Month: October 2013

  • Why Facebook is no longer relevant to content creators (or readers!)

    A few months ago, Facebook  did something so shocking and stupid that it left me no choice but to leave Facebook. For good. Up until that time I have enjoyed Facebook for what it is. It’s a great way to keep up with friends from school and work and overseas. Frankly, I have avoided these…

  • BREAKING NEWS: Texas is NOT an Economic Paradise

    You may have seen Tyler Cowen’s cover story about Texas (discussed on his Marginal Revolution blog). I’m sure  I see these kinds of articles regularly (Economist had a cover story a few years ago about California vs. Texas).   They annoy me because they are one-dimensional. I think they compare it to California or NY  —…