Monday, September 6, 2010

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Blog for Kurt Edwards

Stewart VS Cramer: The Breakdown

Posted under Businomics

 
Finance ? Short Term or Long term
 
I wanted to bring up a topic which I feel is the underlying, fundamental question when viewing the financial catastrophe. After watching the “Jon Stewart vs Jim Cramer Brawl” www.thedailyshow.com (which I thoroughly enjoyed) I really thought the emphasis should come down to “Should finance be regulated [...]

The power of Twitter

Posted under Tech Check

“Who would want to see what I am doing all day?! What would I Twitter?  -Hey the burger I got at Mcdonalds was a bit soggy, I think they should rethink the process?-”  
The above is a common perception of what you would say if you caught onto the ‘Twitter’ craze.  I know that’s what [...]

Jessica Prusa Travel

Posted under Travel

 
Welcome to the “Travel” section.  My first several blog posts will incorporate Jessica Prusa’s adventures around the world.  Our friendship started in Australia where she was another American studying at QUT and conveniently from my hometown in Ohio.  Jessica and I ended up living together for most of my time in Oz.  During this time [...]

The Reprieve

Posted under Music

This is another update for the Local Music Scene in Cleveland.  The Reprieve has a long record of being in the thick of the local industry and drumming up new eclectic sounds.  Jeff Dilorenzo, the brains of it all and his trusty sidekick, Kurt Farrell, have gone from post-punk (Thursday Style) to a “The Faint” [...]

Music

Eric Bambic Clevelands Premiere Drummer

The extraordinary Cleveland drummer, Eric Bambic, can be seen playing out on an average of 3 nights a week with various bands.  I caught up with Eric at Sunset Grille while he was playing with Madison Crawl, a rockabilly band, where I witnessed his rock-solid experience in providing concrete rhythms for harmonies to flourish.   If [...]

Tech Check

Google & Africa

Google is helping internet expand into poverty-stricken Africa using O3b Networks (Other 3 Billion w/o internet, serious) Article 
Many people like Google, many hate Google.  Usually it stems from core beliefs such as the one I am about to lay on you.  I think this is a perfect example of capitalist free-market anthropology where the alpha [...]

Featured

Welcome to My Site

Welcome to my blog!  Kurtedwards.com is a platform for presenting noteworthy items in 6 categories which include: Social affairs, Business, Economics, Technology, Music and Travel.  Discussions are welcomed and comments will be replied to.
I, personally, am a news junkie and I encourage readers to incorporate any items they have unearthed.  Within the same mentality, this [...]

Travel

Jessica Prusa Travel

 
Welcome to the “Travel” section.  My first several blog posts will incorporate Jessica Prusa’s adventures around the world.  Our friendship started in Australia where she was another American studying at QUT and conveniently from my hometown in Ohio.  Jessica and I ended up living together for most of my time in Oz.  During this time [...]

Businomics

Currency Equals Freedom

Milton Friedman once wrote a book called “Freedom to Choose” (a personal statement)
I plan to expand on excerpts from his book coming soon

Social Caliber

People Watching

How many friends have you asked to people watch with…. Sometimes it can be daunting to share the experience with someone else. To tell you the truth, I am a loner when it comes to people watching. I’ve always wanted to do what was in a scene in the movie “Dogma”. If you’ve seen it, [...]