January 2011
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Happy New Year, Internet. Thanks for being a part...
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December 2010
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whip my hair by willow smith (Artistic...
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Introducing Word Lens - Created by my friend,...
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Instant Race Car SoundRacer - Great idea! This is...
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How the World Googled in 2010
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'AT&T is now the worst carrier' - Consumer Reports...
‘AT&T is now the worst carrier’ - Consumer Reports By David Goldman, staff writerDecember 7, 2010: 8:53 AM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — AT&T’s customer satisfaction rating tumbled this year, ranking dead last among U.S. wireless carriers, according to a Consumer Reports survey released on Monday. The nation’s second largest wireless network received the...
John's Phone | The World's Simplest Cell Phone
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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story. ...
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John Gerzema: The post-crisis consumer
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The Amazing Readability Of Google Maps
It’s been my experience that Google Maps has always been the most legible of the online map services, though even the worst have come a long way since the early days. I figured it was just the same magical Google power that returned search results so fast and pushed email to my phone in seconds. But while the juice that makes those things go is largely behind the scenes, the...
Buy This Bankrupt Satellite to Share Internet With...
Buy This Bankrupt Satellite to Share Internet With the Poor A school bus-sized satellite—the world’s most capable—is for sale, as its corporate owner goes under. But rather than let it slowly die, a non-profit is raising money to repurpose it as a free internet provider for the poor. Buy This Satellite says it’ll take $150,000 in contributions to place a successful...
Why Does Apple Make Donation Apps So Hard?
Why Does Apple Make Donation Apps So Hard? In August, PayPal added a donation feature that allowed users to make charitable contributions from within the services’s iPhone app. In late October, Apple made them pull the plug with no warning and little explanation. Anuj Nayar, on behalf of PayPal, would only say, “I can confirm that we added the...
MEKA: Luxury pre-fab homes, without the "luxury"...
PSFK Salon: Happiness - New York IA Collaborative is Seeking a Senior Designer in Chicago, IL MEKA: Luxury pre-fab homes, without the “luxury” price tag Posted by hipstomp | 22 Nov 2010 | Comments (2) Of all the press I’ve been reading about a company called MEKA Modular Luxury Housing, the Wall Street Journal...
Articles by McKinsey Quarterly: Online Business...
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French baby that will melt your heart. This is...
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Global forces: An introduction
Global forces: An introduction Five crucibles of change will restructure the world economy for the foreseeable future. Companies that understand them will stand the best chance of shaping it. JUNE 2010 • Peter Bisson, Elizabeth Stephenson, and S. Patrick Viguerie ...
Why good bosses tune in to their people
Why good bosses tune in to their people Know how to project power, counsels Stanford management professor Bob Sutton, since those you lead need to believe you have it for it to be effective. And to lock in your team’s loyalty, boldly defend their backs. AUGUST 2010 • Robert I. Sutton ...
Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch
Ten tech-enabled business trends to watch
Retaining key employees in times of change
Retaining key employees in times of change Many companies throw financial incentives at senior executives and star performers during times of change. There is a better and less costly solution. AUGUST 2010 • Sabine Cosack, Matthew Guthridge, and Emily Lawson Source:...
Enduring Ideas: The strategic control map
Enduring Ideas: The strategic control map In this interactive presentation—one in a series of multimedia frameworks—Lowell Bryan, a director in McKinsey’s New York office, describes the strategic control map, a framework that tracks the dynamics of market capitalization within industries. JULY 2010 ...
The five types of successful acquisitions
The five types of successful acquisitions Companies advance myriad strategies for creating value with acquisitions—but only a handful are likely to do so. JULY 2010 • Marc Goedhart, Tim Koller, and David Wessels Source: Corporate Finance Practice ...
Putting a value on training
Putting a value on training Training programs generate greater value for organizations when the curricula reflect key business performance metrics. Testing real-world outcomes is crucial. JULY 2010 • Jenny Cermak and Monica McGurk Source: Organization Practice ...
Boosting the productivity of knowledge workers....
Boosting the productivity of knowledge workers The key is identifying and addressing the barriers workers face in their daily interactions. SEPTEMBER 2010 • Eric Matson and Laurence Prusak Source: Strategy Practice ...
Check out the new, free @Motorphilia Matchmaker...
via match.motorphilia.com The survey that we’ve been conducting at MOTORPHILIA shows that 60% of people chose reliability as one of the top 3 qualities in their next car (100% make it one of their top 5…). Oddly enough, safety and performance are the lower scoring categories. Want to find out what matters to you? Try our matchmaker service……it’s free and...
The abandoned Prada Marfa store
The abandoned Prada Marfa store October 17, 2008 @ 11:39 am I can’t get over how wonderful this photo above is of an abandoned Prada store in Marfa, TX. It’s taken from the roadtrip that some Supertouch members took with Lance Armstrong through Texas. The roadtrip passed through a town in Texas called Marfa that seems to be an artist’s hidden paradise, with great galleries and...