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I imagine you have seen the news from AOL by now, but it certainly represents the change that had to come. On the Forbes web site: "Stepping up the chase for online advertising dollars, AOL will give away e-mail accounts and software now available only to its paying customers in a strategy shift likely to accelerate the decline in its ...

Wal-Mart is pulling out of Germany and South Korea. They’ve lost money there. The reasons why make an interesting lesson about how some things don’t translate well across cultures.

I want to congratulate Randy Moss and all of those who helped get Second Life RFL up, running, and carried out. $40,000! Who’d a thunk it two years ago? History geek that I am, this reminds me of the Wright Bros. launch at Kitty Hawk. Look what that started. Well done, Randy, et al!

Around here we’ve been discussing things like work/life balance, teleworking, and flexible work. Here’s a few links I ran across today that–I hope–give people something to think about. WORK, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND OPPORTUNITY IN 21st CENTURY AMERICA This US Chamber of Commerce report says individual entrepreneurship is an important element of the future US economy. Back in the ’50s and ’60’s ...