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Howard Owens is a digital media pioneer. He started publishing local news online in 1995 when very few local news outlets had web sites. The header image on the site depicts the film camera he used early in his career and the press pass from his year on the staff of the Carlsbad Journal. For more on Howard's professional background, read his LinkedIn profile.
HowardOwens.com is the personal web site of Howard Owens and covers his range of interests -- political localism and libertarianism, music and personal interests, as well as his professional interests.
Howard is currently publisher of The Batavian and lives in Batavia, N.Y.
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Daily Archives: April 30, 2004
Net bubble 2.0
The Net rewrote the rules for books, music and travel. Business week says six more industries are ripe for the picking: jewelry, bill payments, telecom, hotels, real estate, and software. Continue reading
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Unrelated: Google and Tivo
Contradicting my speculation, Phillip Swann says Tivo will not die.
Meanwhile, Gordon over at Venturepenuer links to one of my posts on Google, and I still say from a business standpoint, Google would probably be better off remaining a private company. Continue reading
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A Baseball Post
I’m pretty happy with how the Padres (13-9) are doing so far this season. But the other bad team gone good story this year is Detroit. I thought I would take a look at their roster and maybe do a post on why … but then I looked at Alex Sanchez’s stats.
Can you answer this question? Maybe Matt Welch can. How do you get an OBP that is LOWER than your batting average?
As I write this, Sanchez is hitting .350 after 60 ABs. His OBP is .344. He has no walks. But still … a lower OBP?
Sanchez is about as anti-moneyball player as you can find. Only 3 SBs, and he’s been caught twice. Only 12 runs scored and 7 RBI. Sabermatric types don’t get too worked up over Ks, but I do. Sanchez has struck out 15 times.
The Tigers are 12-9. I wonder how many wins Sanchez has cost his team? Continue reading
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