A Better Course

McCain Camp Retools, Targets Obama | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com Early that summer, the campaign made the unorthodox decision to announce its vice presidential pick via text messages sent directly to supporters. It wasn't just a trick to do something flashy with technology and attract media attention. The point was to collect voters' […]

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Zoilus: Fan Dance:<br>Fandoms & the 2008 Election Fandom feels like a highly inappropriate way to relate to political life: In my book I discuss the troubling tone of a lot of cultural-taste conversation, the way that it's used to sharpen social distinctions, but at least there the stakes are relatively low (at least in the […]

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Lessons Learned: Lean startups vs lean companies Any activity that actively promotes us getting through each iteration (including the learning phase) faster, is value-creating. Everything else (including a lot of traditional "agile" or "lean" tactics) is waste. (tags: startup innovation lessonslearned data insight customer leadership )

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Americans are using cash – not credit – for store purchases – Oct. 22, 2008 The shift away from credit cards – even if it's short-lived – could be another blow for retailers who are already facing a very difficult sales year. "With credit cards, consumers spend 30% more (on purchases) than with cash," Dvorkin […]

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Dollars and Sense–Worthwhile Moves for Tough Financial Times – Bill Taylor This crisis is as much about values, trust, and business integrity as it is about declining stock prices and limited credit. Be sure to remind your colleagues, your customers, and the world at large why what you do matters, why you started the company […]

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FT.com / Companies / Financial services – Hedge fund manager slams ‘idiot’ bankers Mr Lahde, who has made tens of millions of dollars from his highly successful bets against the financial and property sectors during the past two years, also called for the legalisation of cannabis and said he was now dropping out to spend […]

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The Sucking Sound of Ad Dollars Disappearing – BusinessWeek "Everyone says they are going to keep advertising in a downturn," says another executive, who has run major sales organizations in different media. "But not everyone actually does it. That's just the reality of having to report earnings and profits." (tags: advertising marketing businessweek recession ) […]

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ivan krstić · code culture » Sic Transit Gloria Laptopi The core mistake of the present Sugar approach is that it couples phenomenally powerful ideas about learning — that it should be shared, collaborative, peer to peer, and open — with the notion that these ideas must come presented in an entirely new graphical paradigm. […]

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Advertising – Newspapers’ Web Revenue Is Stalling – NYTimes.com papers of all sizes have increasingly relied on middlemen — known as ad networks — to sell less desirable space, typically for around $1 for every thousand impressions. While some publishers rely on ad networks, others are devising strategies to avoid them. With networks, “unwittingly, I […]

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FT.com / Business education – Marketing is ‘paralysed by facts’ many marketing departments have access to so many facts and figures that “analysis paralysis” has set in. […] the profession needs to become less preoccupied with gathering information and more concerned with translating insight into action – especially now that deteriorating economic conditions have made […]

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