Category: Business
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Scoble mentioned on his blog that he would never point people to Amazon via their affiliate program. That reminded me that I forgot to mention that I will point people to Amazon items via the affliate program if there is something that Amazon is offering and I think is worth…
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In the BBC show that showcased podcasting and Adam Curry, has some comments from by David Docherty that said ‘people will zip through … fast forward … the ads.’ I disagree because fast forwarding on current players is not very useful to get back to the content. And if you…
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Interesting stats in Airwise on the new Boeing Cargo 777: "The 777 freighter will have a revenue payload capability of 222,000 pounds (101 metric tonnes) and will accommodate 27 standard pallets on its main deck and 10 in its lower cargo hold. It will be able to fly 5,200 nautical…
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As an extremely happy eVEST user for several years I have to give Scott Jordon congrats for this news "SCOTTeVEST chosen by Time Magazine as Best Invention 2004."
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Tom Peter’s now has RSS feeds for his blog.
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Guy Kawasaki’s new book “The Art of the Start” is out. You can get it bundled with a SanDisk 128 MB USB flash drive for $35.
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Seattle PI has details on Eddie Bauer selling their “old” HQ’s buildings to Microsoft. I was up in the Pacific Northwest for the first time for a Microsoft Security Summit in June 2004, and it was very beautiful if you like green (and rain).
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Steven Marlin reports in a short blurb published on page 18 of the 02Aug04 edition of Information Week that Venture Capital (VC) funding for Information Technology (IT) was up 11% to $3 billion from Q1 to Q2 of 2004.
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Information Week (02Aug04) on page 36 has a bunch of data about Hilton. One stat just shocked me – the annual employee turnover rate for hotel front desk clerks is over 100%.
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CIO Magazine (01Aug04) has a potentially interesting indepth article that outlines the “techological” and “business” details related to the battle for do-it-yourself home improvement dolars ($$$) in the U.S. – The Home Depot vs. Lowe’s. They both plan to each spend around $300 million on information technology (IT) in 2004;…
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