Why More People Don’t Use an iPhone

Simple: Because They Don’t Get It. I’m not about to go off on a the-iPhone-is-the-best-thing-since-sliced-bread rant. In fact, let me state, right here, right now, for the record, that I am not a user, and on my last birthday was offered one as a gift and...

Skanks, Ho(s), and Change

Wow. I don’t know which troubles me more,  this post’s title, or the time I spent trying to spell out Ho in the plural and have it still be a recognizable word. At least Skanks was easy. Onward: this week a ruling came down in a court in New York City...

Internet Taxes: Who Should Pay for Change?

Back in February, I wrote a short piece on the subject of how Amazon.com was dealing with the State of New York’s efforts to force them to collect sales tax on products delivered to New York residents. It is, to be sure, one of the scariest prospects for small...