Steven Toomey is a consultant for Accenture in New York City. Steve has an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, graduated from Bates College, and spent a year studying at the University of St. Andrews. Previously, Steve worked for Adaptive Path and Share Our Strength. He occasionally takes photos. To get in touch, send an e-mail.
Overheard
Real-time status updates from twitter.com/stevent.
Noteworthy
A collection of stuff that I find helpful, interesting, significant, or unusual. Get the RSS feed or check out the archives.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Say what you want about Andy Rooney, but I think he gets it right on Memorial Day:
See also The Andy Rooney Game.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Nothing like a little schadenfreude to close out the year. Beginning after midnight Tuesday, owners of the 30GB Zune found their devices inexplicably frozen in the kind of worldwide, near-simultaneous fail that could only be orchestrated by a company like Microsoft. Here’s the official fix, which requires you to sit tight until after noon GMT on January 1.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Richard Wright, one of the original members of Pink Floyd, died today. I’ve been watching David Gilmour’s “Remember That Night” concert video a lot recently and Richard’s performance is one of the things that keeps me coming back. He’ll be missed.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Congratulations to my former colleagues at Adaptive Path on the hire of their new CEO, Michael Meyer. He seems to have just the right credentials for the job at this interesting point in AP’s evolution. I’ll forgive him for being a Harvard MBA since he also happens to be a Batten Fellow at Darden.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Everything you ever wanted to know about the true price of text messages.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Introducing w00t, your 2007 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year.
Sunday, August 5, 2007
Forbes writer Daniel Lyons is the man behind Fake Steve Jobs, so says The New York Times.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Sunday, July 1, 2007
The New York Times has the scoop on the strange world of professional tennis racket restringing. And I thought golfers were picky about their equipment.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Regarding the 2007 PGA TOUR schedule, Tiger Woods giveth — a new event in Washington, DC, on Fourth of July weekend — and Tiger Woods taketh away — The International, and its Modified Stableford System, is history.
Still Noteworthy
Slightly older stuff for your enjoyment. Browse all 114 entries in the archives.
- Lane Becker Doesn't Disappoint / February 23, 2007
- The MUNI Hearse / February 16, 2007
- History Repeats Itself / February 1, 2007
- Fader's Foibles / January 31, 2007
- The Monoliths / January 30, 2007