The Implicit Assumption Test from researchers at universities including Harvard,Yale,Wisconsin is making news about something that we know but do not realize. According to their information page (as of 2007) 80% of the web visitors have negativity towards the elderly. As web users get older this should change! Interestingly, 75-80% of self identified whites or Asians show an implicit preference for whites over blacks. Just count the relatively large number of white models in Asian TV advertising and you’ll know that this data is correct.
Category Archives: Culture
Google Street Map and privacy concerns
Google Street Maps has been received with mixed responses. On one hand folks are furious about privacy issues, while others hold that this is not really a problem. I think the truth is probably, somewhere in the middle. Privacy as it existed before the Internet is literally non-existent today. For example, you’ll be amazed byContinue reading “Google Street Map and privacy concerns”
Skype in Salesforce.com
The news that Skype is available with Salesforce.com is interesting for two reasons. First, Sales Force Automation (SFA) systems can be introduced with or without ERP particularly if they are web based like salesforce.com. Second, innovators who really use SFA will certainly try Skype particularly calling computer to phone. I use red italics for "reallyContinue reading “Skype in Salesforce.com”
Earth day and the supply chain
Today is Earth day and I found these great images on YouTube that make things look so cheerful. There is an increasing yearning among consumers to go green with 11% Americans considering themselves "green" and another 43% who feel that they’ll be green within 5 years. Indeed, when you see consumers happily doing without plasticContinue reading “Earth day and the supply chain”
Google did have a gag for April 1, 2007
Normally, the "festival of the day" is featured on the front page of Google. This time I had practically missed the April 1, joke from Google. I had seen the ad that Gmail would supply paper printouts of all your email,though. I remember wondering somewhat uneasily that the reason one uses Gmail is to avoidContinue reading “Google did have a gag for April 1, 2007”
CRM -the front end of the Supply Chain
Today is April 1 and I wanted readers not to think of this post as some kind of a gag, at least not in it’s entirety!I find that the media including the Internet has been rather quiet on this "April Fool’s day". For example, while Google had a great search picture in 2000 on "Fool’sContinue reading “CRM -the front end of the Supply Chain”
Return from Vancouver and the tension between Web 2.0 and ERP
This is the 100th or centennial post of this blog and I thought I should write something hopefully in the "centennial" league! But first about my trip to Vancouver. The trip was great as was the in-depth exposure to SAP and the various Universities that have included SAP in the curriculum. On my way backContinue reading “Return from Vancouver and the tension between Web 2.0 and ERP”
Happy Chinese New Year !
Today is the start of the Chinese New Year and the year of the pig. The pig is a luxurious animal signifying the Chinese zodiac sign that indicates plenty and prosperity. This particular year of the pig is by some accounts the luckiest "Pig" year in 600 years ! I remember the festivities surrounding ChineseContinue reading “Happy Chinese New Year !”
Valentines day and online trends
It was just yesterday that I started talking about "Relationship Marketing" to my B2B – Organizational Marketing class. Naturally, this is huge for business today.What with CRM on the front end and Supply Chain management software at the upstream of B2B relationships trying to keep things on track in the complex world of global B2B.Continue reading “Valentines day and online trends”
Super bowl ads “people power” and “global outsourcing”
The Superbowl ads are always a great reflection of our times and more importantly changing times. For the very first time viewers have created an ad- The Crash the Superbowl-Doritos ad. The empowering of the amateur ad person i.e. "You" is a catclysmic change in the way clients and advertising agency creative people will workContinue reading “Super bowl ads “people power” and “global outsourcing””