Ford

A quick thought while I head off to travel for the next week.
Ford posted a spectacular $12 billion dollar loss. Apparently, the company that jump started mass production with the assembly line is having a difficult time in the cluetrain era. Just 2 cars provide a profit for the company. What this adds up to [...]

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Archive and Share the Books You’ve Read

I read a lot of books. I usually have a couple going at once which my wife doesn’t quite understand. I just find it easier to have books in location where I read the most (one by my bed, another to read at lunch, etc.) without having to remember to carry one around…hence my desire [...]

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Nostradamus was Never a Movie Executive

I saw this quote on Modern Marvels, a History Channel show, today from Twentieth Century Fox’s movie executive Darryl Zanuck who predicted in 1946 that TV wouldn’t last six months after its introduction.

“People will get tired of staring at a plywood box every night” he said.
I’m happy to see that the movie industry was just [...]

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Value of the Press Release in Today’s World

Wow, quite the conversation going on about the validity of the press release and idea of replacing them with blogs. It looks like Stowe kicked a hornets nest. Who can blame the PR folks for getting upset. They’ve worked long and hard to dig those trenches. Now they must defend their camp.
I’d love to see [...]

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Business and the Space Program

So what do businesses and the space program have in common? They don’t set difficult goals. Back in the dark ages before man landed on the moon John F Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University. During this inspiring speech JFK vowed that:
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do [...]

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Photo Sharing Great. Photo Purchasing Not So Great.

When it comes to sharing, searching, storing photos we have some great options. I use Flickr and I’m a huge fan but it doesn’t keep me from tracking what is going on at Zooomr. Thomas Hawk and team have done a great job of building this Flickr competitor. One thing I’d love to see Zooomr [...]

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Home Media Center

Nice comparison of Apple TV vs. Mac Mini. I need a way to get my photos, archived DVDs, home movies, and music to my HDTV from my home network but I’m not convinced the best solution is available just yet. I was hoping the Apple TV would be the answer but I’m back leaning toward [...]

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Apple on 24

Last night I finished watching 24. One thing that I found very interesting was Apple’s product placement in the show. Instead of purchasing the ad space to have all of CTU’s computers running Mac’s, Apple paid only to have Chloe use a Mac and Apple monitors. This makes a very subtle statement which I think [...]

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Ad Placement on Tech Gadgets

So as I was thinking about how to justify the cost of an 8GB iPhone, I started thinking about the potential of selling an advertising spot on the device. Laser etching has become quite popular and the potential to have your logo etched on a device that is sure to gather lots of looks could [...]

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Thank you John

Quote from Martha Graham passed along to me by John Emery….
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique.
And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will [...]

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