Cheif Optimizer, Read It Later I’ve helped create: Colingo, IndexTank (acquired by LinkedIn), Xoopit (acquired by Yahoo), Billshrink, TrialPay, ESI, Justarrive. Zubio, DaysAgo, DiscHub (Fellows), and the Hamptons Honey Company.Tumblr (3.0; @everdayinnovation)http://www.everydayinnovation.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw605jK9VP1r89m1po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>How cool! What a great business idea to have people pick a character and add their iPhone app icon for a personalized mascot. </p>http://www.everydayinnovation.com/post/14185227929http://www.everydayinnovation.com/post/14185227929Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:05:43 -0800jbruck<p><div class="post_title"><span>Insights are so much fun wrapped in humour.</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/12/13/drew-magary-interview-12132011/">Drew Magary on his winning formula</a><span>. </span></div></p>http://www.everydayinnovation.com/post/14180248428http://www.everydayinnovation.com/post/14180248428Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:26:11 -0800jbruck<p>The current defecit debate would leave one thinking we are totally f$%k’d. However, the New York Times has a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/24/opinion/sunday/24sun4.html?_r=1">nice infographic and analysis</a> showing how 2 simple things would return us to sustainable even surplus levels. </p> <p>What are they?</p> <p><strong>1. Repeal the Bush Era tax cuts </strong></p> <p><strong>2. Stop the wars </strong></p> <div>Both are long over due and were unecessary and added over 3 trillion dollars to our deficit. For the tax cuts most people would only pay 2% more a year in taxes. Something, I could handle so our economy isn’t mistaken for something going off a cliff.  </div> <div> </div> <div>The Week has a <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/217524/what-caused-the-national-debt-6-culprits" target="_self">few more culprits</a> as well.</div> <div> </div> <div>Simplicity Matters because it helps focus and put things in perspective. From the NYT analysis this is a solvable problems. </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><img align="left" height="722" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2011/07/24/opinion/sunday/24editorial_graph2/24editorial_graph2-popup.gif" width="650"/></div>http://www.everydayinnovation.com/post/14125693742http://www.everydayinnovation.com/post/14125693742Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:19:00 -0800jbruck