The physics community is abuzz over expectations that the Higgs Boson has been discovered. Rumors and speculation are flooding the internet. Those responsible for analysis of collider data are counseling caution but that isn’t stopping tongues from wagging. The scientific community might like to think of itself as bound by reason but researchers are as […]
Posted on June 21st, 2012 by admin
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If this story is true, a lot of people won’t get hurt in the IPO market. The relentless hype in the technology industry has been harmful to the economy and pocketbooks of millions of gullible investors. It is nearly impossible to value a young company and its capacity for growth. Most companies flame out in […]
Posted on September 29th, 2011 by admin
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Sometimes you happen upon a blog post title in your RSS reader (yep I’m old school) that grabs your attention. Great headlines work. Unfortunately you then read the post and find it has the consistency of a marshmallow, it’s gooey and melts away pretty quickly and has little substance. That was my reaction to to […]
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by admin
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The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the New York Jets in the AFC Championship game last night. You know that. What you might not have been aware of was the unrelenting hype about the game over the last week in New York. Newspapers, radio, TV, blogs, twitters were chattering madly about the game and the Jets’s coming success. […]
Posted on January 24th, 2011 by admin
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News that the owner of the Segway company has died from a fall off a Segway has been touted as an irony. From a PR perspective, it is a sad end to a machine that was wildly overhyped from the beginning. The Segway at best has provided a small contribution to the world’s transportation needs. […]
Posted on September 28th, 2010 by admin
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