Call me simple because it’s the smallest things in life that make me happy.  I was so excited last year when we finally located and planted a pineapple guava tree (compliments of Jackie Caswell, brilliant gardener at Frog Hollow and our CEO’s wife) in our front yard (a small patch of land) – but after this past week’s news that Larry Ellison purchased 98% of an 18-mile pineapple-filled island – I guess everything in life is relative. In a different [...]

Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting with Rachael King, an extraordinary journalist from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, who has been working on a story on sentiment analysis. Thanks to Seth Grimes of Alta Plana, Rachael and I got the chance to sit down and talk about everything from NetBase to diapers, beer, and iPads. Being the roving reporter that she is, Rachael asked for a custom Brand Passion Index on the big tech companies about which Bloomberg routinely writes. Our [...]