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Most people realize that it’s hard to get ahead in life unless you are willing to occasionally get out of your comfort zone. But knowing and doing are not the same thing. Most of us like to stay in…

What do you call phones like the iPhone and the Droid, which have gone beyond what we have traditionally called smartphones?

• Steve Rubel notes on Twitter that his iPhone has become his computer:…

We all ultimately have to motivate ourselves. But, we are often helped in doing so by reading an inspiring quote or story.

So, presuming that we would all like to be more motivated, I am sharing…

Windows 7 was released yesterday, and Apple decided to release some new Mac versus Windows ads then, too.

Although I normally like the Mac vs Windows ads, yesterday they just turned me off. It…

I just finished reading Gary Vaynerchuk’s Crush It!: Why NOW Is the Time to Cash In on Your Passion and wanted to make sure you are aware of the book’s availability.

I’m generally not a…

So very many things are happening now that are good for book lovers. For example:

• Wal-Mart and Amazon are in a price war of sorts, and that has driven prices down for some books.
• For a…

This is my 777th post, so I wanted it to be special, and I believe it is because it shares some of the life of a good man: Buster B. Jones.

While Buster will long be remembered for being one of…

Good discussion by Lenny Susskind of the sensibility of the multiverse in explaining the cosmological constant “fine tuning”

An incredibly well thought out article. I’ll be reading it a second and maybe third time.

David asked, “Have you ever read Reinhold Niebuhr?” Obama replied, “I love him. He’s one of my favorite philosophers.” And David asked what Obama took away from Niebuhr. And here’s what Obama actually said. “I take away the compelling idea that there’s serious evil in the world, and hardship and pain. And we should be humble and modest in our belief that we can eliminate those things. But we shouldn’t use that as an excuse for cynicism and inaction. I take away the sense we have to make these efforts knowing they are hard, and not swinging from naïve idealism to bitter realism.”