Trulypointless.com

This is an experimental platform while we develop a new version of Shlaes.com. Bear with me while I learn.

I’m an independent tech futurist, focused on decision tools for the real estate industry. It’s not clear whether this site will be serious or not – the Old shlaes.com is not.

• Writings

  The Limit

  ByNoah Shlaes April 21, 2025April 21, 2025

  There is, it seems, for each of us, a fixed number of words. During the course of one’s life, there is a maximum. I tell you this not as a… The Limit

• Writings

  Price Tower

  ByNoah Shlaes March 8, 2025March 8, 2025

  (January 17, 2009) At a Lambda Alpha meeting the other day, at a table full of architects, the subject of the Price Tower came up.  I’m not a fan, and… Price Tower

• Writings

  Too Much Coffee

  ByNoah Shlaes March 7, 2025March 8, 2025

  October 7, 2016 Our school had a fair every year, sort of a mini-Renaissance Fair called the Rites of May.  It took place in, well, May, in the courtyard of… Too Much Coffee

• Writings

  Romeo

  ByNoah Shlaes March 7, 2025March 8, 2025

  The new release of West Side Story, I’m told, doesn’t include the big duet of  Somewhere that’s in the 1960s movie.  It was a big deal, with Natalie Wood and… Romeo

• Travel Guides

  Mount Desert Island

  ByNoah Shlaes March 7, 2025March 8, 2025

  Too much to say about this place, but it’s officially an FAQ so here goes: Flights You want to fly into Bangor (BGR) approximately 75 minutes from here, or Bar… Mount Desert Island

• Travel Guides

  Japan Tourism Ideas

  ByNoah Shlaes March 6, 2025March 8, 2025

  Dear Eli – Congratulations, you’ve asked me a Frequently-Asked Question and I have time. General So where to go / what to do in Japan? A few disclaimers – I… Japan Tourism Ideas