Michael Gracie

I was fishing Wednesday, and I had an all day meeting on Friday (which unfortunately was on a river, so I couldn’t use NewsGator Go! to stay abreast). Saturday I pulled another all-dayer - there was no business talk but there was plenty of discussion regarding “life aquatica” and how to fool them. Some folks might think I missed a lot:

The AP giveth, and the bloggers taketh away…
• The bastion of bias lays out a price list for what is legally free. Techcrunch asks them to pay up.
• Maybe the AP should chase after their member news outlets and leave everyone else alone. The Huffington Post is doing it.

The secrets of success…

• According to George Soros - accept losses and move on.
• According to Bill Gates - compete against stupid, lazy people.
• According to Carl Icahn - be angry.

From the housing market…

• Senators from Connecticut have all the fun.
• Living in Southern California? Not so fun.
• And renters may not be losing their shirts, but they are still second-class citizens.

And the environmentally-friendly, in the world according to Forbes…

• Here’s to the upcoming hydrogen economy, and why the same ol’ players will control it.
• You can’t turn water into wine (without grapes, of course), but someone will try turning algae into oil (with the idea that gasoline comes next).
• Big dams are making a comeback - I wouldn’t mind a few more tailwaters, but I hope big fish get some consideration.

Interestingly, Forbes threw in a note - people aren’t visiting national parks like they use to.

Maybe they’re too busy keeping up with the news.