Category Archives: Business

Occasionally I write about businesses, especially American mega-corps.

Learning about Bitcoin

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Brian

Here are some resources if you’re interestined in learning about Bitcoin. Bitcoin Home Page Bitcoin Wiki Security Now 287: BitCoin CryptoCurrency This Week in Startups: Gavin explains the fundamentals of Bitcoin This Week in Startups: Who is Satoshi, the mysterious … Continue reading →

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Acronyms

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Brian

For some reason I started reading about acronyms on wikipedia, dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com, etc.  At first is seems like there’s not much to it – take the first letter of a bunch of words, put them together, and you have an … Continue reading →

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Reality is Confusing My Fiction

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Brian

You may remember from episode 41 of Just Shoot Me! (“How the Finch Stole Christmas”) that there is no man named J. Crew. Yeah, I’m citing that a reference and I’m doing no further research on the matter. Maya Gallo: … Continue reading →

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Open Source Business Model?

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Brian

Is this a good idea? A programmer writes a bit of software and offers it for sale for $5. When they reach 5,000 sales they release the source code under a GPL-like license and the product becomes free. The programmer … Continue reading →

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