Cromely's World

Monday morning and there’s one less donut than there should be. Keen observers note the reduced mass straightaway but stay silent, because...

I know research is expensive.  And I know that $2 million is nothing in the big scheme of things. If it improves th e health of tens of mill...

I'll describe what a strategic inflection point is a bit later in this book. For now, let me just say that a strategic inflection point ...

It's been two years since I last hauled all my shreddables to the industrial shredder .  I've had boxes of retired paper taking up ...

I was waiting for a flight with dozens of people and one of them decided to have a loud cell phone conversation. I was about 15-20 feet away...

This post is a bit long (really?  A long post from Cromely?! I’m shocked) so I’ll start with the summary: To sum up: Samsung Mount Design...

The DEW Line was a system of RADAR installations in north Canada built by the US in the late-50s and operated by Canada.  It's purpose ...

I fly roughly 90,000 domestic butt-in-seat-miles every year. I spend about 120 nights in hotels. My Alaska Airlines MVP Gold Card , Hilton ...

This is a bizarre and well done short about a brother who interviews his sister for a job.  It stars John and Molly Knefel.  You may recogni...

I've been a Flickr member for more than 3 years. It's a great service for displaying, sharing, and organizing digital pictures. T...

In the current issue of Fast Company, they have a fascinating article about the Micro Grid. It's focused on small, local power generati...

A key initiative of the Obama administration is to bring health insurance to the uninsured in one form or another. Whether this is the US f...

There are very few cities in this country, where, at the end of the first day of a corporate trade show, and alternative marching band will ...

I saw this ad in the Seattle Times on 2008-11-09. Recently, Boeing and its machinists union ended a strike that went on for more than 8 week...

CNN Reports that GM is burning through cash at a mind-boggling rate. But the most shocking news came in its statements about its cash posit...

In a recent column in the Seattle PI, Maureen Moriarity offers 10 common mistakes when hiring people. Many green managers simply don't ...

In many organizations, people use PowerPoint for two different purposes: As a presentation tool for a speaker As a word processor where the ...

It's a sad day in America. Bennigan's just closed half their stores and filed for Bankruptcy. From CNN : NEW YORK (AP) -- Restauran...

From the Kansas City Star Office cubicle celebrates 40th anniversary The cubicle celebrates its 40th birthday this month. A party is unlikel...

The theory of the Long Tail can be boiled down to this: Our culture and economy are increasingly shifting away from a focus on a relatively ...