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Ski Patent Slap Fight: Armada vs. Rossignol vs. DPS vs. The Rest of the Skiing World

(This is a long article, most likely of interest only to obsessive alpine skiers, or people interested in the gory details of patent litigation.)

Warnings and Disclaimers!

I am not a patent lawyer. My opinions have no legal weight or standing. This article is entirely my opinion, including all pronouncements about the business practices of [ . . . ]

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Why Companies Keep Pay a Secret, and Why You'd Rather Know The Truth

“A new study by researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University suggests that if all of our salaries were made known tomorrow, half of us would be made miserable and the other half would be made no happier.” -Smart Money Magazine, “Why Companies Keep Pay a Secret

The implication [ . . . ]

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On Writing: Making a Point vs. Telling a Story

From an offline discussion about my novel The Gnoll Credo:

“There’s a lot to be found in very few words inside The Gnoll Credo—and that is precisely because I didn’t set out to write something deep or profound. I simply wrote down everything I knew about Gryka’s life, and how knowing her affected [ . . . ]

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