Open the Spigit

"spigit is a platform that provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network. Companies and Entrepreneurs can obtain feedback-contributions-ratings from employees, partners and customers. Through our proprietary simulation they can build and refine an idea, find the right resources to contribute, […]

Mattel’s CEO Should Think Before Answering

I watched an interview with Mattel CEO Bob Eckert about the massive toy recall(s) they have been undertaking as of late.

Interviewer: Mr. Eckert, should consumers feel confident about the safety of Mattel toys?

Eckert: Yes they should, we have the highest quality standards in the industry…”

My first thought was “if you have the highest quality […]

Hearst Acquires Kaboodle, Old Media New Again

Last week saw the acquisition of social shopping site Kaboodle by Hearst Media, one of the oldest of old media companies. This deal makes a ton of sense on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to start.

First and foremost, Kaboodle is clearly the leader among social shopping sites, with main competitors […]

Revised Climate Data Released

"NASA has now silently released corrected figures, and the changes are truly astounding. The warmest year on record is now 1934. 1998 (long trumpeted by the media as record-breaking) moves to second place. 1921 takes third. In fact, 5 of the 10 warmest years on record now all occur before World […]

Media Saturation? Yes.

I forced myself into a blogging vacation this week, for a reason that will become clear by the end of this post, but this was too interesting to pass up.

We now log an average of 9.7 hours each day consuming media. Some experts say we’re at the saturation point.

Wow, that’s 3,540 […]

Are Politics Filtering Into Techmeme

I am having a hard time understanding why this story about Giuliani is on Techmeme today…

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NY TimesSelect to End

The NYPost is reporting that that the NYTimes is poised to abandon their ill-advised TimesSelect subscription service… told ‘em it was going to bomb. Another Sulzberger success story…

After much internal debate, Times executives - including publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. - made the decision to end the subscription-only TimesSelect service but have [...]

Manhattan’s Appeal Dims

One of the aspects of Manhattan that I have always found interesting is how Gotham has successfully achieved a social contract between the rich and the average person. You see this played out in residential housing, where next to a $4,000 a month loft is a "little old lady" paying rent controlled $400 a month.

Rent […]

Crisis Management

I just watched a press conference about 6 trapped miners in Utah. This one press conference should be a case study in crisis management.

Good TV

Doesn’t get much better than this…

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