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LED’s in Carpets!

Published in January 4th, 2011
Posted by Michael in Best in class, Business trends
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I love the way some companies innovate and take an old, perhaps staid product and innovate. Starbucks did it with coffee, Cirque Du Soleil did it with Circuses and now this company has done it by embedding LEDs into their carpets. You can read more about it on the Fast Company Blog: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1662978/dutch-company-integrates-led-wayfinding-into-its-carpets

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Is eMail Dying and Being Replaced by Social Media?

Published in July 29th, 2009
Posted by Michael in Business trends, Communications, Social media, Technology
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My kids hardly use eMail any more. It true. I was surprised when I learned this the other day. It is not that they don’t use the computer to communicate – far from it. They use Facebook and Twitter extensively. Both Facebook and Twitter allow you communicate both publicly and privately. They can involve others [...]

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Hulu Works Amazingly Well on Hi-Def TV

Published in March 3rd, 2009
Posted by Michael in Business trends, Communications, Internet, Technology
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My eldest son bought PlayOn the other day. He thought it would be fun to stream Hulu videos to the TV. I thought, “sure how good can that be?”. Wow, it is amazing. The quality is very good and we are now watching all kinds of shows that either we missed or have been off [...]

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Post Election Vibes Good For Business?

Published in November 5th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Business trends, Social trends
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The election is over and wow, what an interesting evening it was. I get the sense that in a few hours the mood of the country changed. My friend Phil Bernstein said it so very well on his blog this morning: Last night on CNN, I watched John McCain deliver a gracious and respectful concession [...]

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Consumer Spending Not So Bad this Christmas?

Published in November 4th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Business trends, Social trends
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UPDATED 12/26/2008: Well obviously the good folks who did this study were more than a little off the mark. Everything I am reading says that holiday sales were terrible. I considered just deleting it but perhaps it is a good discussion topic. I suppose to be fair they also talk about strategic shopping. I don’t [...]

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Do Social Network Profiles Help Your Business?

Published in October 30th, 2008
Posted by Michael in Blogging, Business trends, Social trends
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I recommend this excellent post from John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing about the value of social networks for business. Read on: “Sometimes people question the benefits of belonging to multiple social networks and building out all those detailed profiles on each. I don’t know that I want to use this post to try to [...]

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Recession Coming?

Published in November 9th, 2007
Posted by Michael in Business trends
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The stock markets have been up and down a lot in the last few months and the press is full of articles on both sides of the “Will there ” or “will there not” be a recession next year. What do you think — are we in for a rough ride? {democracy:2}

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