http://donaldryan.net Sometimes there are detours along the journey Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:46:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image via Wikipedia About two years late, I hopped on the new iPod train and bought myself a little Christmas present last night.  I am neither an Apple fanboy or hater so I don't think there are any inherant biases in my review.  Let's go to the tape: Apple, without a doubt, ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/12/03/ipod-touch/ I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that my partners and I had a dinner with a new nurse we were hoping to hire.  To bring you up to speed, we negotiated a salary and equity package but on interesting thing was that her financial adviser asked her to negotiate ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/12/02/start-ups-arent-for-everyone/ This was not my original planned first post however; it is too good not to share.  Howard Lindzon (who is both a brilliant investor and very funny guy) posted this on his website this morning.  For those who may not be familiar with Jim Rogers, he worked with George Soros ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/12/01/jim-rogers-on-bailouts/ Me and the kids rocking out Originally uploaded by ryaninmtv I have been enjoying this long weekend with minimal work getting done (although prior to me posting this I have been exchanging text messages with a client who had to go to the ER). Charity and I decided to head out ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/30/cleveland/ Image by djlicious via Flickr Today, for the first time in my 40 years, I took part in Black Friday.  I feel very comfortable saying that it was the last time that I will be taking part in Black Friday as well. First, you get up early. Very early.  Like 4AM early.  ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/28/black-friday/ Image via Wikipedia Happy Thanksgiving to all of my friends and readers from a very cold (21 degrees) Mount Vernon, Ohio.  I have a great deal to be thankful for.  Allow me to share: I am thankful for my family, both immediate and extended.  They remind me not only of where I ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/27/happy-thanksgiving-2/ It is a rare occurrence where I actually get to show someone what I do versus telling them what I do.  Today, I was visiting a friend of mine who broke his hip about a month ago.  This past week, he was rushed to the hospital which it was discovered ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/24/case-study-on-case-management/ Image by ryaninmtv via Flickr There is a good story in today's New York Times regarding one of my favorite places in New York, Washington Square Park.  There was an ugly battle over refurbishing and redesigning the park a few years back.  As the story notes, Washington Square Park is the ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/23/sunday-read/ Since I remain buried in work, allow me to give you a few of my random thoughts (in no order of importance): Apparently the President-elect and I have the same idea regarding the auto industry. Glad to know I'm in such good company. Citigroup ($C) is now trading under $4.00. This is ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/21/friday-random-thoughts/ There are so many things I'd like to blog about but my time this morning is limited so, here's where we'll start.  As you know know, the CEOs of Detroit's big three auto makers went to Capitol HIll yesterday to try to convince the Congress the light $25 Billion on ... http://donaldryan.net/2008/11/19/congress-to-detroit-drop-dead/