Clinton Stark

Clinton shoots videos for Stark Insider. San Francisco Bay Area arts, Ingmar Bergman and French New Wave, and chasing the perfect home espresso shot 25 seconds at a time (and failing). Peloton: ClintTheMint. Camera: Video Gear

Clint’s Top 10 Business Book All-Stars

Over the past 20 years I've read hundreds of business books. Some for fun, others for their application to my career, and earlier ones related to courses and MBA classes. It is a tough challenge to come up with a proverbial "Top 10" list. In fact, it would be...
DIY Home Theater Tips - Big screen and projector

Home Theater: The Big Picture Without the Big Price

For those of you following in my footsteps, in search of Maslow's ultimate peak, I offer these thoughts on the latest in home theater ups and downs.

Congratulations Loni: Stanford Masters Class of 2007

That day finally arrived for Loni! After many hard working evenings, Loni was awarded a Masters of Management Science and Engineering yesterday at Stanford. All...

Loreto Bay: Sunny in Mexico

We enjoyed a short visit to Loreto in Baja. It is a beautiful area, that Jacques Cousteau once called "the world's aquarium". On our way to Coronado Island a few miles off the coast, sure enough we saw hundreds of dolphins enjoying the Sea of Cortes. An incredible sight! We...

CellarTracker! Software: A+

Found a great shareware program for cataloging your wine cellar. It's web- based and easy to use. Read other's tasting notes, manage drinking windows (i.e....

Stanford, Geoffrey Moore and Lack of Sleep

Just finished the Stanford executive education 2-week program in strategic marketing. About 40 of us flew in from the U.S. and around the world to...

The Top 10 Horror Movies of All Time

Everyone loves a top 10 list. Remember “The Book of Lists”? For better or worse, I’ve decided to roll-out a new series of “Top 10s”...

University of Ottawa eMBA panel: Canadians Living in Silicon Valley

Last night was invited to speak on a panel of Canadians living in Silicon Valley, hosted by University of Ottawa eMBA program. Was a great...

Review: RIM BlackBerry 8700 Smartphone

RIM continues to pump out great products. The latest is the BlackBerry 8700, a nice evolution of design that includes a full-size keyboard in a slim, compact package. My previous BB was the 7100 which was more phone, less email; relying on "suretype" and a limited keyboard with...

Hola, Off to Baja for Long Weekend Fun

Loni & I are off tomorrow to Baja, Mexico for a short vacation. Not sure what kind of internet or cell coverage they have there, but hopefully we can post some funny pictures and video from location. I'd like to see a whale. I've never been to Baja. In fact,...