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An addendum to driving this past weekend

Posted on April 25, 2008 by kfarr

Taking a much needed break from work, I attempt to finish the earlier post. Now that tourists are back in town, I have a ‘last hope’ of finding a fare if the City is empty everywhere else: Fisherman’s Wharf, affectionately … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged airport, arrangement, average, bad, business, cab, cabbie, colorado, contractor, deutschland, driving, exchange, experience, fish, fisherman's, fisherman's wharf, francais, french, german, germany, good, high, high school, morocco, phone, program, san francisco, school, sf, sfo, taxi, taxicab, tourist, visitor, wharf | Leave a comment

Ignore the Hillary/Obama charades: NAFTA is good.

Posted on March 1, 2008 by kfarr

Marketplace painted a nice picture of Obama and Hillary’s voracious battle for the crown of ultimate NAFTA hater. This is frustrating. Yes, they’re in Ohio. Yes, they have to cater to the lowest common denominator. Instead, they should rise up … Continue reading →

Posted in econ, happiness, politics | Tagged barack, business, clinton, duty, econ, economics, economy, export, free, free trade, government, hillary, import, macro, markets, micro, nafta, obama, politics, regulation, society, tax, taxes, trade, trading | 6 Comments

MSFT eating YHOO is about display ads, not search.

Posted on February 4, 2008 by kfarr

Okay, we all know the big news: Microsoft wants Yahoo. In fact, it has been the only topic visible ‘above the fold’ of The New York Times’ tech page for the past few days. Michael Krasny whipped out a KQED … Continue reading →

Posted in internets, marketing, media, tech | Tagged acquire, acquisition, ad, advertisement, agencies, antitrust, banner, business, buy, display, equity, goog, google, government, media, merger, microsoft, msft, offer, policy, purchase, regulation, shares, stock, tech, yahoo, yhoo | 2 Comments

Going with the flow

Posted on January 30, 2008 by kfarr

I drove 33 hours during the past 3 days. During my shifts: I began to truly enjoy my graveyard (12am – 11am) shift. I whined at first because I didn’t retain a normal sleep schedule. Now I’m starting to realize … Continue reading →

Posted in taxi, work | Tagged architecture, bars, building, business, cab, city, drinking, driving, earthquake, graveyard, hour, jobs, morning, partying, pubs, restaurants, risk, rush, rush hour, san francisco, seismic, seismology, sf, shift, taxi, taxicab, weekday, working | Leave a comment

Thanks for your 3 months of work on the competitive analysis, Suzy. Let’s meet at 3:30 tomorrow and figure out how to implement!

Posted on December 30, 2007 by kfarr

Here’s a great interview with Columbia University professor of management William Dugan about why brainstorming doesn’t always serve our needs as well as it could. I echo some of his thoughts from my personal experience below. Surely you’ve had these … Continue reading →

Posted in econ | Tagged analysis, brainstorm, brainstorming, business, creative, discussion, flow, generation, ideas, implementation, management, managing, meetings, planning, strategic thinking, strategy, techniques, thinking, though | 1 Comment