Every now and again I like to put on my futurist hat and make a few predictions based on business and other trends. Now, again, it’s one of those times.
As we watch giants like Starbucks and Borders Books (and countless financial firms) stumble, you might think “If they can’t make it, how can I?”
The truth [...]
There are few sectors hotter than the energy field, especially now. Horrific gas prices and their strangle hold on our economy has laser-focused big industry on the need to develop new ways of powering our lives. Clean energy is all the rage, and rightfully so since it’s the dirty stuff that’s ruined our oceans, wild [...]
Today I’m attending the first full day of classes at Stanford University. I’m attending the Stanford Professional Publishing Course (I won the American Magazine Publishers Diversity Fellowship). My day began with a presentation by futurist Paul Saffo, a Stanford engineering professor. Saffo’s presentation, Publishing in a Post-Information Age, was packed with interesting (and amusing) bits [...]
Today is the day! It’s debut day for the new iPhone 3G and all the world’s a queue. Wow! It’s a pretty bit of technology, but not without its complications. But, I’ll leave the many complications to the techie sites and I’ll focus here on the business opportunities the new iPhone presents.
IPHONE OPPORTUNITIES
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In the midst of it all, a cornfield shines–a beacon of light in a dark economy. Unlike the rest of the country, Nebraska’s economy is growing. The epicenter of Nebraska’s growth is its capital, Lincoln. The city gained jobs in nearly every sector, including retail and manufacturing, and lost only very few jobs. Lincoln and [...]
On July 1, California joined the hands-free nation. California is the 6th state to require that drivers use hands-free devices when driving and talking on their cell phones (Washington D.C. also has a hands-free law). Effective yesterday, all California drivers had to use ear pieces, headsets or the speaker function if they wanted to chat [...]
It’s a Techie World After all. There’s just no escaping it. If you want a good job–one that pays well and offers a modicrum of advancement potential–you’ll have to be somewhat tech-savvy.
I was trying to think of an industry that hasn’t been taken over by technology and I couldn’t come up with anything. My dad [...]
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