I was just reading an article on the impending water shortage. Most of us are totally in the dark about it, but for years, people who track such things have been warning that our water usage is coming close to surpassing the world's available fresh water supply. MIT's...
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Insurance is just community for a profit
Insurance is a weird beast. Basically, we all band together and put in money so if any of us hits misfortune, the pooled money can be used to help out. It works because typically, most of us do fine, and we can cover the misfortunates. This is basically what...
Fantasy football costs business $1.1 billion/year. NOT!
Reading Fortune Magazine's "Leading Indicators" in the September 4, 2006 edition, I ran across this tidbit: $1.1 billion. Projected value of work hours used for playing fantasy football this season. The player (there are 36.8 million of 'em in the U.S.) earn on...
Thinking ahead. How far? And how certain?
At a recent physical exam, my weight was a tad above what I want it to be (probably all muscle, but you can never be too sure). So I went web surfing a bit about weight gain trends and found an article proclaiming that obesity is becoming a world-wide problem. It...
How much privacy should businesses guarantee?
Privacy isn’t just about hiding what you do. It’s about confidence that your information can’t be falsified, forged, or misused.
Wisely using technology can free your productivity
Hi, all. As I write this, I'm about to leave for a 10-day vacation camping far from civilization. No cell phones. No laptops. No internet connection. Just a chances to be away and in another world for a while. If past experience is any guide, I'll come back refreshed,...
New newsletter: Why we don’t face facts … but should
This month's newsletter went out yesterday. The topic: Why we don't face facts ... but should. My newsletter contains articles not available anywhere else. Subscribe today at: https://www.steverrobbins.com/newsletter.
Stever on NBC Nightly News, Tuesday, June 20th
Hey, I'm going to be on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on Tuesday night, June 20th. Dawn Fratangelo and I will be discussing how to deal with email overload. Make sure to tune in!
Ernst and Young reveals 243,000 credit card numbers. And they call themselves auditors?
Oops. Ernst & Young just let the personal data and credit card numbers of 243,000 HOTELS.COM subscribers get stolen, via that old standby: a stolen laptop. And these people call themselves auditors, supposedly qualified to judge the accounting integrity of...
Busy, but boy… word gets around
A friend just pointed me to this post on the Boston Globe where I'm being referenced. In this world of the Blogosphere, information moves fast! Shortly after posting my BLOG entry on oil and gas prices, I got a phone call from the PR agency for a major oil company...