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Harvey Pressman is President of the Central Coast Children’s Foundation. He has been Technology Editor of Exceptional Parent Magazine, a board member, of the Alliance for Technology Access, an Education and History Professor, and former...
I came across this video a few months ago, and didn’t get around to featuring it but it stuck in my mind. Or, rather, the story of Charles Paige did. He was well-known in and around Birmingham (the one in the UK, not the one in Alabama)...
When the board itself becomes the obstacle to clear thinking, no governance code can save the company. On groupthink, pluralistic ignorance, and the difference between directors who serve the company and those who merely sit on its board.
John Wyver writes: We are en vacances, having driven during three days from London to the small town of Simiane-la-Rotonde in the middle of the beautiful but rather remote landscapes of the Luberon. (Before the envy kicks in too hard,...
Previous run note: March 2026 April summary 30 days: 21 days running, 9 days off. 164.25 km. Target: 180 to 200 km. Average of 7.82 km per run / 5.48 km per day. Average of 38.3 km per week. Year to date: 545.29 km. Week km
Psst. If your boss won’t invest in training you in Specification By Example (BDD, ATDD), I’m running out-of-hours workshops on May 12 and 16 specifically for self-funding learners. £99 + UK VAT. After more than 3 years of research and...
May 4, 2026 I’m back from a college graduation in Boston – at Fenway Park! It was freezing cold – pants and coats were the order of the day… Today, we’re going to look at making a small adjustment in this wardrobe. Originally, I had...
Stewart Brand was on the Ezra Klein Show, talking about his new book Maintenance: Of Everything. He’s well into his eighties, and he said: “Looking into the things that you’re not good at, especially intellectually, is one way to stay...
Well, let’s get this out of the way first. Last year’s Free Comic Book Day event was far and away our most financially successful yet at my shop (that shop being, of course, Sterling Silver Comics in lovely Camarillo, CA). In fact, the...