The Accidental Watchdog John Moody, a Wall Street analyst and former errand runner, hit on the idea of synthesizing all kinds of credit information into a single rating in 1909, when he published the manual "Moody's Analyses of Railroad Investments".
Leah Busque, founder of TaskRabbit, an on-demand marketplace for outsourcing errands, came up with the idea for her business on a cold, snowy night in Boston in February 2008.
Just look at his schedule: Monday murder somebody Tuesday murder somebody Wednesday sit around Thursday murder somebody; do errands The average person has no idea what a murderer goes through, the murderer thinks, shaking his head ruefully.
(Never mind that an idea can't be an errand).
Just look at his schedule: {:.break one} ** Monday murder somebody ** *** ** Tuesday murder somebody ** *** ** Wednesday sit around ** *** ** Thursday murder somebody; do errands *** The average person has no idea what a murderer goes through, the murderer thinks, shaking his head ruefully.
My Huck Finn errand was not entirely philanthropic — I liked the idea of them coming upon their treasure transmogrified into a book.
Errands to run, project ideas, questions to ask your branding consultant also go on the page.
This may sound a wild idea but it is not entirely a fool's errand.
Asked by Bloomberg to look back at the acquisition, Mr. Diller called the idea of printing a single magazine "a fool's errand," especially "if that magazine is a newsweekly".
"The idea of covering up and minimizing is a fool's errand," he said.
