Gordon's Notes

In the years following the Great Recession, from 2010 to 2013, many web services went offline . In retrospect that was the end of the Berner...

The COVID battle with Delta May 1, 2020: Delta canceled a flight for daughter and I to Korea. I spoke with the Delta rep and was told we'...

There are several software products I want nobody will build. For example, I want a “screen saver” that will randomly select from a collect...

We’ve been using Quicken for Mac for the past year. I’m satisfied with the software, but I no longer trust their pricing and renewal. We pa...

Amazon reviews have long been helpful to me, and were once a big part of Amazon’s value proposition. That is no longer true. Amazon is filt...

This is how to build a safe, sane, and sustainable social network. Build it to be viable on $1/user year. Sell memberships for $25/year. ...

When I renewed Scientific American last September I had a “deal” that included 1 or 2 freebies and digital service for $40. (Today I’d use A...

Life has lots of small traps. Sharing this one in case it’s useful. I once worked for a firm that granted me stock options that were held b...

I had no idea this situation had improved — and I follow health care fairly closely …. The Pricing Of U.S. Hospital Services: Chaos Behind...

Involuntary bumped seat leading to assault on a United Airlines passenger ? Blame the Department of Transportation  (emphases mine): If y...

My #1 son is a special needs adult. He’s excited to start at $10/hour job running food around a sports stadium. It’s work he can do — he’s g...

Very few people will understand what that subject line means. The short version is that the way we account for physician services was born ...

Around 2:30pm Amex.app tells me a $1.00 authorization charge has been placed for Priceline. Which I didn’t do.  I’m in a meeting so I figur...

Once upon a time tens of thousands of New Yorkers moved paper from one file cabinet to another. Once upon a time there were jobs for strong ...

The absolute minimal response to Crisis-T starts with financial support for quality journalism and donation to the ACLU . If you have a reas...

Quicken for Mac 2017 new features … Compare your income and spending year over year with custom reports Customize your budgeting goals mo...

All the money Trump will take from the poor and give to the rich has to go somewhere. So share prices should rise. On the other hand, a 10%...

It’s dull stuff, but if you’re a lazy investor it’s hard to beat dollar cost average investing. Every month dollars automatically flow from ...

I’ve seen this movie before … How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer … The Teacher Retirement System of Texas has invested in the...

More than 90% of ‘genuine’ Apple chargers & cables sold on Amazon are fake, says Apple . Finally. Sold “Direct from Amazon” mind you. A...