Penny Williams watches her bills very closely, so she noticed right away when her CenturyLink high-speed Internet bill rose mysteriously by $1.88. A glance at the paperwork revealed two new fees accounted for the difference, but the listed explanation didn’t make much sense. One line of the bill included the [Keep reading]
A Mother’s heart has to be big, and endure many things, but among the most painful — seeing your young adult child thrash about, unable to find a clear path to happiness. Jobs aren’t everything, of course, but the 20s are all about finding satisfying work that pays the bills [Keep reading]
The Facebook status update got the attention of Bryan Rutberg’s friends right away: “BRYAN IS IN URGENT NEED OF HELP!!” Rutberg’s friends soon received emails with frantic pleas for aid. He was stuck in London after a mugging and desperately needed money to get his family home. Rutberg’s daughter, at [Keep reading]
I went laptop shopping this week and became horribly depressed. Not only were the laptops so much more expensive than I was expecting, and if you feel the same, check out this article on the best laptops under $400 to save you some money, but every laptop I came across [Keep reading]
During numerous appearances on CNBC last year, producers there gave me a pet name. “Big Data Hater.” Whenever they wanted to do a segment on the wonders of Big Data, they trotted out experts talking about how much money was to be made by dumping everything into a spreadsheet. Then [Keep reading]
It’s time to take the issue of passenger airplane turbulence and injuries seriously. It’s time to require more choppy air data from the airlines — right now, they provide essentially none. And it’s time you simply kept your seat belt on every moment you are in the air. For the [Keep reading]
We all talk about timing as if it’s the most powerful force on Earth. Bad Timing, for example. can ruin a good love affair, or a great product. Everyone knows this. Yet very few try to do anything about it. Humans are helpless, you might think, when confronted with the [Keep reading]
I was lucky enough to attend Jazzfest in New Orleans this week. If you’ve never been, put it on your bucket list. The big acts are great, but the smaller stages full of jazz and blues history are where it’s at. Learned all about Swamp Pop, thanks to Warren Storm, [Keep reading]
Today, I discuss the third reason people get stuck in life, this time in a more mechanical, practical way. Skip ahead to buy the book or the online course. Step functions, choke points, erosion, mystery ingredients – read on and you’ll be surprised how often your life ends up in [Keep reading]
Today, I discuss the second reason people get stuck in life. Skip ahead to buy the book or the online course. All our concepts are borrowed from math and science, and the greedy algorithm is lifted right from higher math textbooks. Formally, it means that systems (and people) [Keep reading]
Bob Sullivan