I’ve been watching AIG CEO Edward Liddy testify before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises. He is taking heat from the congressmen over some employess receiving retention bonuses from AIG. Because AIG received a loan from the government, the representatives are upset about the so called bonuses. What…
Year: 2009
How will they monetize Twitter?
Twitter is such a cool little app, but how will they monetize it? At this point nobody knows, but several options are out there. They could charge companies to build apps on the Twitter backend, or they could send out advertisements as tweets (that won’t fly). They could place an ad after your tweet, but…
Five-Minute Prison Workout
Mike Rowe from Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs demonstrates how to to a “burpee.” This workout is great for small spaces and really works.
Dick Cheney
I saw Dick Cheney on CNN Today. He has gotten a bum rap in recent years. Yes you can question the decisions he made, but he made those decisions under very difficult circumstances. I’ve always liked his calm, measured approach to problem solving. He may not have gotten all the calls right, but history will…
Trying Twirl for Twitter
I just installed Twirl for my Tweets. Looks good so far!
Joomla Content Management System
I’ve been playing with Joomla this weekend. We’ve always built our own CMS but I finally gave in and tried Joomla. It’s a very robust CMS and widely used. It’s a little slow when setting up, but it does make creating a manageable web site fairly easy. They have lots of plugins to do just…
Facebook is too confusing
Is everyone you know on Facebook? Yeah, me too. Have you tried getting your business or web site on Facebook? Tried creating a page? Forget it. It is simply the most confusing and poorly coded site I’ve ever seen. You never know what page you’re on, all the important links are way too small, they…
Are we in a depression?
It sure seems like it.
How to find the right church jobs
Churches looking for the right pastor, or ministers looking for their next calling can all benefit from ChurchJobs.net. The website for matching churches and candidates has current church jobs from all over the country. You an do a nationwide search for your next pastor. Head on over to ChurchJobs.net to find pastor jobs. So many other sites…
Obama’s stimulus package will be a disaster
Why can’t the politicians get it? They are growing the size of our government beyond what we are capable of maintaining. Bush spent us into the poor house and now Obama wants to double down on that achievement? We’re headed for massive inflation and a decade of stagnation. No doubt!