It must have been somewhere around 1986, in the early days of my business, that I first encountered the work of Paul and Sarah Edwards, gurus to the home-based business sector that was just beginning to take off back then. I’ve been home-based since I founded my company in 1981, so their message resonated.
I’ve been [...]
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Is It Time for the “Elm Street Economy?”
January 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Abundance and Prosperity, Energy & Sustainability, People Helping People, Uncategorized
Tags: elm street economy·home-based business·paul and sarah edwards·self-sufficiency·sustainability
Stand Against Injustice! Join These Two Facebook Groups
December 29th, 2009 · No Comments · People Helping People, Social and Economic Justice, Uncategorized
1. Have you heard about the barbaric, fascistic anti-homosexuality law in Uganda? Yes, they’re calling for the death penalty for consensual sex. Read CNN’s article. Here’s the group to oppose it, please join.
2. Especially if you’re in Western Mass, but even if you’re not: a Facebook support group has sprung up for the Northampton, [...]
Tags: anti-gay legislation·death penalty·facebook groups·northampton arson·uganda anti homosexual bill
Sidewiki Makes Me Question Google’s “Don’t Be Evil” Mantra
October 7th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Business Ethics, Ethics-International, Media Ethics, Transparency vs. Secrecy, Uncategorized, Web 2.0/Social Media
mmediate spark of this post (which has been brewing for over a week), is my deep concern about Google’s Sidewiki.Sidewiki, as I understand it, allows users who have the Google Toolbar installed to comment, unmoderated, in an area that appears on the left side of the webpage–but those comments are only visible to others who have the Toolbar installed! Among the many evils this can lead to: spamming, blocking site owners’ sources of revenue (or even replacing them with links that benefit those commenting), loss of control over one’s own website, black hat search technique, slander of site owners or contributors, unethical business practices such as deceptive advertising, and even something as simple as wrecking the aesthetic and content integrity of a carefully designed website
Tags: censorship·don't be evil·google·intellectual property rights·privacy·sidewiki
Renewable Isn’t Always Sustainable
September 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Energy & Sustainability, Uncategorized
Remember that old bumper sticker, “Trees are America’s Renewable Resource”? It’s true. You can regenerate a harvestable forest in 20 years or so: a nanosecond compared to the millions of years necessary to create fossil fuels.
However, and it’s a BIG however—biofuels such as timber or scrap wood, or for that matter, corn-based ethanol, are for [...]
Tags: biofuels·biomass·conservation·corn ethanol·Energy & Sustainability·q microbe
Seven Keys to Get Me to Follow You on Twitter and Other Twitter Etiquette Tips
September 26th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Networking, Shel's Personal Life, Uncategorized, Web 2.0/Social Media
Inspired by a Tweet from Susan Harrow, I’ve decided to post my Twitter policy every once in a while.
Some of this may sound harsh. Please keep in mind that as a somewhat public figure, I am absolutely bombarded with messages not only on Twitter but through many other channels. I have to cope with about [...]
Physicians: 45,000 Americans Die Each Year for Lack of Health Insurance
September 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Politics, Social and Economic Justice, Uncategorized, poverty
The Harvard-based researchers found that uninsured, working-age Americans have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts, up from a 25 percent excess death rate found in 1993.
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Shel’s Partnership Advice on yBC TV
September 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Marketing Techniques and Philosophies, Uncategorized, media-general
Just a quote, not me talking. Still, it’s nice to get recognized by this up-and-coming new business TV channel.
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Van Jones Resigns. Glenn Beck, You’ve Done the Country a Disservice
September 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Media Ethics, Politics, Social and Economic Justice, Uncategorized
Glenn Beck, this is the latest in a long line of despicable things you’ve done. You may feel smug now, but you’re the one whose conscience will bother you–not Van Jones.
Tags: 9/11 conspiracy·glenn beck·green jobs·Politics·republicans·van jones resignation
Support Black Box Voting’s Anti-Trust Suit Against Diebold/ES&S Merger
September 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Remember all the election irregularities with paperless voting machines? Now the two largest players (both with strong conservative ties) are planning a merger. This could be a real disaster for free and fair elections in the U.S.
Black Box Voting has been leading the charge for fair elections since at least the 2000 debacle. I’m not [...]
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