25 Apr 12 The Six Secrets of Successful Singles
Maggie is single. She is also perpetually glum. No matter what good fortune befalls her, she stubbornly refuses to be happy. Unwittingly she has fallen under the “I’m miserable without a mate” spell. (more…)
17 Feb 12 What’s ahead
Ultimately, the exchange that grabs the pan-European and global limelight could be the one that maximizes the use of the Internet to reduce costs, facilitate fast access and provide information. An efficient ECN-like trading system will help. Merrill Lynch’s Tom Joyce, head of equity market structures, thinks that will be Tradepoint in Europe. If Tradepoint does not rise to the occasion, “it could at least be the stimulus for a pan-European consolidation” of markets, he notes.
Tags: companies, consolidation, international
27 Jan 12 Singapore and Hong Kong
POWER: High Bandwidth Penetration MORE POWER CENTERS
As U.S. telcos and cable companies sluggishly roll out cable and ADSL broadband Internet access across America, Singapore and Hong Kong are already nearly completely wired.
Tags: connectivity, customers, telecommunications
12 Jan 12 Some m-commerce reeks of Big Brother
We are about to be overwhelmed by yet another buzzword: m-commerce.
Just when you thought you had heard enough about on-line shopping, along comes mobile commerce, another concept geared toward getting us to spend money.
Tags: applications, commerce, shopping
05 Jan 12 Team Spanked Bemoans the Tribal Council
Team Spanked has a little pow-wow where they try to decide if they want to tell each other who they plan on voting out. Eventually they decide not to tell. They love each other. They don’t want to vote. Life sucks. Cry. Moan. Group hug. It starts to rain. It means something to them symbolically. They move into the cave. More drama. Group hug. More tears.
They say goodbye to Team Church Social as if any one of them would not be returning. More piano music. Another group hug. Sadness. (more…)
Tags: explains, piano music, symbolically
27 Dec 11 Does your Program Invite Diversity
As you walk through the local mall, take note of the various cultures, ethnic groups, races, ages and body types represented in the crowd. Would individuals from all of these groups feel welcome and comfortable in your aerobics classes? What about people from different educational backgrounds, social classes and religions? (more…)
Tags: candidates, education, instruction
22 Nov 11 Technology Levels the Playing Field
I have been an entrepreneur since 1990. I left a large public accounting firm after a round of mergers, having determined not to trust my career and my fate to a group of anonymous executives in a boardroom somewhere. Instead of seeking another job, I decided to establish my own consulting firm, and haven’t looked back since.
Tags: call cards, implications, phone calls
31 Oct 11 Little to Celebrate in Budget
Opinion Piece from the Leader of the Australian Democrats, Senator Lyn Allison,, and printed in the ‘Canberra Times’ today, 23rd May 2005.
Not all kids are equal in the eyes of Government
Unless you are a two-parent, intact, married couple family, there was little to celebrate last week as part of National Family Week (May 15-21). (more…)
