Tools I Use: The Sketchpad

The Sketchpad Specifics:  Miquelrius 6 Subject Graph Paper – Black 8.25” X 11.75” A4 wire bound Perforated Pages (150 pages = 300 Sheets) Used for: Mind mapping Outlining Workflow design and analysis Process simplification Blog post drafts Storage device for ideas...

Update on Portugal:

I touched ever so briefly on Portugal in our most recent newsletter.  The excellent minds at Marginal Revolution have a more in depth look here. From the piece: “Between 2000 and 2013, the Portuguese economy grew less than the United States during the Great...

Our Summer of 2013 Newsletter

Our newsletter is a little longer than usual.  I went into greater detail on what is going on around the world, and some portfolio impacts this might have.  Let me know what you think by leaving a comment. Summer 2013 Full Newsletter Share:Click to share on Facebook...

What’s holding you back?

I know what’s holding me back.  I don’t want to admit it even to myself. I have bad habits. For a long time I did not know they were bad habits.  They were just how you did things.  It was how I was raised.  It was what I grew up learning.  It is what I was taught....
I Heart Macon Pledge

I Heart Macon Pledge

The I Love Macon organization, founded by Heather Bowman Cutway, Wesley Griffith, Josh Rogers, Pilar Wilder, and Julia Wood, works to promote civic pride within and about Macon. Macon is a wonderful and beautiful community and the I Love Macon pledge exist to help...

Theory of Comparative Advantage

A short video explaining Comparative Advantage and its relationship to Judaism. We do not often see the application of economics to religions so this was an interesting perspective.   Share:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter...

Jiro Dreams of Sushi

To say I was impressed by the timelessness and beauty of this movie would be understating it’s…umami. Here is a taste of the movie… “Once you decide your occupation You must immerse yourself in your work You have to fall in love with your work...

The Dilemma

The Dilemma   It is folly to attempt to forecast the future. A dilemma is a choice between two or more options none of which is very appealing.  The markets are always full of dilemmas for investors and traders but this time the dilemma is striking because the...

Security Theater

I know most of you won’t care about password security and securing computer networks but this long post on how bad Tesco.com has me flabbergasted.  Tesco Security #Fail Consumer takeaway: the little padlock icon is meaningless and you should ignore it. Consumer...

Disaster Planning Implemented

In case you missed it and we certainly hope you did as that means we did our job is that the office experienced a short term internet outage recently.  This is a quick summary of what happened. During a storm a limb hit the cable line to our office building.  We did...