Short Cuts In San Francisco

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We took a short cut toward 3rd after leaving the SFMOMA. There is an alley, Minna, that seems too short and narrow to be a road, but it has two galleries that you should stop by. Or at least window shop.

This last time I saw well done large format platinum prints on display at Chandler (170 Minna Street). If you want to see contemporary platinum prints, skillfully done look at the work of Michael Leary. The photography exhibit is paired with a painting exhibit which holds more interest to my eye. Both shows are through April 10, 2010.

Always pet the dog.

The Trouble With Economists

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this from the nYT:

Greenspan Concedes That the Fed Failed to Gauge the Bubble

little could be done to identify a bubble before it burst, much less to pop it.

Even a small child at a tea party can identify an inflating balloon. Granted, he may not know that it is about to pop, but after the age of six, she knows that it will.

What’s the difference between a weatherman and an economist? An economist can’t even tell you what happened yesterday.

The Smartest & The Richest

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About a month ago I passed the table at which two of the valley elite were having an AM meeting. Oddly, they had picked a table near the front door. As I passed I overheard the Smartest Guy saying “we have at least six new ways to monitize our platform.” This means that he has more ways to make money from his socializing website.

I didn’t stop to ask why he needed this VC to pitch in some money, after all aren’t you already able to generate the money from your platform? Of course the big secret that neither of them speaks aloud, but certainly know, is that the best way to monitize an idea is to get the VC to spend his fund money. In this way they each get to spend some pension fund money on gossip and lattes.

… the old fashioned way, use someone else’s money…