WHO Radio Show Notes - 2013
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2013
January 5, 2013
(more self-piloted cars...Apple without Steve Jobs...Twitter may be going public)
January 6, 2013
(a national attitude adjustment...real infrastructure investments...calling a truce in the economic-development civil war)
January 12, 2013
(Google Plus isn't going away...higher-efficiency cars mean higher taxes...appreciating the ordinary)
January 13, 2013
(Venezuela wastes a resource boom...Minnesota doesn't have enough saved for pensioners)
January 19, 2013
(Java security holes...living in the Judgment Economy era...Des Moines versus Silicon Valley)
January 20, 2013
(title inflation is stupid...banning energy drinks...rumormongering about Obamacare)
January 26, 2013
(Boeing 787s...Nokia's troubles...online degrees on the rise)
January 27, 2013
(hunger and politics)
February 2, 2013
(Internet routers are at risk...widespread security attacks...bulk file renaming)
February 3, 2013
(a toast to humility, competence, and curiosity)
February 6, 2013
(Van and Bonnie in the Morning - fill-in)
February 10, 2013
(Paul Krugman gets delusional...spam trails off...bulletproof glass in schools)
February 16, 2013
(roundabouts...bionic eyes...medals for drone pilots)
February 17, 2013
(diamonds...North Korea...the minimum wage)
February 24, 2013
(inflation and unemployment)
February 25, 2013
(how to give your kids a good start on the Internet)
March 2, 2013
(dealing with a hacked Yahoo account...know your memes...free websites)
March 3, 2013
(taxing stock sales...outsourcing our decisions...legal limits on executive pay)
March 10, 2013
(social businesses...North Korean madness...debt matters)
March 16, 2013
(Google's flakiness is getting bothersome)
March 17, 2013
(what we really need to help manufacturing...spending money rationally in pursuit of winning an irrational game)
March 23, 2013
(BlackBerry goes for broke...Google gets even flakier than before...Twitter turns seven)
March 24, 2013
(pensions and retirement savings are the 800-lb. gorilla in the room)
March 30, 2013
(America's true state boundaries...a Facebook smartphone is rumored...Google Maps need timestamps)
March 31, 2013
(young workers need opportunities to go to work, not obstacles...the "meh" economy...the need for self-piloted cars)
April 6, 2013
(the best kind of wearable computing...Facebook Home...no contracts at T-Mobile)
April 7, 2013
(money for nothing...Republicans should be for good government...high-risk mortgages are back)
April 13, 2013
(stop multi-tasking...virally bad ideas...television networks leaving the airwaves)
April 14, 2013
(death of Margaret Thatcher...putting the Federal budget in touch with reality...the savings shortfall)
April 20, 2013
(Microsoft makes money even without being cool...Apple keeps Siri records...Chinese obscenity)
April 21, 2013
(how to save better when you're not making much money)
April 27, 2013
(US Cellular customers in Chicago have a grievance...online sales taxes...password checklists)
April 28, 2013
(tragedy in a factory in Bangladesh...civic pride...bad reasons to cut judges' pay)
May 5, 2013
(getting comfortable with the natural stages of life and business)
May 11, 2013
(e-mail newsletters...getting around Internet blockades...hacking The Onion)
May 12, 2013
(topping off the World Trade Center...the dearth of "Mad Money" billionaires...the risks of youth unemployment)
May 18, 2013
(ten things everyone needs to consider before Google Glass goes mainstream)
May 19, 2013
(show preempted by severe weather)
May 25, 2013
(reflecting on Newsweek's move to all-digital...Yahoo buys Tumblr...cyberwarfare and our outdated infrastructure)
May 26, 2013
(we have to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and get back to work)
June 1, 2013
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June 2, 2013
(the cliche that can make you rich)
June 9, 2013
(sharing our knowledge for a personal return-on-investment)
June 15, 2013
(surveillance...Facebook hashtags...Google's high-flying WiFi project)
June 16, 2013
(the process is at least as important as the result)
June 22, 2013
(immortality in many flavors)
June 23, 2013
(when not to join the family business...is global warming control the right investment?)
June 29, 2013
(BlackBerry's losing ways...malware on mobile devices...Feedly as a substitute for Google Reader)
June 30, 2013
(President Obama seeks a legacy via global warming)
July 6, 2013
(Bing's ecosystem expands)
July 7, 2013
(the Goldilocks Zone for patriotism...debt challenges our independence...free cities)
August 3, 2013
(smartphones...Google tries local news...the Boston Globe and Facebook stock)
August 4, 2013
(minimum wages and low-cost education...really owning your stock investments...a place for everything)
August 10, 2013
(tablets for every student can be an aimless dream or a real plan)
August 11, 2013
(buy low and sell fair)
August 17, 2013
(3D printing...the world's oldest person...Facebook's echo chamber)
August 18, 2013
(wisdom versus popularity...who really invests in the nation's infrastructure...productivity growth is too slow)
September 22, 2013
(the wrong kind of innovation in hockey...France's officially-socialist industrial plan)
September 23, 2013
(the new iPhone...BlackBerry's knight in shining armor...Nokia goes to Microsoft)
November 4, 2013
(what to do about ransomware)
November 17, 2013
(improving quality of life by increments and compounding)
November 24, 2013
(controlling the inner psychopath...private-sector experience matters in politics...France's auto industry turns to China)
November 30, 2013
(Twitter Tofu...Yahoo's mail problem)
December 1, 2013
(open-minded conservatives...NYC property-owners beware...Bill Gates and capitalism)