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Bill Paschick
Posts by Bill Paschick:
Pyramids and iPads
I am a history buff. Though my enthusiasm for history has been confined mostly to documentaries and various readings, I have, nevertheless, been voluntarily exposed to quite a lot of information about human history. From anthropology to ancient Egypt, Greece … Continue reading
Posted in Geek, General, Innovation, Tech
Tagged Atlantis, Eddie Izzard, History, inventions, ufos
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Why Michelin should make hockey pucks and Tweels
One of my many Renaissance-Man interests is tires and wheels. The look of a good tire and wheel combination can make or break the overall look of the entire car. Though heels might seem to be the lion’s share contributor … Continue reading
Posted in Biz, General, Innovation
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Do It Yourself Aircraft Carrier
It’s not customary for the Rain team to publically comment on everything we are notified of floating around the Internet ether. Like the prime directive, general order #1 from Star Trek, we observe, but try not to influence indigenous life … Continue reading
What’s in a Weiner?
Anthony Weiner is not my congressman. I have no idea how good of a job he does for his constituents. Nor have I seen any of the said lewd pictures of him. Though I did hear that even more have … Continue reading
Did Dodo Birds Use Desktops or Tablets?
The landscape of Rain’s continued march to the top of the hill is chock full of data further indicating the ultimate demise of the desktop PC at Apple and other large manufacturers. While it has some interesting twists and turns … Continue reading
Posted in Biz, Tech
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Toyota: Defect by Design
Dear Mr, Toyoda, can you please reprogram my car? Thank you for adding a subroutine to prevent the gas pedal and brake pedal from operating simultaneously. But can you turn back on my navigation system? I have great respect and … Continue reading
Posted in General, Innovation
Tagged Akio Toyoda, Auto Industry, cars, Customer Service, ford, gps, litigation, navigation, toyota
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Strategic Defaulting: A private little war on negative equity
As an entrepreneur, CFO, and just a guy that owns some things, I have and continue to conduct business with banks. As far as debt with banks is concerned the quote by Robert Frost is all too true: “A bank … Continue reading
Posted in Biz, General
Tagged economy, Finance, Financial Crisis, Real Estate, recession
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How Does a Cloud Hold Rain?
So here is a little ditty on some basic aspects of cloud computing. As I have advised many times, ultimately tier 1s like Dell, Apple and HP will be making either $300 tablets or $10,000 cloud servers all but forgoing … Continue reading
Desktop vs. Tablet Market Share: The Point Of Diminishing Returns
Over my career thus far I had the privilege of being invited to quite a few “behind the curtain” top level meetings at AMD, Intel and Microsoft. In 2006 and 2007 there were a few of these meetings that stood … Continue reading
Bill’s Story-Part 3: Sound Enlightenment
Deepak Chopra advised that after interviewing some famous songwriters that none of them were thinking of the royalties while they were creating. They were “in flow” and in love with the divine process of creative energy. Continue reading
Posted in Creativity
Tagged Bill's Story, Deepak Chopra, Pending Rain, Rain Recording
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Bill’s Story-Part 2: A Wow Moment
In the 7th grade, I had what I would later call a “wow moment”. That is a moment where the universe puts forth such a compelling and sensible logistic about life that it is near impossible to ignore. Continue reading
The Primordial Ooze of iPad in the Business Space
Among all the articles I have commented on, this one is perhaps the most indicative of our prophecy that the iPad or tablet platform will replace the $500 desktop and become the new “dumb terminal”. I must say that the … Continue reading
Bill’s Story-Part 1: Spirit and Quantum Mechanics
Welcome to my little wordplay room. I hope to use this venue as a warm fuzzy place to incubate some ideas, share thoughts and expose opinions that might never see the light of day otherwise. Continue reading
