Motorcycling!

For the last three days, I've been taking motorcycle safety training classes. This afternoon, I passed the final road test (far tougher than your average automobile road test), so I now only have to wait for the DMV to mail me my license, and it will be official.

So, some of you may think I'm crazy (Rachel certainly does), but I'm now a motorcycle rider. If you asked me about this a few years ago, I would have said it was insane, an opinion formed while watching those reckless motorcycle couriers in zipping through Manhattan traffic on their "crotch rockets." But having gotten on a motorcycle myself, I understand the allure and look forward to getting out on the road (hopefully, something a little quieter than Manhattan rush hour).

In a few weeks, I'm off to Michigan for a couple of days to ride around the Michigan countryside with my dad. We've been talking about this trip for months, so it will be nice to finally get out there on those country roads!

Twitter?

Twitter fundamentally feels like a "solution looking for a problem." So it's with some trepidation that I join the Twitter generation. The idea of tweeting trivial moments (by the way, I just made a cup of coffee if any of you are interested) is just silly.

Having said that, I'm going to try it out. My username is "robertmryan" and I'll be tweeting here...

http://twitter.com/robertmryan

Clearly, though, just going to that site is just a diminished version of this site. Twitter only starts to make sense when you use a Twitter client or "app". And even then, it seems that Twitter is only valuable if there's a certain critical mass, which I doubt we've achieved thus far.

Anyway, I'm curious what you guys think. If any of you are twitters, yourselves, let me know.

Private equity training seminars

Rob's private equity advisory business, Peracs, is conducting training seminars, introducing participants to advanced fund evaluation techniques. These help investors (the "limited partners") evaluate portfolios or new investment opportunities, as well as help the fund (the "general partners") better articulate their value proposition. If you know of anyone in private equity who might be interested, feel free to direct them to www.peracs.com/seminars for more information.

Rachel interview in Pink

Check out Rachel's interview, "Lessons from the Stage," in Pink magazine.