Archive for the ‘Business practices’ Category
Friday, February 15th, 2008
Meet Edward Bernays.
That's him. He looks a little like Walt Disney, huh? Happy guy. I bet he's got a cute, happy quote to describe the worldview that makes him so darn smiley.
Here it is:
"If we understand the mechanisms and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control ...
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
You know what really makes me feel good about the economic outlook? Financial experts hoarding gold.
According to the Malaysian Star Online (and some other sources - I just chose the most exotic one), more financial experts are padding their portfolios with gold rather than stocks or cash. That's also the advice from ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
Why the hell were my American Eagle jeans made in Hong Kong?
Probably the same reason my Hanes undershirt was made in the Dominican Republic and my Croft and Barrow boxers were made in Thailand.
Hanes' slogan, by the way is "An American Original." American Eagle is part of the Martin + Osa ...
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Sunday, February 10th, 2008
Normally, I resent when someone makes some headlines for coming up with a snappy, headline-friendly term for something completely random - Gen Y, frienvy and, to be honest, anticonsumerism spring to mind. It's sort of lazy journalism.
But who can resist Zombie Debt?
Yeah, I had to go with Thriller. It's sort of ...
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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
Sorry about the infrequent blog postings this week. Apparently, the neighbor I've been stealing Wi-Fi from has gotten a little sneakier about keeping me out. I'll win in the end. Oh yes, I will.
Today is the Super Bowl and it would be an understatement to say that it's linked with ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Sorry about the misleading headline - just trying to get more hits. But that does lead us into a discussion of the Internet and misleading information.
The Internet is an amazing tool for communication, research and buying lots and lots of crap. Although I am quite proud of some of my ...
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
I woke up yesterday craving cheeseburgers. But not big gourmet cheeseburgers or homemade, fresh-off-the-grill cheeseburgers. I'm talking greasy, lard-infused fast food cheeseburgers.
Don't worry. I'm going somewhere with this.
I went to McDonald's and got one of those value menu double cheeseburger things which, at 440 calories (210 from fat), disturbingly did not sate ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Awesome. Awesome. Awesome. Awesome.
Yeah, that's four links to the same thing. Who cares? It's awesome.
The links are to BigBoxReuse.com, a project documenting what becomes of those megastore and big box companies that swore, swore, swore to municipal planning officials that the stores would be bringing in jobs and sales tax ...
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Sunday, January 13th, 2008
Anticonsumerism is really as broad a topic as business is, but there are several topics I plan to focus on in particular in this blog.
1. Anticonsumer efforts themselves
Did you know that Slow Down Week starts Monday? It's an effort by the folks at anticonsumer magazine Adbusters to get people to ...
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