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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Can Authors Use Groupon?
I’m sure everyone by now has heard of Groupon, the creative offspring of marketing and social networking. In a nutshell, a retailer submits the idea for a coupon, members (i.e. the “Group”) vote if it is a good idea or … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, News and Info, Publishing
Tagged Groupon, marketing, novels, The Lincoln Lawyer
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Tangled
Just want to remind everyone that Disney’s Tangled is coming out on home video today. It’s a great movie both I and my daughter loved. In a nutshell, it is the classic fairy tale of Rapunzel infused with a lot of … Continue reading
Weaknesses
This week Big Think released a short video by Julie Burstein profiling artist, Chuck Close; an inspiring man with a disability called “face blindness“. You see, Close can’t recognize faces in three dimensions. Yet Close has taken his weakness and made … Continue reading
Digital Native Children
Fifteen years ago, I remember visiting my friend John and being shocked to see his toddler reach for his computer’s mouse. Worried she might break something I warned my friend. He went on to explain to me that though she … Continue reading
Books Everyone Should Read
I might as well start an infographic blog with all the posts I write featuring one. One of my favorite infographologists (is that even a word?), David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful, has posted a consensus cloud of the Books … Continue reading
The Future of U.S. Space Exploration
Recently, Nature posted an article outlining the results of a survey on what steps NASA should take over the 2013-2012 time frame. This is no regular survey. Leading scientists were polled, and they weighed out various proposed missions in light of … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs and the Web, News and Info, Opinion, Science
Tagged government funding, NASA, opinion, space exploration, Virgin Galactic
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Customer for Life
We all have customers – those who receive a product or service from us. Everyone understands the traditional customer in a business or retail setting. But customers can be as close to home as our children or spouses who count … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Opinion, Writing
Tagged amazon, customer for life, customer service, Kindle, service, writing
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What is it?
Working with data every day, I really appreciate a good infographic that can summarize lots of information in meaningful and artistic ways. I also love speculative fiction. So, imagine my surprise to find two of my favorite things mashed together. Take … Continue reading
Marketing (groan)
I admit it, I’m fairly new at marketing and probably not very good right now. My experience involves one whole semester of BUS321-Principles of Marketing and reading Guerrilla Marketing for Writers (which was the more helpful of the two). Occasionally, … Continue reading
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