Tech Wiring Issue Repaired
Internet Access Just Restored After 10 days without service, and two FedEx shipments and offsite diagnostics that did not work, a switch was made to a new ISP provider and their onsite tech located and changed the faulty wiring that was blocking the signal. Blog posts will resume on Saturday. Views: 21
The Famous Board Game of Lizzie Magie
Patent And Copyright Pitfalls Author Mary Pilon’s fascinating 33-min book talk on The Monopolist: Obsession, Fury, and the Scandal Behind the World’s Favorite Board Game is a complex story with lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs in the 21st century. It’s a story with many twists and turns that may strain optic nerves…as in excess eye-rolling. Elizabeth Magie filed for […]
11-Year Old Toy CEO
Safety Net Parenting Grace Baxter is 11 years old, a toy CEO with a track record, social conscience and love for art and animals. She is profiled in the March issue of Safety-Net Parenting. Baxter’s candid point of view and solution to managing frequent falls will no doubt serve as an amusing, insightful metaphor and reminder for […]
The Work: My Search for A Life That Matters
Wes Moore “Put your passion into action…” was the intro used by CEO Wendy Spencer to open a discussion about the new book by bestselling author, youth advocate and veteran, Wes Moore, on a recent broadcast of C-Span’s After Words. Approx 53 minutes. C-Span.org/video http://tinyurl.com/qffps54 The Other Wes Moore.com http://theotherwesmoore.com/ Dee Adams is the author of Finding Your Niche: Discover… […]
Black History Month: Antiques Roadshow
Antiques Roadshow compiled an interesting collection of segments on African American collectibles—including pictures of a valuable textbook issued by Madam Walker. Highly educational look at entrepreneurial and artistic ventures of several historical and pioneering African Americans that many people never learned about are featured. References Pbsvideo.org http://video.pbs.org/video/2365418399/ Popular woodworking.com Cesar Chelo http://tinyurl.com/p9tfqb3 Superselected.com People […]
How 3 Laid Off Employees Started A High-Tech Company
History of a Successful Startup Fire In The Belly: Building A World-leading High-tech Company From Scratch In Tumultuous Times Co-authors, Jerry D. Neal & Jerry Bledsoe, appeared recently on a 17-minute c-span segment. They gave an insightful and amusing account of the high tech company’s start-up challenges with product development and the loss of a major client early […]
Making A Living in the Internet Age
Cory Doctorow’s Laws How small artists can make a living in the digital age despite legal and business conflicts with the corporate world is the primary theme of Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age, by guru, activist and author Cory Doctorow. During a recent author discussion, topics, such as copyright, DRM, and contract issues […]
Aptitudes In Action
Cool Examples of Finger Dexterity In the 1920’s, Johnson O’Connor, a General Electric engineer, wanted a new way to evaluate which jobs workers were best suited for. Mr. O’Connor, a former John Dewey student, developed a Finger Dexterity test, which focused on workers needs rather than management. Several people who illustrate high-level Finger Dexterity are […]
When On-The-Job Injury Disrupts Your Life
Avoiding Common Financial Pitfalls What would you do if you were a health care professional and discovered that trusted medical professionals had committed malpractice and harmed your close family member? Debra Muth, WHNP, ND, BSN, MSNH, BAAHP details her family’s lengthy legal and medical ordeal in her new book titled The Dark Side of Injury: […]
Black History Month & Artists
Revisiting Clementine Hunter, Rose O’Neill & Horace Pippen… The Secret Paintings of Clementine Hunter http://wp.me/p3Kr4S-25r Rose O’Neill http://wp.me/p3Kr4S-1RD Harlem Hellfighters: Business and Creative the genius behind the scenes Horace Pippen http://wp.me/p3Kr4S-1Dc Views: 10