Author: Joel Gross

Joel Gross is the CEO of Coalition Technologies.

Publish Your Ideas!

People have these genius ideas all the time, then forget them. ‚ The real key is to publish them and share them and let them grow and meld with other peoples ideas and perhaps even inspire true greatness.

If you write something good, send it to me and I’ll post it either under your name or anonymously.… read more “Publish Your Ideas!”

Free Speech Cannot Survive Without Free Trade

Free speech, by its very nature, cannot survive without free trade. ‚ Think about it. ‚ If the government allocates goods and services, that means you you have no choice and must rely on the government to give you what you need to survive. ‚ One person or a small group of people will decide whether or not and how much food/shelter/medical care/transportation/vacation/etc to give you.… read more “Free Speech Cannot Survive Without Free Trade”

President Barack Obama’s Misdirection

A major news story in recent days has been that President Barack Obama called together his Cabinet and instructed them to find $100 million in budget cuts in the coming months. ‚ This has been heralded by many people as Obama getting “tough” and trying to solve the national debt crisis.

However, this $100 million is rarely compared to how much he is spending on bailouts and the stimulus plan… which is approaching $8 trillion dollars.… read more “President Barack Obama’s Misdirection”

Businessmen are the Best Men

I have gotten so tired of people constantly ragging on businesspeople and claiming that they will save the world through their volunteering, traveling, hippy living or other generally jobless activities. ‚ Bullshit. ‚ Volunteering is masturbation for the ego. ‚ I know hippies who care about the environment and only eat organic foods… only to drive several hours back and forth from home twice a week.… read more “Businessmen are the Best Men”

New York Times “Most Popular” Section Decomposing

My favorite little section in the NYTimes.com website used to be their little widget halfway down the page on the right side listing their ten “Most Popular” posts in each category. ‚ Recently though, the quality of the articles that are listed has vastly decreased. ‚ The section used to contain the most interesting or relevant news of the day, but now it is mostly ill-considered opinion pieces by Paul Krugman and others.… read more “New York Times “Most Popular” Section Decomposing”

Moved to Factoria Today

Plato, Nick and my grandpa were kind enough to help me move today in exchange for Dim Sum in the International District. I’m not sure what to think of Factoria at this point. I’ll give it a fair chance, but it is definitely suburbia. I’ve also started to feel restless lately… maybe I’ll sell everything and move to Tibet and worship monkeys or whatever they do there ;).

Is School Bullying Really That Bad?

A former bully victim asking such a question may seem silly, but I think the topic deserves analysis. ‚ Today’s schools have become a padded cocoon, intended to protect students from exposure to anything that can be potentially harmful. ‚ Most schools have zero-tolerance policies towards drugs, guns, bullying, and many other potentially harmful activities. ‚ Students caught engaging in anything remotely close are usually immediately expelled.… read more “Is School Bullying Really That Bad?”

TVI Coming Together

A long time ago, I came up with an algorithm that gives you your search reputation in an easy to understand metric much like your credit score. ‚ Basically it factors in the importance of each position in the search engines, the sentiment scoring of each webpage, and the market share of each search engine to give you a number between 0 and 500 that tells you how people view you online.… read more “TVI Coming Together”