A colleague of mine recently admitted she enjoyed (geeked out on) this YouTube video. Somewhat skeptical, I allowed myself to click through and… wow, these geniuses actually schooled me a bit in the “Dismal Science.” If you’re like me, the principles of macro economics (e.g., how our country continues to run in the “knowledge age”) [...]
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August 3rd, 2009
Does your definition of success control you? [TED talk]
In one of the best and most original TED talks I’ve seen in a while, Alain de Botton presents a compelling – and often humorous – analysis of how our definition of success can drive us to despondency. Some interesting tidbits from this talk:
Our measures of personal success are typically based on our perception of [...]
April 21st, 2009
mrmerlot.com … a place for my tech rants and raves
You’ve reached the site for mrmerlot. Why merlot? You’ll have to subscribe to find out!
I created this site for a two main reasons:
I needed a place to write about my technology opinions since these don’t fit on my personal (family) site.
I wanted to claim the domain before anyone else did, since “mrmerlot” is the username [...]
