Archive for the ‘Business’ Category
Apple’s quarterly revenue
July 23rd, 2011 | Business, Social, Technology | Comment »Just saw this over at TechCrunch: It's an awesome chart that breaks down Apple's quarterly revenues by product. So many things to take away from this. First off, Apple's sales growth is ridiculous for a company of its size, and, as the post points out, the company's revenue growth is actually accelerating. Unreal. Second, ... Read more »
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A fourth Apple Store in New York
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Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
April 24th, 2011 | Business, Social, Uncategorized | Comment »That's a quote from David Ogilvy, one of the founding fathers of modern advertising and the presumed inspiration for Mad Men's Don Draper. Here's the complete text of an amazing 1909-word advertisement his agency, Ogilvy and Mather, took out in newspapers across the country in the 1960s and 70s: How to create ... Read more »
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Jack Armstrong: “What was different for you tonight?” Hedo Turkoglu: “Ball.”
TED Talks: Rory Sutherland on perceived value
How getting arrested helped turn Mikhail Prokhorov into a billionaire
October 29th, 2010 | Business, Social | Comment »The New York Times has a great profile piece on Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, the new owner of the New Jersey Nets, an NBA team that he purchased a controlling stake in and plans to move to Brooklyn in 2012 after a new arena is completed construction. What really stood out ... Read more »
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Galco’s Soda Pop Stop – 500 varieties of soda pop fueled by the best variety of enthusiasm
September 14th, 2010 | Business, Social | 1 Comment »[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPbh6Ru7VVM[/youtube] From the post over at CHOW: John Nese is the proprietor of Galco's Soda Pop Stop in LA. His father ran it as a grocery store, and when the time came for John to take charge, he decided to convert it into the ultimate soda-lovers destination. About 500 pops line the ... Read more »
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Incredible street/graffiti stop-motion animation
From my brother: Pretty amazing stop-motion music video
Address is Approximate, a beautiful Google Street View stop motion animation short film by Tom Jenkins
Slate V shows you how to air your commercial on real TV networks with Google TV Ads
April 12th, 2010 | Business, Social | Comment »This is great. Google TV Ads is a new service that allows you to create an advertisement, upload it to Google, and place a bid to air it on specific TV channels or TV shows. Pretty crazy. The world gets flatter every day. Slate V documents the entire process from start to ... Read more »
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Dropbox…The next Google?
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The Office season 4 finale
Address is Approximate, a beautiful Google Street View stop motion animation short film by Tom Jenkins
Mikhail Prokhorov: The Russian is Coming
March 30th, 2010 | Basketball, Business, Social, Sports | Comment »60 Minutes has a great segment on Mikhail Prokhorov, Russia's wealthiest man and the future owner of the NBA's New Jersey Nets. He discusses his rise to riches, his love of women, and his prediction for the future of the Nets. Definitely worth watching: Related posts: How getting arrested helped turn Mikhail ... Read more »
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Cleveland pwns LeBron in their response to his Nike ad
Lionel Richie stalks a blind student
Microsoft’s vision of the future
Bob Kramer, Master Knifemaker and Bladesmith
March 25th, 2010 | Business, Social | Comment »Pretty great video about doing what you love: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OCoS81G2CY[/youtube]Related posts: Mikhail Prokhorov: The Russian is Coming Cleveland pwns LeBron in their response to his Nike ad From E: The best thing I’ve seen today. Read more »
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Dear John trailer
A fourth Apple Store in New York
November 15th, 2009 | Business, Social | Comment »New York City's fourth Apple Store opened in the city's Upper West Side yesterday, and it boasts the largest retail space of the company's 279 locations. From an article over at Fortune.CNN.com: It's a striking edifice, all glass and grey marble. The exterior is dominated by a two-story glass facade, a big ... Read more »
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August 25th, 2009 | Business, Social | Comment »From an article over at Bloomberg.com: Apple, based in Cupertino, California, increased revenue at its stores by 2.5 percent in the first six months of the year to $3 billion as the rest of the retail industry suffered. During the same period, sales at all U.S. retailers fell 9.2 percent compared ... Read more »
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio looks delightful, makes me wish I was French
I feel less bad.
October 20th, 2008 | Business, Social | Comment »This, from an Engadget post on Circuit City's future: According to The Wall Street Journal, "people familiar with the company" say that Circuit City is contemplating closing at least 150 stores and making the associated high number of job cuts in order to get itself in a better position to shore up some ... Read more »