Month August 2010

Niche businesses. I have one. Do you?

In this difficult economic times, a niche business can be a good thing to have. Recently spoke with some folks in Parowan Utah who have a thriving niche business selling certain horseshoeing supplies. It’s apparently a small niche, and they’ve…

Gulf spill not over

BP and the government are underplaying the difficulty of stopping the oil leak Major study charts long-lasting oil plume in Gulf Top oil expert says geology is “fractured”, relief wells may fail and oil may leak for years ”¦ BP…

Pakistan floods

TED reports on efforts to help flood victims, including using crowdsourcing tool Ushahidi to create Pakreport. The platform collects eyewitness accounts of flood-related incidents via SMS, email and the web. It then verifies them for accuracy and plots the data…