Dec 24, 2009 0
Day One
Landed in Costa Rica. Relaxing evening and breakfast at Hotel Martino Spa & Resort.
Dec 21, 2009 0
Finding Yourself
Your authentic self, who you really are or ought to be, isn’t given. It’s not going to come up to you some day, armed with a baseball bat, and bash you over the head. You have to go out into the world and become who you are.
This is not to say that there is not an authentic self in you, waiting to be discovered. It’s just that you can’t find that self through contemplation and introspection alone. When you go out into the world, some projects or people or activities will be a better fit. Some will be worse. It’s your job to recognize that, and have the courage to change course.
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Forbes Discovers Niche Markets
Apparently there are websites out there that create a marketplace where communities of people can buy products. And amazingly, even a relatively small audience online can be quite profitable. Here’s Forbes, on the cutting edge as always:
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Dec 17, 2009 0
Time to Short Pepsi?
Pepsi, for years the largest advertiser in the Super Bowl, announced that they will not be Super Bowl advertisers this year.
Pepsi’s Super Bowl ads didn’t help them staunch a 7% decline in unit volume this year. That’s three times the decline of the soft drink market as a whole. And with the rise of online marketing channels and the high-risk, uncertain reward of Super Bowl advertising over the last decade, there may not be enough ROI to justify their commitment.
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PC / Mobile Convergence = TV / Internet Convergence?
Morgan Stanley has published an interesting report on the rate of mobile internet adoption and the likely impact on future markets. The statistics alone are interesting. For a sense of the conclusions, here are highlights excerpted from the download page:
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Dec 16, 2009 0
Google does it again
Google now offers URL shortening service. Proving yet again that they aren’t as willing to leave money on the table (enriching the internet ecosystem) as they once were.
PC World comments:
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Dec 9, 2009 0
Tigergate
Just two questions.
How could the (seemingly active and indiscreet) personal life of the world’s most famous athlete—arguably the worlds’ most famous person—escape scrutiny for so long?
Having escaped scrutiny this long, how could a mere National Enquirer story and a “minor traffic accident” break open the floodgates?
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Online to Surpass Newspapers by 2015
So forecasts PaidContent.
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