Recently (August 2010) I was a bit spooked when I found that a particular ad seemed to pop up at several sites that I went to. I was thinking that there must be a real huge online advertising budget in play here. It turns out that there was no big budget but a cookie inContinue reading “Retargeting of Advertising on the Internet- Now Ads follow you around as Google AdWords joins the fray”
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How’s the Internet changing your business? USA Today sheds 9% workforce and Telecom shake-up with Google VOIP
The Internet is truly the global life changer.If you can answer just how the Internet is changing your business and act on it – you’ll do great. Consider two recent events: USA Today has shed 9% of the workforce as it tries to go digital. A Communication Professor once told me that Communication and JournalismContinue reading “How’s the Internet changing your business? USA Today sheds 9% workforce and Telecom shake-up with Google VOIP”
Public Works give work to machines and not “shovel ready” men in the 21st century
This post was published on August 2, 2010 during the recovery process from the Great Recession of 2007-2009. We believe that the core idea idea that you need advanced computer and knowledge skills in large scale shovelling still holds in 2021. Just as Governments worldwide try to dig out of the Coronavirus pandemic – Updated January 10, 2021.
Understanding the business and running the software- are these some new jobs coming up?
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The Facebook Webshift: WikiLeaks and Shirely Sherrod
This is what we call the “Facebook Webshift.” (This post from July 2010). Just look at Bradley Manning the alleged WikiLeaks person and he could be just any “invincible” college undergrad- anywhere in the world with an average of 300+ Facebook friends- many whom he has not actually met or dealt with. Everyone trusts everyoneContinue reading “The Facebook Webshift: WikiLeaks and Shirely Sherrod”
Sense and respond in a slow economy
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Is the mortgage market “once bitten twice shy” ?
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Jeff Immelt: Small Business tends to hang out with Big Business in the supply chain and jobs get created
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Wall Street starts hiring but Main Street needs to go global
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“Go West (now overseas)” or at least source iPhone parts globally for a thriving business !
var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-857684-6']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); The stock market is back above 10,000, BP is looking at distinct possibilities of plugging theContinue reading ““Go West (now overseas)” or at least source iPhone parts globally for a thriving business !”