this country, things actually get cheaper and more affordable. If you don’t have very much money, you are much more vulnerable to any economic swing. Let me explain.
A rise in [...]
December 12, 2007
More on the iPhone
It’s been almost three weeks since the iphone entered my life. The love affair continues. It does not do every task perfectly, but it does everything adequately.
Yes, when it is in EVDO mode, website loading can be slow, and certainly not as fast as my high speed internet connect at home. Yet, when I am [...]
December 7, 2007
Entrepreneurial Woes
I was talking to my friend, Michelle Wolverton yesterday, who works as a virtual assistant. This means she takes on various tasks for clients on a project by project basis, helping them manage their businesses and time, on an as-needed basis. Like many service based professions, including lawyers, income flow is not steady but sporadic [...]
