October 2007
The Archives
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10.30.07Rant: On my way to raftingSo a little back story on this post. I just found it buried in my inbox. It is a email I sent myself from the back of a car on the way to a whitewater rafting trip before deciding the Blackberry should be powered off. The sun was shining, leaves changing, and I was feeling great and decided to rant. Inspired by Fred's post. ----- 1) It is always to feel something that makes you instantly nostalgic. For me that is Jimmy Eat World. No matter what they evoke the same feeling, no matter setting, song, etc. ...
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10.16.07Wish lists of at least $358…CEA has put out expectations of consumer spending for Christmas 2007. Consumer electronics are said to be highly wanted gifts. No surprise there. Bulls long on retail will be happy to know that consumer spending is projected upward with a 7%/$3.3B increase from 4Q 2006 to $48.1 billion. The driving force? Those consumer electronics -- MP3 players, computers, video game systems, cameras and TVs -- that will average to a $358 item atop someone's wish list.
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10.03.07Is Facebook a fad?Nate Westheimer thinks it is. Both “fad” and “the rage” imply a temporariness — I know. And while I think Facebook is a great social networking site, which I will use for the time-being... ... Try this idea/illustration on for size: Let’s say Facebook vanishes into thin air tomorrow. How quickly do you think our inherent social graphs would take to reconstitute themselves somewhere else on the Internet? I’d say a week. In a week, I’d build up my languishing MySpace, Friendster, and Virb profiles and wait and see where the rest of my friends headed to. Ask yourself how quickly Facebook replaced AIM and ...
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