The photo below is the corridor I walk down every day to get to work. I work in the Port Authority building; it’s a massive edifice that fills a block between 8/9th and 15/6th. I have no idea what used to be in the building, but now it’s got more bandwidth than Africa (honestly, that’s… Continue reading Post-Industrial Chic
Author: lindsayrgwatt
What Are The Odds
Check out the following image: It’s a screen shot from GMail of my buddy and I emailing each other. Randomly, we both happened to email each other at almost exactly the same time to see if the other wanted to go see a movie. Kind of a bizarre “Shining” thing going on. Would love… Continue reading What Are The Odds
From my iPhone
This post is coming at you from my iPhone. It’s amazing: you download an app and seconds later you’re blogging. I really feel like I’m holding the future in my hand (check put how you can take a photo and include it in the post). I’ll blog more about this when I get a chance,… Continue reading From my iPhone
Rolling The Dice
Glaxo Smithkline has a problem. It’s not creating enough blockbuster drugs. Its share price lives and dies by its ability to create the next Avandia. It’s a tough process as it takes, on average, 90 months (that’s 7 years!) and $802 million to get a drug to market (that includes the cost of all the failed… Continue reading Rolling The Dice
The Giant Pool o’ Money
I just finished listening to This American Life‘s story on The Giant Pool of Money a.k.a. how the subprime mortgage fiasco became the credit crunch. It’s a fascinating story, made all the more real by their “man on the street” interviews. I highly recommend listening to it so you can get a taste of the… Continue reading The Giant Pool o’ Money