April 2008

I'd contemplated whether to publish this Personal Story one.  It's an email I'd sent to a buddy of mine in heartpain.  It is what it is. I'm off to a business dinner for now.  Catcha manana. It is the duty of men to judge men only by their actions. Our faculties furnish us with no means of arriving at the motive, the character, the secret self.  (sermon, October 15, 1826)  - ... read more

We have the following on tap, in bottle, and imported today... -Ed Harycki, Swift Financial CEO -Father Jonathan Morris, at bar -Ryan Magussen, Ripe Digital Founder -Kevin Depew, Minyanville -Michael Jones, Platinum Group Metals President & CEO -Crystle Stewart, Miss USA -Angela McGlowan   -Karen Finney, ... read more

The mass of men love to look at Intel as a bellwether for the broader tech economy.  Certainly, as Intel and Microsoft have created the platform on which 97% of the world’s computers run on and the company has grown from nothing to doing nearly $40 billion at about 60% gross margins, it’s clear that as goes Intel, so goes the computing world.But the computing world’s importance in tech has ... read more

People tell us that we play too loud But they don’t know what our music’s about We never listen to the record company man They try to change us and ruin our band. That’s why we don’t wanna be good That’s why we don’t wanna be good We’re prisoners of rock and roll. When were jammin’ in our old garage The girls come over and it sure gets hot We don’t wanna be watered ... read more

People tell us that we play too loud But they don't know what our music's about We never listen to the record company man They try to change us and ruin our band. That's why we don't wanna be good That's why we don't wanna be good We're prisoners of rock and roll. When were jammin' in our old garage The girls come over and it sure gets hot We don't wanna be watered down Takin' orders from ... read more

We have the following guests on tap..... -Amy McAnarney, H&R Block Executive Director -Vitali Klitschko -Bob O'Brien Barron's -Josh Cohen, Google -Steve Paster -Lynn Reaser, Bank of America Economist -Jon Friedman ... read more

We have the following guests booked for this evening: -Lisa Lockwood, beauty queen turned swat member -Hosea Chanchez, actor -James Dyson, Dyson Vacuumes -Bob Meighan, Intuit -Charles Payne -Steve Orlins, National Committee on U.S. China Relations President -Todd Harrison -Scott Rothbort Join Cody and Rebecca Gomez for a live Happy Hour at the Bull and Bear at 5:00–or at 5:00 and ... read more

We have the following guests booked for this evening: -Jerry Moskowitz, FTSE Americas -Mike Santoli, Barrons -Patrick Lashinsky, Ziprealty CEO -Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Why Women Mean Buisness Co-Author -Alison Maitland, Why Women Mean Buisness Co-Author -Imogen Lloyd Webber -Marc Sperling, Sperling Enterprises LLC President Join Cody and Rebecca Gomez for a live Happy Hour at the Bull and ... read more

We have the following guests booked for this evening: -John Huddy -Lama Pema, Monk -Dan Mchugh, VP of Budweiser & Bud Light -Don Peebles, Peebles Corp. Chairman & CEO -Bruce Vincent, Swift Energy President -Steve Grasso, Stuart Frankel -Kirsten Haglund, Miss America -Tiernan Ray,Barron's Join Cody and Rebecca Gomez for a live Happy Hour at the Bull and Bear at 5:00–or at 5:00 and 11:00pm ... read more

The fact is that I'm actually a pretty big Steve Ballmer fan. I mean, the guy’s overseen the creation of the most powerful and valuable company in the history of technology. But I've been pretty vocal on TV, in print and, gulp, even with the head of Softee's PR firm, Richard Edelman, about how I think Steve's had this company skating to where the puck's been and not where it's going for the ... read more