Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:45:24 GMT
TV Everywhere to enter Trial stage
Time Warner's TV Everywhere service is one which has been talked about for a long time; the prospect of lots of shows and movies, on demand, regardless of where you are, is most definitely a good one. However, only how have they begun to announce that the service is coming into play, with 5000 lucky customers selected to test it out. Unfortunatly no other details have surfaced. Ho-hum.
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Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:04:22 GMT
Working From Home? Consider This....
Bootstraping often means
working from home. If you decide to take the path, there are some specific questions you need to consider.
The central question:You need to ask yourself whether you can financially cover the resources needed to take you through your transition, through the acquisition of clients and forward until you are at least able to meet all your monthly monetary requirements. Don't underestimate the time that this may take, or take anything for granted. Can you think of some potential clients for your services? If you can, then you could really jump start this process.Of course, there can be other important questions. Like what kind of pajamas to wear....
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Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:56:25 GMT
Reaching the Next Generation
Blogtrepreneur had a good piece recently on focusing your marketing plans to reach the next generation.Marketers who do not pay attention to the buying habits and general activities of the teenager of today do so at their peril. Teenagers may not have the buying power necessary to cause marketers to salivate, but they represent the adults of tomorrow and some of the amazing trends that are emerging from the world of the teenager will have a significant effect on the marketing arena ahead.Newspapers (if they still exist in five years) and radio will be almost completely foreign to today's teens once they grow up and get jobs. Marketers will have to find a way to reach them through their cell phones, Xboxes, and inside interactive games like Second Life.
The article gives an interesting perspective on the future of marketing.
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Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:04:28 GMT
Arlenis, Chanel, Jourdan, Sessilee by Emma Summerton
s: TFS
I love this cover and wonder if this was the shoot Chanel Iman twittered about awhile back. They look like Robert Palmer girls sans instruments.
What struck me about the image at first was that their skin wasn"t bleached out with lighting effects. I think the bright makeup and background color are all the contrast that was needed.
What say you?
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Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:32:26 GMT
Tarina Tarantino Party!
If you’re in New York City this Saturday & don’t have any plans… now you do! Tarina Tarantino is in town from her home of magical Los Angeles, & she’s holding a special event at her Soho store to celebrate the launch of her new collection & book! (It goes without saying that both the collection & the book are beautiful!)
She’ll be there, signing copies of My Pretty & being generally charming! I’ll be there too, & I’d love to see you! Come dress up in sparkly treasures with me!
Tarina Tarantino
117 Greene Street, Soho
Saturday July 25th
12pm – 5pm
Okay, public service announcement over… Now back to your regularly scheduled programming!
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Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:07:25 GMT
Economists predict recession ends this year. As if!
So economists are
predicting the recession will end this year. They reckon the housing market will bottom out and they don't see the recession lasting longer than the first quarter of 2010. Still, they're hedging their bets, saying the recovery will be slow and painful.
It's hard to believe them given how wrong they've been so far.
A prime example is housing prices. The
New York Times reports that the Standard & Poor's Case-Shiller Home Price Index has seen house prices falling a massive 18.7% in 20 US cities. That does not sound like a market that's bottoming.
As the the
Lex column in the Financial Times notes, people are just kidding themselves if they think this will blow over this year. "Investors are pinning their hopes on other people's hopes that things will get better. These are probably the very same people who were confident about property prices two year's ago. Sure it is important to identify turning points and markets are forward-looking. But the truth remains that the hard data - house prices, unemployment, trade and corporate profits and inflation - all remain dreadful. Consumers can dream all they want."
Economist Nouriel Roubini
predicts that the US will have sub-optimal growth for two years and that there is too much optimism.
Personally, I have given up believing in economists. Indeed, I blame this financial crisis on economists. I explain why in my piece
here.
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Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:41:29 GMT
Chicago Fashion
Je vous present the Spring issue of Chicago Fashion.
Pages 28/29: Interview with designer Soo Choi about her closet. If one must tell the story of a person through their stuff, having a subject as forthcoming and reflechi as Soo is what you long for.
Pages 14/15: Short items on jewelry designer Temple St. Claire, perilously high heels, and the similarities between today"s runway and the styles of the 1930s.
Pages 30/31: Interview with the fabulous Graham Thompson of Optimo Hats (who recently designed the hats for Public Enemies). I had so much fun poking around his shop and seeing the weighty and timeworn hat-making machinery.
Pages 34/35: I asked five local designers to imagine looks for Michelle Obama.
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Sat, 02 May 2009 14:35:56 GMT
Necessary Attitudes You Need Toward Saving Money
If you want to save money this year - even more than you did last year - then you need to develop an attitude toward it. Here are some attitudes you need to have in order to turn around your spending habits and put some money in the bank.
1. Do You Really Want to Save Money?
It is easy to say that you want to save money. Most people can say that - but they never save anything. Now ask yourself "Are you ready to commit yourself to regularly saving money?" You will need to do it. It will take some self-denial to live more frugal.
2. Do You Really Need Those Things You Buy?
So often, we buy things because we were caught off guard by some emotion or want. If we were honest, we did not really need it - we wanted it at that moment.
3. Do You Go Shopping When You Don't Need Anything?
Here is a good way to blow a lot of money. While it is understandable that you may be looking for something to do - you don't have to do it at the mall! Find some other place to waste time. Looking around stores and window shopping is a sure way to spend money on something you don't need.
4. Do You Have Long Range Spending and Savings Goals?
Do you have any real reasons why you need to save money? If you do not have long-range goals, then it is easy to spend what you have. On the other hand, if you can see that college degree, that car, or that house that you want, you can start to save for it. Also, don't forget that your retirement account needs to have something in it, too - unless you are planning to work the rest of your days!
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Sat, 02 May 2009 13:24:36 GMT
Swine Flu: Follow Online!
As swine flu sparks global concern, we can follow the cases and the news online quite easily. Maybe swine flu will be the first global disease that we can really follow minute by minute online. I’m not even surprised there is a
swine flu kit you can already buy on Amazon.com:
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Fri, 01 May 2009 02:38:19 GMT
In Treatmen
Well, it"s Thursday night, and entirely too many days have gone by since The Hills for there not to be a peep from me on this site. Truth is I only got around to watching it this evening, and because I"ve been busy of late (I know, I know - broken record), I don"t have time to write out a full recap - which apparently will please some of you with short attention spans (cough, Jash, cough, IndianJones). But that"s okay. We all win this way: I don"t have to exert as much energy, and neither do you. Not sure if this is gonna be the permanent format of Hills recaps going forward, but we"ll see how it goes. Feel free to voice your opinions.
Nevertheless, this isn"t about me. It"s about Lauren and Heidi and Stephanie and Spencer and Dr. Jordana Mansbacher and crackers. Yes, we had all those things and more on another hilarious episode of a resurgent fifth season. Suddenly I"m finding myself excited about The Hills again, and I couldn"t be happier.
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