IBM Happenings: July 2005
The month of July was a hot one for much of the country and also at IBM, with technology and solutions annuncements and acquisitions across the board. The announcements made by the company during the month are below. It was very exciting to be in New York this week for the announcement of IBM’s new […]
Books – 3Q 2005
There are millions of books for sale and thousands of new ones are published every week. The percentage of books that will reach the “Top 10” list rounds to zero. The marketing of books is more art than science — I got quite an education on this with my own book. If I were doing […]
Cash or Plastic
At some point most of the world will be cashless — all transactions will be digital in some form. In addition to debit and credit cards we will soon be able to use our mobile phone to authenticate and authorize payments — even to vending machines. From my perspective, the sooner the better. Cashless transactions […]
Long Distance — Update No. 10
This is number 10 in a series of updates on “Long Distance”. What is long distance? When in Singapore or New Zealand or other parts of Southeastern Asia, you know you are a long way from New York — like 10,000 miles or so. Those places are a “long distance” away. But when it comes […]
Train Travel
Thanks to Wayne Jonas Bealer from Reading, Pennsylvania for forwarding a link to a very interesting study by the Christian Science Monitor about Amtrak. If you have any interest in train travel or the economics of train travel, you will find a lot of information on this site. You can click on a train route […]
