Trefis provides some great reports that show up in my Etrade account. Their analysis is very thorough. I especially like how they break down different business units and how much of a stock’s share price is tied to each unit. Trefis values Facebook (based on the limited pre-IPO information they...

[](http://www.superwinesearch.com)Last Fall, Google retired their “Googlebase” product which we used to get results for our wine shop search engine Super Wine Search. We had plenty of heads up, but due to lack of time and some uncertainty about which API was the true successor to the Googlebase...

Facebook released their numbers in preparation for an IPO, showing 2011 revenue of $3.7 Billion and profits of $1 Billion. Speculation is the IPO will be valued as high as $100 Billion. This would be a P/E of 100. That’s high, but then P/E’s are not as significant an indicator for young companies...

I’m enjoying the interview with Timothy Sykes over at Mixergy.com. Love the energy. Grab it while it’s free there.

Last Saturday at WordCamp Philly, I ran a session on “Building a Plugin in One Night”. Together, with about 50+ attendees, we brainstormed ideas for a new WordPress plugin that I could code that night. The brainstorming went great, coming up with some good ideas… like plugins to: - Help first...

Sometimes you look at a stock like Netflix when it was trading at $300+ and think “Here is a great company in a market with super growth, but how can I justify the price?” Well, it turns out you don’t have to justify the price because the market is beating the shit out of the stock. It’s...

I’m happy to announce the launch of CharityGoal. This is a site we built for a client whose goal is to enable anyone to raise money for any (legal) cause. CharityGoal gives you an easy way to accept donations online, a beautiful landing page, and quick access to social network sharing. For those...

With mortgage rates dropping like a brick, it’s becoming a no-brainer for us to refinance our home loan. Even though we just got a 30-year loan 2 years ago at 5.875%, we can get 30-year loans now for around 4.5% or lower. You might be in a similar situation. Rule of Thumb The rule of thumb I hear...

Hello, Wine Bloggers Conference. I hope you are going to enjoy the Rioja wines and look forward to a chance to win some Rioja wine or a trip to the region… with Pia! This is a little hacked together, but I hope it helps you log the wines and keep track of where you are. Logging the wines here and...

So I’m going to do the full Wine Bloggers Conference experience here with a live blogging of some White and Rose Wines. We’re getting an update on the weekend’s schedule. I should be getting started in a moment… First up is Andy Hicks from CalNaturale with an interesting wine in a tetrapack. So...