YouTube – YouBuscuit
YouTube for many is very old news (almost 12 months now). But I keep getting pleasantly surprised, hence this post. I first clicked on over while in the US reading about a debate as to whether some teenage girl posting her videos to YouTube was for real, or had a crew...
Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
Just before going on leave I picked up a couple of books to read while I was away. I've never read a 'Noam Chomsky' (apparently he's one of those must read human beings before you die) and found this one, "Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World". I...
Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World
Just before going on leave I picked up a couple of books to read while I was away. I've never read a 'Noam Chomsky' (apparently he's one of those must read human beings before you die) and found this one, "Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World". I...
Fat Cats march on in 2007
The last few years have seen obscene payments made to CEOs. The gap between what the top managers earn and what labourers in their factories earn has never been as wide as it is today (unless you go back to Feudal landlord days). Of course, if these top managers with...
Batteries not included
As my three daughters eagerly opened their Christmas presents, my heart sank further and further to the floor. There are two things that stirke fear into the soul of any self-respecting Dad (at least, those with the limited handyman skills that I have). The first is...
The Five Most Important People Trends of the Next Five Years
It is becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate between competitors in almost every industry in the world. New innovations are quickly copied and improvements in quality, service and price are easily matched. In this globalised world, you can no longer...
Virtual Earth
Virtual Earth is Microsoft's answer to Google Earth. Google's product is free, and download takes just a few minutes. I cannot find out how much Microsoft's product costs, or where to get it (can't be downloaded from their site). Well, it is Microsoft... Anyway, MS's...
Cyber Bullying?
There is increasing work being done looking into the effect games have in the real world. One one level it seems like a waste of time, effort and money. The stuff of Hollywood.Aparently not. South Korea is the most connected country in the world, and online gaming and...
We keep asking, ‘how big is blogging?’
This question has been around about as long as blogging has. Is blogging just another fad, another fringe happening, and does it have the momentum to make it into the realm of main stream? Of course anecdotes abound to illustrate just how much gravitas it has. Perhaps...
We keep asking, 'how big is blogging?'
This question has been around about as long as blogging has. Is blogging just another fad, another fringe happening, and does it have the momentum to make it into the realm of main stream? Of course anecdotes abound to illustrate just how much gravitas it has. Perhaps...
World's Biggest Skateboard Ramp
You gotta read about it to believe it. So large pilots apparently adjust their flight paths to take a little look.Approximately 360 feet long, the ramp is 75 feet high at its apex. That is where riders begin their run, speeding down a 180-foot-long roll-in to a ramp...
The Million Dollar Question- Retire early or later ???????
I came across a great site today which I think will make everyone envious. Billy and Akaisha Kaderli decided to retire at age 38. They have been travelling and enjoying life for the past 16 years and still managed to retain investments. They have written a book...
The Aging Population: The Impact on the U.S. Real Estate Market
This was the title of a recent Deloitte's conference. A report from MarketWatch can be found here. The focus was on trying to understand the impact of the Boomer generation on the real estate markets over the next few years. "Don't call them aging, don't call them...
The Future of Newspapers
We have a few clients who work in the news and publishing industries. These industries have always seemed out of date to me, but I recognise that many of these companies are working hard (scrambling?) to get into the digital age. One of the best articles I have read...
Could this be it?
Ever since I can remember (although in reality its probably only since the late 1980s), I have lived with the grim warnings about the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Futurists have been warning of the dire consequences of having as much as 20% of the workforce taken out. Health...
Could this be it?
Ever since I can remember (although in reality its probably only since the late 1980s), I have lived with the grim warnings about the scourge of HIV/AIDS. Futurists have been warning of the dire consequences of having as much as 20% of the workforce taken out. Health...
The Coming Car Crisis
There are more and more cars on the road, and the complexity of these cars is ever increasing. Who is going to service them? Who is going to fix them when they break? Already, you have to book a few weeks in advance to get your upper-end car in for its regular...
Will I retire like my parents?
Lynda Smith, trained Retirement Coach and Wisdom Continuity expert, shares some insights into the options facing those who will reach retirement age in the next 10 years. Its fairly clear that this generation of retirees are not going to give up work completely and...
The Pension Crisis in America (and elsewhere)
I was working through some archives recently, and rediscovered this gem by Thomas Friedman (now famous for "The World is Flat"), written during campaigning for the last US presidential elections: Sometimes it's useful to stand back and ask yourself: If I could vote...
IBM Puts Dollars Behind the Crowd
IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano has announced what he calls an Innovation Jam - an attempt to come up with new business and product ideas by leveraging the collective intelligence of IBM's 100,000-strong 'crowd'. According to Yahoo! Business, IBM has "used these online...