Morrie the Toupee Salesman

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Ok, so I complained that his flickrfan thing has already been done, and done better. But now he’s come out and said it’s part of a larger project. So I’ll STFU.

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is deadly … acccording to Paul Graham. Actually it’s “dignity and professionalism.” some quotes: ‘I cannot count the times I heard the word “professionalism” used as justification for why we couldn’t do something.’ and this one from Hugh MacLeod: “Do you honestly think I’d have a good working relationship with clients who are offended that [...]

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And suddenly that $1 billion does seem quaint. Oracle just announced the acquisition of BEA for $8.5 billion.

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With all the recent writedowns by financial companies, many of which have been above $10 billion, the $1 billion that Sun has just announced as the price of mysql seems almost Dr. Evil quaint. Almost…

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Techdirt has a story about Desyne Web Services Inc, a company hired in a “no-bid” contract to build a web site for people on the no-fly list to seek redress. Turns out they did a bad job as the site has been deemed insecure. The coolest thing about the story is Desyne Web Services’ web [...]

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If you’ve ever spent time in b-school, especially entrepreneurship courses, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “boil the ocean.” It means a business plan that requires huge changes in the world in order to succeed. Today I actually see a business whose plans sure seem like they’re going to heat up the ocean (though presumably [...]

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Apparently so. Anyway Joey and I had a good chat last summer, and some things he said did influence my decision to leave…. all I can say is, I was first!

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is in the PR phase. I was thinking that “birth, growth and death” is a much more felicitous phrase than what she uses there. Since the book is still four months away and the US economy is a complete mess, it seems likely she’ll be doing some late night rewrites in the next few months.

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Ha, I’m no.1 on google for “Toupee Salesman.” Blogs are great for getting on google.  Perhaps I can figure out a way to tie that in with cornro.ws, I domain I own.

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