Epic Systems’ Tough Billionaire
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Forbes published a pretty decent profile of both Epic (the company I work for) and our CEO, Judy Faulkner. This story, which I hadn’t heard before, is pure Judy. Fantastic. Leonard Mattioli, an Epic board member, recalls chiding Faulkner for driving an old Volvo. “I told her next time you buy a car, take a [...]
In Defense Of Kitchen Gadgets (2)
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Glenn Reynolds links to Megan McArdle’s defense of kitchen gadgets and posts reader email praising a rotating pizza oven.
In Defense of Kitchen Gadgets
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If you really think that laborious food prep is that elevating, you should go back to the methods of your grandmother. Buy whole nuts and crack them by hand, picking out the meats and hoping you don’t accidentally get a bit of shell. Throw out the powdered gelatin and use calf’s foot jelly. Make your own confectioner’s sugar with a food grinder or a rolling pin. Pluck your own chickens. Render your own lard.
A Big Life (Don’t Fear the Student Loans)
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“Sugar” addresses a young adult who’s worried and angry about having to start paying for her own student loans. Sugar’s response was a great way to say what absolutely needed to be said.
Your parents helped you pay for your undergraduate education while you were a student and, presuming you didn’t graduate at 25 …
Impatience and Laziness: A Further Defense of Gift Cards
Getting a gift card, allows me to be both impatient and lazy without making either you (as the giver) or me (as the receiver) feel bad. It really is the perfect gift. And I’d love to receive it, with thankfulness, gratitude, and appreciation.
Schrödinger’s Gift: A Defense of Gift Cards
It’s a great gift because, for a time, it’s every book everywhere. And that’s wonderful.
Steve Jobs Resigns
Letter from Steve Jobs
To the Apple Board of Directors and the Apple Community:
I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come. …
Sprint to Get iPhone 5
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Sprint Nextel Corp. will begin selling the iPhone 5 in mid-October, people familiar with the matter said, closing a huge hole in the No. 3 U.S. carrier’s lineup and giving Apple Inc. another channel for selling its popular phone.
… Sprint will also carry the iPhone 4, starting at the …
A Standing Desk?
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I’ve been considering switching to a standing desk for about a year now. This article from Art of Manliness gives a good overview for why and how.
5 Reasons Why:
To Avoid an Early Grave To Lose Weight To Save Your Back To Increase Your Focus To Gain a Satisfying Tiredness