
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.
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Say what you want about Andy Rooney, but I think he gets it right on Memorial Day:
See also The Andy Rooney Game. ![]()
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. ![]()
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. ![]()
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. ![]()
Everything you ever wanted to know about the true price of text messages. ![]()
Introducing w00t, your 2007 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year. ![]()
Forbes writer Daniel Lyons is the man behind Fake Steve Jobs, so says The New York Times. ![]()
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. ![]()
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. ![]()
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