I don’t often venture into the land of politics online but am going to make an exception today. Last night while winding down my viewing of the election coverage I tweeted out the following: Tonight is all about the economic gains of the recovery not making its way to the masses. — lance (@lance) November […]
Continue reading →This week I was interviewed for an upcoming article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on the subject of how innovation is driving economic development (job growth in layman’s terms) and what needs to be done to continue to attract and foster startup companies. This led me to think about the subject a bit and this […]
Continue reading →I have been poking around a little on privacy these days. With the release of the White House big data and privacy working group review it seemed appropriate to share this entertaining video of Aral Balkan describing how free is a lie. We are all giving up so much more than money when we use free […]
Continue reading →My daughter is a freshman at Grady High School in Atlanta. Grady is an intown public school that is a part of the Atlanta Public Schools system, about a mile from the center of Midtown Atlanta. We leave about a mile from the school. We live in the city and send our kids to public […]
Continue reading →I mostly write about the Internet, management, marketing, and startups on FoG. But every so often something happens that makes me change the focus here. A few years ago it was a change in Georgia law that limited the mobility of workers. Today it was a student at Grady High School shooting herself in the […]
Continue reading →With the exception of the occasional discussion on amendments to the Georgia state constitution I pretty much stay away from politics on FoG. Too much lack of rational debate and too much emotion around the subject. It is safe to say I have uttered nary a word here or on Twitter about the presidential election. Truth be […]
Continue reading →Startup America is coming to Atlanta. On Wednesday May 2 from 1:00pm – 4:30pm at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Technology Square senior White House officials are hosting a forum. The objective of the forum is to meet with entrepreneurs and hear directly from them on ideas and suggestions for reducing barriers and […]
Continue reading →On Monday the White House announced the Startup America Partnership. Startup America is a White House initiative to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout America. Below is a nice video of Austan Goolsbee the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers explaining the program. About the only criticism I have about the program is the expression […]
Continue reading →Today is a pretty important day for the Internet. FCC Chairman Julius Geneachoski has asked for his organization to adopt rules to protect the open Internet. Net neutrality rules. The draft rules that Geneachoski is proposing have not been seen in public but I do believe something needs to be done. The reason why I […]
Continue reading →Given the wording of Georgia amendment one there was never any question in my mind that it would pass. But some of the statements made in the Jobs of Tomorrow funded robo-call sent me a little over the top and set VoteNoOn1 in motion. When I do something I like to measure. It's interesting to […]
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