Silly 1,400 Year Old Company Not Hedging Against External Factors
They tell you that most small businesses go belly-up inside of two years. If you can turn a profit by your third year, then… Read More
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Art Director Ken
“Ken is a passionate artist, and his style reflects his line of work. He features the vintage face sculpt, and his hair has… Read More
More on the Howard Schultz/Starbucks Memo
NPR did a story this weekend on the Starbucks brouhaha. They went to Pike Market in Seattle to visit the original Starbucks, and it was… Read More
More on the Howard Schultz/Starbucks Memo
NPR did a story this weekend on the Starbucks brouhaha. They went to Pike Market in Seattle to visit the original Starbucks, and it was… Read More
Jury d’Ethique Publicitaire
“Adjudication of the Jury d’Ethique Publicitaire: Complaint: The ad is regarded as degrading and shocking, of bad taste, vulgar, disrespectful of human dignity and… Read More
Commoditization of Starbucks?!? Say it ain’t so!
Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz allegedly wrote this memo to CEO Jim Donald earlier this month. There is some doubt in the blogs I have read… Read More
What’s digg’s top dugg article?
An article about how we can beat the one thing that can’t be beat: death. 2,466 diggs (the last one, the 2,466th is… Read More
LOL – IM Speak’s Traction
Words are vessels that carry shared symbolic meaning in a culture.Language is culture.Culture is language.It is no secret that languages evolve. And, at the same… Read More
Get with the program!! Or, Old Media Deathwatch Part 10000
Two things struck me this weekend: 1) Evidently, enough people care about the Grammys that it is a major media event. Bigger, it appears,… Read More
Google Magic 8 Ball Part II
It also works well with “thinks”. Per Google: “Claire thinks I need some serious sensitivity training.” “Claire thinks she is a cat.”… Read More