Posts from ‘October, 2008’

 
Omniture just reported earnings for Q3 2008. Revenue was up 108%. They are still turning in losses quarter after quarter, but that will turn around with time. They are still a new company. What really matters is where they sit in the market. I think they’ll be acquired in the next 12 months, or their stock [...]

The “Tough Customer” column in November 2008’s SmartMoney magazine has some interesting tidbits in it.  Anne Kadet, the author, talks about how her favorite chocolate bar was reconfigured from 16 squares to 12 one day for no good reason.  Turns out, they did it to distract her from the fact that it had gotten smaller. 
Kadet goes [...]

I’ve been giving some thought lately on how to give back effectively, how to contribute a relatively small amount and make a large difference for someone.
There are a lot of great charities out there, many of which have very little in the way of operating costs that eat up your donations.  The operating costs aren’t [...]

I’m guilty of wasting money.  It used to be that buying local meant supporting local business and encouraging entrepreneurship.  Today, with the dissapearance of the mom and pop shop and the proliferation of the big box stores, buying local just isn’t what it used to be. 
The main reason to buy local now is for convenience [...]

Well, I’m back from a great four day vacation to sunny California. My girlfriend and I flew down to Los Angeles, stayed the first night at the Radisson Hotel in Culver City (booked through Priceline), rented a car (booked Hertz through AAA), stayed a night in an awesome room in San Luis Obispo (Courtyard [...]

UBS analyst Benjamin Schachter lowered his price target on Google today to $525/share.   He lowered his targets on Yahoo from $28 to $20/share and eBay from $28 to $18/share.
Sounds like a strong indictment on tech stocks right?  Schachter is putting himself on the line, making a bold prediction that the prices on these stocks will drop [...]