Role models in unexpected places
I saw that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation is now on Amazon Prime, and that got me to thinking about how the only reason to watch that film is to see Rebecca… Read more »
Author Archives: James Irwin
“The first light Picture ever taken. 1839.”
In October of 1839 a 30-year-old amateur photographer and chemist named Robert Cornelius set up his camera outside, close to his family’s lighting fixture store in Philadelphia. He removed the… Read more »
Et voila: Eddie Izzard lessons on presenting
My wife Jill and I recently saw Eddie Izzard’s “Force Majeure” show at the historic Beacon Theatre (a fantastic mishmash of faux Greek, Roman and Rococo design on the West… Read more »
Not your grandma’s store shopping experience
The other day my wife and I were driving over to visit her father, and we had to stop at a CVS Pharmacy on the way. When Jill walked through the… Read more »
We’ve got a manufacturing paradox
The US handled the 2008 crisis as well as just about any country, including in the manufacturing field.
College lacrosse recruiting tips
Some best practices and lessons learned for the college lacrosse recruiting process.