Dien wrote -

> So far, I've only created one
> "instant" product, though I
> haven't put it up for sale.... Probably some
> of my posts here at Sowpub could in fact be
> products (eg. small "booklet" type
> products) in their own right, or even more
> so if I strung some of the posts I've
> written together as chapters and organized
> them a bit.....

> Particularly those posts where I've written
> about physics or the other sciences and
> related this scientific knowledge to
> concepts and principles in business....

Absolutely! If someone can write about learning business principles from Genghis Khan, you can certainly write about learning business principles from science!

> Rick, Thanks also for sharing what you
> learned by getting started on organizing
> those seminars....

It was a good experience although I wasn't so sure of that at the time. *g*

> I personally really enjoy joint venturing
> with others, but there's a limit.... I
> wouldn't want to joint venture with too many
> others simultaneously if I could help it,
> because then there are probably too many
> decision-makers....

And that was one of the issues. There were seven of us involved. It was just too many for letter preparation, etc.

> I recently co-authored a physics research
> paper (currently submitted for publication)
> with 4 other co-authors..... The process of
> writing the paper was quite drawn out, I
> think partly because there were so many
> co-authors....

Same concept.

> (In case anyone's interested in the topic of
> that research paper, it's about something
> called Bell's Inequality, which is about
> nonlocality in the universe -- how distant
> particles can be "connected" in
> their behavior to each other in a very
> strange way. This manifests itself as part
> of quantum theory.... It's a strange and
> interesting area.... I hope to write more
> about it here some time, if I can do it in a
> simple way....)

Absolutely fascinating! I'm fascinated by your scientific endeavors. I'll be the first to admit that I don't totally understand them but I'm fascinated nonetheless. I'm also fascinated by the ever expanding correlation between the physical and metaphysical worlds.

> It sounds very exciting Rick!

> I think one of my greatest pleasures is
> joint venturing with people who I like to
> talk to and hang out with.... Working with
> people you like is one of the nicest
> pleasures in life.... :)

Thanks. Same here.

> (Well.... with your clothes on.)

Let's don't even... Ooooohhhhh!!! I see what you mean! *VBG* (Just kidding. I understood what you meant.)

Rick Smith, "The Net Guerrilla"