Plus no one wants to take the responsibility for the failure. Sure like Edison said that he didn’t fail, he just found a lot of ways how to not make an light bulb. But try explaining that to your boss, who in turn has to explain it to his or her boss. Compared to just doing same ol’ same ol’. No one can blame you for anything since you can just say that you did exactly what you’ve always done.

Sad but true. This is probably why all the innovative stuff is done by new, start up companies instead of the old dogs, even though established companies obviously have a huge advantage, both financially and logistically.

I also strongly recommend a gait analysis, or just the good sense of a dedicated running store for a first or second pair of shoes. This made all the difference for me when I started getting sore knees and thought my running career would be over a couple of months after it started. With the right shoes, I’ve been running in comfort for a couple of years. Some may balk at the full-boat price you’ll pay here, so just buy a second pair of the exact same shoe online and you’ll save on every other pair of shoes.

Thanks for the comment!

I agree that Facebook is better for true interpersonal interactions (and also scary for the reasons that you mention). Twitter seems to be going through the same evolution as blogging did a few years ago, generating massive hype and supposedly becoming “the next big thing” in marketing, and now being rather passee. It’s both interesting and troubling to watch these evolutions, that are too often disconnected from their historical precedent.

(“I hate to say it” because Facebook has a boatload of drawbacks — start with privacy and go from there — but that is a different topic.)