Articles Posted April 2009
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Come on guys – cheer up
Some sources, being cautiously optimistic, predict an economic turnaround just around the corner, in September. Toes and fingers being crossed all around. It may or may not happen. It may or may not be on a massive scale. But while some may be chewing on life’s gristle, others are laughing and smiling and dancing and singing. And some are drumming – loudly.
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Business lessons from barn swallows and crows
Animal scientists observed that when the male barn swallow is discovered to be cheating on his fine-feathered, female barn swallow mate, he engages in distraction moves so she wouldn’t notice that he’s not where he said he would be.
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An empire from spray paint and T-shirts
So much publicity about declining TV viewership, falling Internet ad sales, difficulty reaching the increasingly mobile yet inattentive demographic. Depressing thoughts all. Enough to drive a tagger to the spray paint – and not in…
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RFID: Chip logic to the next level
A cat walks up to a bar. But it’s really the door of the bar where the bouncer asks for the usual array of IDs and cover charge. But cats don’t carry purses or man…
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The Woz is dancing no more
And now the end is here. And so he’s faced the final curtain. Tonight geeks everywhere can unchain themselves from Dancing with the Stars. Steve Wozniak’s dance card is empty and he has left the…
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Popcorn and a Blu-ray player please
Around the cyber water cooler, which is really the only water cooler still in existence, discussion is often about Blu-ray players and their features. A few members of the water cooler group are waiting either…
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Should gadgets have a cuteness factor?
Imagine $90 billion worth of gadgets. What could that or a tenth of that mean for your business? News from the world of statistics says that in 2007, $90 billion worth of gadgets were purchased…
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Give your customers lemon aid
You work at a popular pasta joint. Customers line up for blocks to get in. On Tuesday nights. It can get hectic. One hectic day you spot a regular customer in the crowd. You make…
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