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POPS"Bison" (a flickr Gallery) flickr's recent introduction of their "gallery" feature is one additional way of uncovering images in this extremely large site.
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POPS"Good things take time". Wall Street is still "current", as is "Barbarians at the Gate" I feel both are well worth watching during this holiday break.
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POPSMerry Christmas Seasons greeting to one and all... (while testing some of the technology interactions).
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POPSMore and more e-books being stored on the 'cloud' It will be very interesting to see which of these approaches becomes the preferred option, and especially how popular "demand" affects "price". Given the increasing availability of "annotation" services that overlay web content and the increasing demands on personal time, it is easy to anticipate that "user generated" annotation content may well become the modern equivalent of the Reader's Digest "condensed" book.
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POPSMajor Groundwater Loss in California's Heartland I've visited this area many times during the past three decades and each and every time have been forced to conclude that the current practices are not sustainable. When (not if, but when) it finally collapses, the "values" we now take for granted will come back to haunt us.
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POPS... Join a Credit Union ... My own relationship with Banks is complicated. (1) My impressions of Banks are clouded by my 46 year relationship with them. (2) Like most folks, I started out as a borrower, but now I'm a depositor. (3) Several of the "Big 5" are my Customers and one of these is even a "Client". (4) I've learned that Canadian Banks are very different than those in the United States. All of that being said, after meeting with my bankers this morning, I can't help but feel the best way to help them fight their own executive bureaucracies is to ... Join a credit union!
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POPSOnline spending in America is rising These small graphs provide a quick comparison of one economic metric. It will be interesting to compare the relative numbers for "online" and "offline" (traditional) shopping consumer and business spending (since historically consumer spending is 2/3rds of the relative economic activity).
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POPSOnline privacy talks heat up Like all "technology" uses, the Privacy issues stem from the equal potential for "acceptable" and "unacceptable" uses that have both beneficial and harmful consequences. Countless examples of "extreme" uses exist on both sides of these issues, with the result that the only certainty is that those most likely to engage most vocally in the debate(s) are those that will have the greatest vested (and generally "undisclosed") interests.
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POPSWhat directors ... should—and should not—worry about Quite a few of this articles points merit careful consideration by anyone interested in changing "corporate governance". after all, knowing what some of the issues and pressures are, makes it easier to anticipate what may happen. It also makes it easier to compare and contrast the approaches of different Boards (and their members).
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POPSusing "light" to "hear"... Today's anniversary of Edison's 1877 demonstration of the phonograph took me to this interesting example of "technological change"... effectively photographing a phonograph record to digitize it !