USA falling behind in Broadband Speed
The WSJ has an interesting article today that shows the USA falling further and further behind the rest of the world in broadband speeds.
The U.S. has fallen behind in speed, too. In the same study, conducted by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank, the U.S. ranked 15th in the average advertised [...]
Need Entrepreneurial Activity in Alternative Fuels
I’m amazed at how far behind we are in coming to a solution of our own energy crisis. As Americans, we are the most energy sucking people on the planet–far outpacing any other group.
“According to the Department of Energy’s most recent data on greenhouse gas emissions, in 2006 the U.S. emitted 5.8 billion metric tons [...]
Amazing Musician — Ukelele Picker Jake Shimabukuro
Tonight I was in my nightly ritual watching Conan O’Brien (you can watch Feb 19th show here). The guest musician was Jake Shimabukuro, a Japanese-America from Hawaii. Shimabukuro played one of my favorite George Harrison / White Album songs, While My Guitar Gently Weeps on his ukelele–yep, you are reading it correct.
Conan was blow [...]
Worldwide Natural Disasters UP FOUR (4) FOLD
Any Book of Revelation signs of the times watchers reading my blog? Take this report to church with you next Sunday.
The total number of natural disasters worldwide now averages 400–500 a year, up from an average of 125 in the early 1980s.17 The number of climate-related disasters, particularly floods and storms, is rising far faster [...]
Feed the World … Flashback
Thanks to John Furrier for this Flashback…
We read all the time about the “charity” that is provided by celebrities. After seeing this video, I wanted to know the economic / financial value of Band Aid’s efforts. It’s actually a reasonable amount of money that was funded by the efforts of a few that has [...]
Dear RIM, Please Add HTML Support!
Research in Motion (RIM), I’m really anxious to get HTML email that no longer looks like code from a SourceForge project. Please add HTML email support before Apple adds Cut, Copy, and Paste to the iPhone. I dare you. I double dog dare you. I’ll be a lot more interested in supporting RIM over Apple [...]
Seth Godin Says Blendtec Does it Right
“There’s something really, really big happening, and it’s going to be messy,” Godin said.
When it comes Marketing, Seth Godin is today’s Guru. So when Godin tells marketing execs at the 2007 Search Engine Strategies conference in Chicago that they are wasting money on search marketing, people take notice. The amount of money flowing into internet [...]
Marc Orchant — You’ll be missed
Marc,
Thanks for the brief conversations you shared with me. Thanks for your insight and direction. Thanks for being open and willing to help.
I’ll miss you. The world will miss you.
Sure Sign I’ve Been in Utah TOO Long
So there I was reading Ad Age’s latest Search Marketing Fact Pack minding my own business.
And a logo jumped off the page.
Stop reading. Look at the logo. What do you see?
[did you stop reading and look at the logo?]
I saw The Orem … as in that city next to Provo.
Sorry Theorem. Maybe we “Utahans” are [...]
Why We Need Alternative Fuel Sources
Because OPEC and everyone in the supply chain are excited to see the price of oil go above a $100 a barrel and prices at the pump go up, up, up. We need an alternative.
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MARKET ALERT
from The Wall Street Journal.
Dec. 5, 2007
Oil prices leapt about $2 in [...]