April 2006

  • Stuff I’ve read, or added to my inbox to read: Seth Godin on being done – http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/04/done.html AlphaMale on KitKat’s success in Japan – http://alphamale.typepad.com/blog/2006/04/how_kitkat_beca.html Guy Kawasaki on Engineers and their lies – http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_top_ten_lie.html The Slacker Manager on office politics – http://slackermanager.com/2006/04/how-to-avoid-office-politics.html Pittsburgh’s Future reports on shaky air quality ratings standards – http://pittsburghfuture.blogspot.com/2006/04/misleading-rankings-on-air-pollution.html

  • These days it seems airlines are trying just about anything to make an extra buck.  The latest quick buck approach that I’ve experienced is the added charge to fly in the emergency row on Northwest Airlines flights.  I did this yesterday, paying an additional $15 to fly in the emergency row of a flight from…

  • TechCrunch is one of the best web 2.0 blogs out there. Not only do I rely on it to get the latest word on emerging online applications, but recenly Michael Arrington has added some great, in depth reviews of popular web applications. In the latest review, TechCrunch takes on the major mapping services from Ask.com,…