Sportsmanship
In a word this post title says it all, I can only add that we need more Shane Crawford’s in this world.
Shawn Crawford confirmed that he gave his Olympic silver medal to Churandy Martina, the sprinter who finished second in the 200 meters but was later disqualified for running out of his lane.[From [...]
Saving Relationships, One Month at a Time
Brilliant. All joking aside, this is a great concept for an affiliate shopping destination with great integration options to services that would be glad to have the traffic. Everything from gift services to Opentable.
PMSBuddy.com is a free service created with a single goal in mind: to keep you aware of when your wife, [...]
Tesla Saga, Part 937.4
So the City of San Jose is distraught that Tesla pulled the plug on their planned factory in San Jose. Check out their math.
Construction would mean 600 jobs and $40 million in wages, according to an analysis by city staff, and the facility ultimately would employ 525 people with an annual payroll exceeding [...]
Who Really Gets the D Grade?
The American Society of Civil Engineers comes out with an annual report card on America’s infrastructure and it’s almost always grim… otherwise how would it make news?
This year the ASCE gives our infrastructure a D grade, same as last year except that we are now at a D- instead of a straight D.
Quite honestly I [...]
Stimulus or Spending Gone Wild
What is in that so-called stimulus bill working through Congress today is mind boggling. This isn’t stimulus, it’s unchecked government spending that takes advantage of a crisis. The Baby Boomer generation is going out with a bang and could well be remembered as the generation that consumed far more than it produced.
Here’s another [...]
France Bails Out Their Newspaper Industry
whatdayathink? Personally, I think the notion of giving teenagers free newspaper subscriptions to stimulate the newspaper industry is something that could only be invented in French bureaucracy.
France will offer all 18-year-olds a free daily copy of the newspaper of their choice, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, announcing a package of measures to help [...]
Streaming video cannibalizing DVD rentals
I can sum up my comments with one word: duh.
Netflix says that DVD rentals are down for subscribers who make use of the company’s online streaming service. Though it doesn’t hurt Netflix’s bottom line, the trend certainly spells bad news for physical media, including Blu-ray.[From Streaming video cannibalizing DVD rentals, says Netflix - [...]
Newspapers Grow Web Traffic, Still Going Bankrupt
Nielsen reports that newspaper web traffic grew 16% in December. Great news, but it doesn’t matter what their traffic is, the underlying advertising model is broken and it won’t heal itself.
I wrote about this phenomena back in June last year and NOTHING has changed. More web traffic won’t close the revenue gap to offline and [...]
Relationship Management for Restaurants
Great idea, I still think they should have named it “RuhRoh”.
To do this, he has enlisted the help of a Mountain View startup called BooRah, which is launching a new “reputation management” service for restaurant owners. The 2-year-old company, which started as a restaurant search site, is expanding to create summaries of everything [...]
A Tale of Two Companies
McDonald’s kicked ass last year and all indicators are pointing to another solid performance this year. The analysis that people just want cheap food is wrong though, people want value, which is a lot more complex than just having a low price tag, and McDonald’s delivers it in spades. The Mini Meals menu items that [...]
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