Multi-Purpose HBO Gift DVDs Can Also Be Used For Telling Co-Workers How You Really Feel
A holiday-themed ad for HBO features a man telling his co-workers what he really thinks about them through his choice of DVD box set gifts. The HBO series Sex & The City once inspired viewers in droves to define themselves as being a Carrie or a Samantha or one of the other leading ladies. (I would’ve probably been a Miranda, for instance, but don’t hold me to it.) Deciding which characters were most representative revealed something about how well people knew the show, and how well the show knew them. A new ad for the pre
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/_Fy94YbzmWk/multi-purpose-hbo-gift-dvds-can-also-be-used-for-telling-co-workers-how-you-really-feel 2012-11-19 13:00:43 PST

Nokia Execs Talk Tablet Plans, Microsoft Surface
Nokia has desperately tried to create a product that excites both consumers and shareholders. But so far, the struggling Finnish device maker has failed to do so: The beautiful Lumia 900 smartphone barely moved the needle, and even after Wednesday's much-anticipated unveiling of the Lumia 920, Nokia's share price tumbled more than 10%. "We're looking at the tablet space. It's a growing category. It's a natural companion to smartphones." So perhaps now is exactly when Nokia needs to start thinking bigger. Specifically, to start thinking about
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/iwkxhRvhI0o/nokia-execs-talk-tablet-plans-microsoft-surface 2012-09-06 07:30:42 PST

This Week In Bots: Will Robots Cause Even More Human Unemployment?
Bot Vid: NASA's Moon ProbeNASA, the Automaton blog tells us, is busy testing a new device called the Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatiles Extraction, destined to one day be used by robots on the Moon. The device, RESOLVE for short, is designed to drill and sample the lunar surface intelligently looking for water sources. Water will be an invaluable resource on the Moon because it can help sustain a human colony there and may even be useful to act as a rocket propellant. A joint effort with Canada's space agency, the m
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/f3iPxPem7O8/this-week-in-bots 2012-07-20 14:20:13 PST

Pooch Power: What Dog-Friendly Workplaces Can Do For Your Business
Meet Louie, the slobbery, four-legged officemate who taught us a few things about how to work better. No offense to any of my former bipedal colleagues out there, but the best coworker I've ever had is a puppy. Let me tell you why. For the last five months, I’ve shared my home office with a yellow labrador retriever named Louie (pictured, top and right) and, yes, he's the cutest thing on earth. I can also genuinely say that he’s taught me a lot about how I work and how I should work. The benefits of animal companionship are pretty well s
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/5F9ON0UlrrQ/pooch-power-what-dog-friendly-workplaces-can-do-for-your-business 2012-07-18 15:00:20 PST

You Are Not as Dumb as You Think
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson, CFA, is Chief Investment Officer at Investment Management Associates in Denver, Colo.  He is the author of The Little Book of Sideways Markets (Wiley, December 2010).  To receive Vitaliy’s future articles by email, click here or read his articles here. Investment Management Associates Inc. is a value investing firm based in Denver, Colorado.  Its main focus is on growing and preserving wealth for private investors and institutions while adhering to a disciplined value investment process, as detailed in
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Market Thoughts and Apple!
Well it has been five days since I've blogged and even longer since a podcast or audioboo. Where does the time go?The market has had a bad day and a good day this week. Lets start with yesterday, as the market ramped up at the open due to the Spain "getting a new credit card" news. Of course, the market sold off later. Whether it was a sell the news on Apple's WWDC or a realization that more debt in Spain won't cure the problems of huge debt due to entitlement spending, the market tanked into the close.But then, today happened. Reason du j
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/KEKl/~3/piZzpQk2dw4/market-thoughts-and-apple.html 2012-06-12 20:51:00 PST

Bill Nguyen Announces Color's Partnership With Verizon
The video-sharing firm improves its service by adding audio. Will it be enough to bring it back from the dead?Color, the much-hyped photo-sharing app created by serial entrepreneur Bill Nguyen that famously nabbed $41 million in funding then promptly flopped, is back with a scheme to tap the giant pool of users it needs to survive.Nguyen has unveiled a partnership with Verizon to provide exclusive features to 4G LTE customers. But can such an agreement save Color? The service was built on the idea that lots of people would share with lots of ot
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/fastcompany/headlines/~3/dMViBrhA5mM/failing-to-team-with-twitter-color-locks-up-verizon-partnership 2012-05-08 10:11:38 PST

Social Security Statements Now Online
Smart Money mentioned that Social Security statements are now online. The statements always make for interesting viewing so I took a look at mine. My benefit at 67 is slated to be $2459 per month and at 70 it would go up to $3103. My wife will get 50% of my payout.So at some point we could be getting $4600/month in today's dollars which sounds great; this is way more than we need to spend to get by every month, way more. Of course this will change depending on how much our health insurance goes up in the future, but I don't think it will go fro
http://randomroger.blogspot.com/2012/05/social-security-statements-now-online.html 2012-05-08 07:08:00 PST

Grinfucking
I first heard the word “grinfucker” a decade or so ago from a close friend who was a former investment banker. He said, in response to a meeting we were in with a person who was very polite and charming “he’s such a grinfucker.” I loved the word and, as I found out later, it described the person perfectly. I had an encounter with someone on Friday that made me think to myself “that person is a grinfucker” and I vaguely remembered a post on the web from someone about grinfuckers. A quick Google search ge
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FeldThoughts/~3/SFgSUFURISU/grinfucking.html 2012-02-04 09:39:41 PST

Entech Solar: Let the Sun Shine In
by Debra Fiakas Smilers never lose And frowners never win So let the sun shin in Face it with a grin Open up your heart and let the sun shine in. Age of Aquarius The Fifth Dimension, 1969 Investors have not opened their hearts or pocket books for Entech Solar, Inc. (ENSL:  OTC/BB) despite its products that do indeed let the sun shine in, that is into commercial and industrial buildings through innovative tubular skylights.  Shares of Entech Solar are currently priced below a dime.   Entech has also developed a concentrating s
http://www.altenergystocks.com/archives/2011/02/entech_solar_let_the_sun_shine_in_1.html 2011-02-07 18:05:28 PST