Cutting the cord

I suppose it’s not actually cutting the cord when you cancel satellite TV service but it works.  I cancelled DirecTV last week and bought an aerial antenna to get local HD service.  First off, the antenna is amazing and with a bit more aiming and once the local stations move to Lookout Mountain here in [...]

Hulu, a Victim of Its Own Success?

Wired has an excellent article about about Hulu, the online video service, and how its success could be its downfall.  Hulu was created by a few networks, then a few more wanted in, to allow people to watch their shows online, with ads, for free.  It’s genius in a 2004 sort of way.  But I [...]

Seeds are in demand, but why?

There is a run on seeds here in Denver and we’re not sure why.  Seed vendors, of the garden variety if you will, are seeing a 33% increase in sales.  The article makes some very interesting arguments as to why it may be.  The economy is in the toilet and people are tired of paying [...]

Again with the customer service…

I have a friend who runs a very successful small business doing 3d modeling.  He works for himself full time and gets to enjoy watching his kids grow I asked him what he considered to be the most important aspect to his success.
You must figure out how to serve your customers the best possible way [...]

Renting as a Green Concept

Renting as a Green Concept, what a concept.  It’s one of the reasons we started Crowd Rent.  Consuming requires massive resources, renting reuses resources already spent.  Now the article in question points to a sort of competing service in that they sell ads and Crowd Rent is free to list but it’s the same idea.
The [...]

It’s all your fault

Also known as the “paradox of thrift”, a term coined John Maynard Keynes.  As the New York Times explains, paradox of thrift occurs when people, unsure of their economic future, put off spending and save instead.  As the Times also points out, an uncontrolled desire to spend and live for today got us in this [...]

Asus Eee PC 1000h

I bought a new netbook computer this weekend and I love it.  It’s exceedingly tiny which makes it extremely portable.  What’s funny is when I go back to my main Dell laptop with the attached external 24″ monitor it seems huge.  I guess two 1920×1200 screens versus a 1024×600 screen will do that.
Speed
It’s pretty quick [...]

Colorado’s recovery could start as early as summer

CSU, CU economists: Colorado’s recovery could start as early as summer – Denver Business Journal
Now this doesn’t apply to those of you who aren’t here in Colorado but Crowd Rent is headquartered here in Parker.  But it also applies to many people in states that didn’t see a huge housing run up.  I used to [...]

Join the nation of freelancers

Join the nation of freelancers.
Gen Y makes a mark and their imprint is entrepreneurship
There is no doubt about it, we’re a nation of entrepreneurs.  We have always been founded on the small business and it’s one of the many things that makes this country great.  It drives immigrants from around the world to come to [...]

Girl sends 14,528 texts in a month

So I wake this morning to a surprise dumping of snow in the Denver metro area which is always fun when you have puppies you’re trying to house train.  At 2:30 this morning it was slightly cloudy and at 7 am there was 6-8 inches of snow.  Anyway, as I always tend to do, I [...]