Archive for February, 2008
Starbucks Blames the Barista
I get more hits on my Starbucks posts than any other posts, so I feel it is my duty to remind you that Starbucks will be closed today from 5:30-8:30 so it can take its frustrations out on its employees. A bad carpenter blames her tools but what do we say about a coffee [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Internet In Space; Airplanes Soon? No.
Japan launched a satellite that will carry Internet signals. Unfortunately for us in North America the satellite will only work in Asia.
This could mean Internet during air travel…again…eventually! There have been rumors about the airlines getting wired for sometime. I read on an unsourced blog that this was going to happen in [...]
Who is watching online?
A great little article in the NY Times about online video watching habits. An average of 841 minutes per month of online video watched by top 20% and an average of only 6 minutes for the bottom 50% of online content viewers.
There is still a great deal of opportunity in online video.
And the Winner is….Blu-ray
Netflix, Best Buy and now Toshiba and Wal-Mart are going to back Blu-ray. Last month Warner backed the medium and Sony agreed to allow adult entertainment on the format. The list of Blu-ray backers is now too long for the medium to fail. Toshiba, HD-DVD’s biggest champion will, apparently, stop producing HD-DVD [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Starbucks…There You Go Again…
There goes my idea of offering free internet access at Starbucks. Starbucks is pushing the idea that WiFi will be free, as I’ve been suggesting for some time now, but it will cost you if you are not an AT&T customer.
Starbucks is offering WiFi access at over 7000 locations, for non-AT&T customers; [...]
Harvard Business Review Green
Harvard Business Review recently launched HBRGreen. The website aims to start discussions on green business ideas.
The lead topic right now is about greening up the supply chain. There is an outline and some interesting discussion on how to do it. It’s worth checking out.
AOL a Brand in Transition
AOL has one of the most recognized brands out there. When I went to the Future of Television Conference one network executive said he’d love to get his hands on the AOL brand, saying “it would be great clay to play with”. TimeWarner has a new CEO, Jeffrey Bewkes, who is considering selling [...]
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