Business Excellence
Forget the A-List After All
You’ve got to read “Is the Tipping Point Toast?” by Clive Thompson in FastCompany. The gist of Thompson’s piece, based on the work of Duncan Watts of Yahoo Research, is that the theory that a select few “key influencers” matter more than “the rest of us” when it
Man learns to read after 17 years of teaching high school
John Corcoran, 77, spent the first six years of his life being honest. But from age 6 on, he started dodging the truth about not being able to read and write. Standard teaching methods didn’t work for him because – like millions of other children – he had auditory-discrimination problems
Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?
On one thing, the experts seem to agree. The differences between hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com can be summed up this way: Barack Obama is a Mac, and Hillary Clinton is a PC. That is, Mr. Obama’s site is more harmonious, with plenty of white space and a soft
Microsoft succumbs to Apple envy, buys Danger
Microsoft was too busy to read its rejection letter from Yahoo this morning, as it announced its intention to buy Danger, the maker of the popular Sidekick smart phone. The move suggests that the Redmond Giant plans to compete with its partners in the handset business. read more | digg story
Innovation
Seattle Taps Its Inner Silicon Valley
Many communities dream of becoming the next Silicon Valley. But Seattle is actually doing it. The influx of entrepreneurs and of venture capitalists to bankroll them is slowly reshaping this city and a regional economy long buffeted by the booms and busts of the aerospace and timber industries. A start-
Politics
Inspiration vs. Substance
Joe Klein writes in a Time article. Speaking of the Obama campaign, he says, The man’s use of pronouns (never I), of inspirational language and of poetic meter — “WE are the CHANGE that we SEEK” — is unprecedented in recent memory. [sic] there was something just a wee bit creepy
100 Things to do with Google Maps Mashups
100 cool things you can do with Google Maps Mashups. My favorites: 1) Find Fast Food in the US 2) Find a WiFi Hotspot in the US 3) Map US telephone area codes 4) Google Map your blog or website visitors 5) Check the time in a world location. What
Economy Fitful, Americans Start to Pay as They Go
Some analysts see consumers’ shift toward thrift as a cultural inflection point, one with huge implications for an economy driven largely by consumer spending. read more | digg story
Personal
Tribute to the late LDS President Hinckley
[youtube]Z58eHBnEHhk[/youtube] A very nice tribute of President Gordon B. Hinckley who passed away last week by Glenn Beck.
New Drug For Hillary Clinton Syndrome
[youtube]D7qLILG7-ME[/youtube] Hilarious video clip from The 1/2 Hour News Hour on Fox News.
UPS saved 3 Million Gallons of Gas– By Not Turning Left
Mapping out routes for its drivers, drastically reducing the number of left-hand turns they make helped the company shave 28.5 million miles off its delivery routes, which has resulted in savings of roughly three million gallons of gas and has reduced CO2 emissions by 31,000 metric tons.