Category Archives: Living in the World Today

Cutting the cable cord but not the network cord – the crowdsource knows the score

Today (Valentine’s Day 2012) a company called Aereo announced (Barry Diller of IAC did the announcing) in the NY Times Media Decoder blog from Brian Stelter http://nyti.ms/y5uJfZ it will begin offering a new television service that will stream local television … Continue reading

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Better employee productivity should create new ‘new’ jobs

But it hasn’t quite worked out that way. Last week’s news from Pepsi-Cola CEO Indra Nooyi that the company was planning to cut (for a change they did not use the word ‘layoff’ so these folks are not coming back) … Continue reading

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How about using the fancy crystal and fine china every day?

I was doing dishes the other night (bad luck again), and was in the process of washing the nice Reidel http://www.reidel.com crystal wine glasses we have had for more than fifteen years. I remember when we received some as a … Continue reading

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When will a LinkedIn Profile replace a resume?

I have looked at many resumes over the years. Most of them are conventionally boring as if a resume writing service had advised the candidate to play it safe. Consequently most resumes are anything but memorable. Your resume should supposedly … Continue reading

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Generic brands don’t always mean the lowest price

In the era of stretching a paycheck, generic brands have moved from the fringes to the mainstream. Every day people consider the value of purchasing a ‘non-brand’ when visiting a supermarket, or big box retailer like Costco, Target or Wal-Mart. … Continue reading

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J.C. Penney sets out on the comeback trail

Newly hired Ron Johnson, recently of Apple, has taken the reins as new CEO at 99 year old retailer J.C. Penney. It was called Golden Rule Store prior to 1913 having been founded in 1902 by James Cash Penney (I … Continue reading

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The U.S. pushing China on trade practices won’t work

It’s an election year here in the United States. 2012 will also mark changes in the Chinese government as well. The backdrop to all of this is a seemingly constant stream of rhetoric from the U.S. that China has unfair … Continue reading

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If you have a vendetta, think twice before posting on a social network

The old saying that ‘information is power’ is true, except when it’s the wrong information. Among other things social networking allows communication to large numbers of people by one single individual. A very cool feature indeed but with that comes … Continue reading

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People have no time to be idle

I saw it again last Saturday night. At the restaurant where my wife and I were sharing a nice dinner on a snowy Saturday night there was a couple at the next table who spent a good part of the … Continue reading

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My recent Amtrak ‘experience’

I am far from unique in looking at train travel as an option to air, bus, and car travel. Having ridden trains in a number of countries (most recently in China) I am favorably inclined to ride a train since … Continue reading

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