Reshaping Services Industries
I’m participating in a technology roundtable for one of the services industries this week; it’s a closed-door session with some pretty heated discussion. The economy is definitely hurting this segment and one of the recurrent themes is that personal (low volume) customers are going to be the growth engine, not business (high volume) users as [...]
Small-Scale Art For Small-Scale Recovery
My father retired from a long career as a dentist to become at various times a painter, fisherman, gardener, cook, runner and Klezmer fan. I don’t have his aesthetic sense or attention to fine artistic detail, which is why my art ends at geometric doodles on hotel note pads. But my father spends good chunks [...]
Torts Law in New York
So the Rangers decide that the remedy for having a weak farm system (Voros was a Devils development, not theirs), a pathetic blue line and management that let Jagr and Shanahan walk is to fire the coach. Makes sense. What better way to send a message to the players that if you’re not living up [...]
So You Want to Coach In The NHL?
The Penguins have just named Dan Bylsma as head coach for the last quarter of the season. Bylsma played CCHA college hockey, played for the LA Kings, and is the co-author of two books on pursuing an NHL career. His “So You Want to Play in the NHL?” is aimed at kids; and “So Your [...]
Annual ECAC Pink At The Rink Auction
The ECAC hockey teams are hosting their annual pink at the rink auctions for the next few days on eBay. Pink-wrapped game-used sticks, scarves, ties, and some signed team jerseys make up the nearly 300 items available for auction, at prices ranging from $50 to $150. All of the money raised goes to the American [...]
Refinancing Citi Field
Citibank has a plate full of worry right now: limited bonuses, no corporate jet deal, and a $20M/year naming rights agreement with the Mets. No matter what, I think this one ends badly for the fans, and that’s where MLB should draw the line and start enforcing some sanity around player contracts, the stadiums that [...]