The Agentic Tipping Point
Does OpenClaw represent a Napster moment for AI?
Business
The Story of Target Date Funds
The Target Date Fund, now a staple of 401(k) plans, has a surprisingly colorful origin—emerging from academic theory, shaped by pension consulting, and even brushing up against Star Wars and Kubrick. Behind its quiet ubiquity lies a story of mathematical elegance, financial innovation, and unexpected creativity.
The Great Hollowing?
In the elegant machinery of economics, supply and demand form a perfect circle—each feeding the other in a self-sustaining loop, like the smooth symmetry of a donut. In the new world of AI, the donut isn’t just missing its center—it’s crumbling from the inside out.
The Second Life of James Lyons
It happened in a bookstore café in Midtown—of all places. James had wandered in while visiting a friend. He was sipping black coffee and thumbing through a used copy of Leaves of Grass when a voice rang out: “Lyons? Is that really you?”
The Tail of AI
The broad range of technologies that we call Artificial Intelligence or AI are going to change the world, but probably not in the ways many speculate. The underlying question is not just the core technology, it’s how it can be applied to deliver practical cost-effective value without egregious energy.
Money?
Is the system of money we use today working ? Are there are better alternatives on the horizon? There’s certainly a lot of talk about cryptocurrency. Can we learn anything from the gold standard about crypto’s potential to establish a new type of currency?
Agile & Jazz
Software product development and jazz music share a remarkable similarity in their essence: both are grounded in creativity, exploration, and improvisation.
The Time Mastery Myth
Do we, influenced by our inherited conception of time, find it challenging to appreciate each moment for its own sake, rather than its usefulness for future goals?
The Power of Empathetic Leadership
The ability to step into another’s shoes and understand their situation and challenges is a powerful trait that builds trust, faith and cohesion that is essential to the success of teams and organizations.
Remote Work Time Management
The productivity paradox facing remote workers cannot be solved with technology. It’s a management problem.
Microsoft’s Productivity Research
Microsoft research estimates that knowledge workers spend 60% of their time in meetings, answering emails, or chatting. They call this Digital Debt.
Interview: Brian Shulman on music pioneer and businessman, Stan Shulman
Brian Shulman is a business colleague and friend who’s been a profound influence in my life both professionally, as a software innovator and businessman, and personally, as a mentor of tremendous character. Brian is not involved in the music industry himself, but I was fascinated to learn about his late father, Stan Shulman, who was … Continue reading Interview: Brian Shulman on music pioneer and businessman, Stan Shulman
Stride Academy Adaptive Online Learning Software
After years of research and development my teammates and I at LTS Education Systems are proud to launch the all new tablet-compatible learning platform, Stride Academy. Built on the latest HTML5 technology, Stride Academy is a giant leap forward in terms of user experience and front-end flexibility from the previous flagship product, Kid’s College. With … Continue reading Stride Academy Adaptive Online Learning Software
Professional Advertising Is Dead. Long Live Advertising.
About eight years ago, I started to notice a bizarre phenomenon. I was paid by people to make things look “professional,” yet I repeatedly noticed that consumers were suspicious or oblivious to much of the visual language that was established by the past century of professional ad design. I looked around for some theorist to … Continue reading Professional Advertising Is Dead. Long Live Advertising.
Social Media Marketing Genius In Ten Minutes
Jumping off of bridges, wearing your pants below your underwear, investing in any stock with a .com in the name, credit default swaps, the atkins diet, asking people to follow their business on facebook out of nowhere — there are a lot of things that people do in great numbers because everyone else is doing … Continue reading Social Media Marketing Genius In Ten Minutes