Saturday, December 21, 2002

Shop amongst yourselves

Raining hard here today. Bummer for shopping, but it Has To Be Done. See ya tomorrow.

Michael's Corollary

On the phone the other day, Michael Taht told me how he's on a mission to defeat Murphy. And he's succeeding.

Reminds me that we depend on Murphy's opposite most of the time: If something can go right, it will go right.

And if you will something to go right, there's a better chance it'll find a way.

[Late update:::] Only 6 days after resorting to the Net for help, Michael has found his nephew Josh. Details at PostCards from the Bleeding Edge.

Let the smart dog think

Kevin Marks, who knows a thing or two about markets (see MediAgora) and economics, is weighing in on the NEA (Nobody owns it, Everybody can use it, Anybody can improve it) debate about the nature of the Net. A sample:

...I don't understand why commoditizing something is deemed to a be a bad thing. If something is a commodity, it basically means that a market is operating well, and that its price has stabilised at an equilibrium; it is the things that aren't commoditized that are problematic- their values fluctuate wildly through fashion. A commodity business is predictable enough that you can employ MBAs to run it.

He goes on to provide more brief primers on relevant economics.

Semi-speaking of which, Dr. Weinberger is still involved in the debate, and has also just released his latest JOHO.