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Markets is markets

30. July 2008

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This is ostensibly a business blog, so let me make one business-related observation from the field. A couple days ago, my son and I visited the central market in Ayacucho, Peru. Great fun, markets, because you get a vivid snapshot of the town you're in. Most markets I've seen tend to group vendors of like [...]

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A land with many faces

18. July 2008

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Over the coming weeks, the posts on this blog might take a turn for the exotic, as I'll be posting stories and photos from the far reaches of Peru. On the agenda: Hunting for megalodon teeth with Desert Man of Ica, who was recently written up in the New York Times. (Fortunately, we made our [...]

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Freeconomics

10. July 2008

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Just caught wind of a great article in Wired: "Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business" We're debating this very question with a product we're developing. One quote that stands out for me: "..free is not quite as simple — or as stupid — as it sounds. Just because products are free doesn't mean [...]

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Full monty

1. July 2008

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Two writers have come across my radar, thanks to the tweets of others: The disclosure on journalist Jeff Jarvis' blog BuzzMachine is a refreshingly thorough rundown of his business dealings, stock investments, religious affiliations and political leanings. It's also funny in parts: "I make some would say too-frequent appearances on TV and radio but I [...]

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Meet the new boss

30. June 2008

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The boss you love to hate. See all the Dilbert comics at Dilbert.com. When you go into business for yourself, even though it sure looks and feels like you've become free and unfettered, the fact is, you still have a boss. I don't mean your clients, because in fact, your clients are not your bosses. [...]

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Infographicmercial

24. June 2008

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Anyone seen the Areva commercial? Just saw it on Olbermann and it reminded me, appropriately enough, of the video for "Remind Me" by Royksopp. Is it the same creative shop reprising an old fave or outright copycatism? I sure like the genre of animated infographics, but it seems a little close for comfort. Check for [...]

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Making change happen

11. June 2008

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The first picture that turned up in a Google images search of "meatloaf." Turns out it's a vegan meatloaf by Field Roast Grain Meat Co. Go figure. Mark Bittman, food writer at the NYT, just wrote a column about how to reduce your meat intake. With the rising price of oil directly and indirectly pushing [...]

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Hitting the reset button

7. June 2008

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We recently decided to give our business a reboot. As any Windows user knows, a reboot is sometimes necessary to clean out the memory and bring the system running back to peak performance. Not that our business hasn't been successful and all that. It has. But perhaps symptomatic of a deeper funk, we've been struggling [...]

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Domino effect

15. March 2008

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Uploaded by Jayfive Eric at the local Domino's just placed my pizza in the oven. At 8:10, to be precise. How do I know? Because at Domino's website, I can track my pizza using their nifty Pizza Tracker feature. It tells me the pizza's stage of preparation and exactly who's working on it. A pause [...]

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You can have this Pulitzer when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.

25. February 2008

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And, indeed that day is coming. Meanwhile, it's interesting to see where the old bastions of power are still hanging on. By a thread. To wit, this quote from a NYT article on the Polk-award-winning political blog Talking Points Memo: Sig Gissler, the administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes, said in an e-mail message that online [...]

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