Going Green
Congratulations to the Boston Celtics for winning their 17th championship. Having grown up a Laker fan during the Showtime years, I found it odd that I was actually rooting for the Celtics.
Partially, I like that Boston has Pierce, Garnett, and Allen -- 3 classy, all-star players who have been at it a long time without winning a championship. Those 3 guys deserve a championship. Mainly, I think it's because I don't like Kobe Bryant.
Don't get me wrong, Kobe is an excellent player -- probably the best there is right now. But I think he and Shaq blew it because they couldn't get along. They could have been better than Jordan and Pippen, but their massive egos got in the way. With Showtime, Magic at least acknowledged it was Kareem's team, and the torch was clearly handed to Magic later on. Shaq and Kobe could have done the same. Sigh, what could have been.
Speaking of green(s), that was an amazing US Open championship, with Tiger sinking 2 clutch birdie shots on the 18th green. It was probably the best golf competition I'll have witnessed in my lifetime. And Tiger's legend continues to grow.
But on to my last, and totally not-sports related green topic...
TechCrunch, the quintessential Silicon Valley technology blog, posted an article about Greenopolis, a green social networking site I wrote about back in April. I found it odd that Greenopolis even came up on their radar, since TechCrunch typically focuses on technology startups and companies, not on billion dollar, non-technology Fortune 100 companies. But I guess that's what a good PR firm does: they get the word out.
The TechCrunch critique was that Greenopolis was an advertisement for WMI, and it should have been done on Facebook or MySpace. Maybe. Given what I know WMI wants to do with Greenopolis, having some control of the social networking app may be better. Besides, they can always hook into Facebook or MySpace.
BTW, my Greenopolis badge is on my home page. Based on my activity, you'll see my current level is "Yellow". And you thought I was going to say green.
Partially, I like that Boston has Pierce, Garnett, and Allen -- 3 classy, all-star players who have been at it a long time without winning a championship. Those 3 guys deserve a championship. Mainly, I think it's because I don't like Kobe Bryant.
Don't get me wrong, Kobe is an excellent player -- probably the best there is right now. But I think he and Shaq blew it because they couldn't get along. They could have been better than Jordan and Pippen, but their massive egos got in the way. With Showtime, Magic at least acknowledged it was Kareem's team, and the torch was clearly handed to Magic later on. Shaq and Kobe could have done the same. Sigh, what could have been.
Speaking of green(s), that was an amazing US Open championship, with Tiger sinking 2 clutch birdie shots on the 18th green. It was probably the best golf competition I'll have witnessed in my lifetime. And Tiger's legend continues to grow.
But on to my last, and totally not-sports related green topic...
TechCrunch, the quintessential Silicon Valley technology blog, posted an article about Greenopolis, a green social networking site I wrote about back in April. I found it odd that Greenopolis even came up on their radar, since TechCrunch typically focuses on technology startups and companies, not on billion dollar, non-technology Fortune 100 companies. But I guess that's what a good PR firm does: they get the word out.
The TechCrunch critique was that Greenopolis was an advertisement for WMI, and it should have been done on Facebook or MySpace. Maybe. Given what I know WMI wants to do with Greenopolis, having some control of the social networking app may be better. Besides, they can always hook into Facebook or MySpace.
BTW, my Greenopolis badge is on my home page. Based on my activity, you'll see my current level is "Yellow". And you thought I was going to say green.
The Celtics are my second-favorite NBA team (and my favorite before the Heat came into existence), so I'm happy.
I don't like Kobe either, but I've disliked the Lakers since the Larry Bird days.
Tiger is amazing. He could be the best player in his sport OF ANY SPORT... EVER... if he can keep it up.
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