Lessons from New Hampshire
Hillary Clinton “stunned” the Barack Obama campaign tonight in the snows of New Hampshire. Oh really? Two weeks ago, she was a lock by double digits to pocket the Live Free of Die. Yesterday she was near tears and her campaign was in a shambles. Two weeks ago Flipper Romney was pretty much a lock [...]
Weitzner lands at Ziff-Davis Enterprise
Former CMP CEO Steve Weitzner, who was moved aside late last year in a management reshuffle, has re-emerged, just as quickly as I’d hoped and expected. He was named today as Chairman and CEO of Ziff Davis Enterprise, which was acquired from ZD by Insight Venture Partners. Said Insight Managing Partner Deven Parekh: “Steve and [...]
The party in the teeth of the storm
The biggest storm in about 10 years ( 13 to be exact because I was there) blasted the Bay Area this week and we lost power for a day and a half (so far). I had nothing better to do so I kept a log. 6:20 a.m., Friday, Jan. 4: Power goes out. Still sleeping. [...]
Caucus, schmauckus
The Iowa Caucuses are tonight. Big whoop. Michael Judge said it best in the Wall Street Journal this morning: Ignore Iowa. The only one the corn belters got right in the past generation was Jimmy Malaise Carter. The process is Byzantine to say the least and touches maybe 6 percent of the Iowa population. The [...]
Top Eight Predictions for 2008
Happy New Year! To usher it in, I thought it appropriate to offer my predictions for the months ahead, as my success rate will be no better than anyone else’s. Economy falls into recession. There’s a heart-warmer for you! Whatever boom we’ve experienced as a nation recently has been debt-funded. We all know that. At [...]
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