tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-116552532024-03-12T20:04:16.254-07:00The Watcher"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." - Charles MackayR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.comBlogger320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-74265900604212756942009-02-15T00:17:00.002-08:002009-02-15T00:25:30.214-08:00The EndThe book business as we know it will not be living happily ever after. With sales stagnating, CEO heads rolling, big-name authors playing musical chairs, and Amazon looming as the new boogeyman, publishing might have to look for its future outside the corporate world.By Boris KachkaHarperCollins occupies floors 1 through 22 of a giant steel-and-glass box on 53rd Street. But up on 26, the R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-61415547818096260222009-02-15T00:13:00.001-08:002009-02-15T00:13:57.452-08:00COLLEGEHUMOR.COM - It's all about how you look at opportunitiesEver since its inception, one of the internet's most commonly used features is the limitless pool of jokes and wacky pictures. Millions of people around the world devote large chunks of time to this phenomenon, particularly college students who can't get enough of dorm room gags, especially if they involve beer, bloopers, and topless girls. In the winter of 2000, connoisseurs of college humor andR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-45143601080649276272008-12-02T21:50:00.000-08:002008-12-02T21:51:10.500-08:00Top Ten Myths of EntrepreneurshipTop Ten Myths of EntrepreneurshipMany entrepreneurs believe a bunch of myths about entrepreneurship, so here are ten of the most common and the realities that bust them:1. It takes a lot of money to finance a new business. Not true. The typical start-up only requires about $25,000 to get going. The successful entrepreneurs who don’t believe the myth design their businesses to work with little R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-90138025274047327902008-11-26T19:53:00.001-08:002008-11-26T19:53:40.131-08:00Frustrated Claims of Pro-Obama Media Bias... This Time From Al-QaidaBy Evan KohlmannGlobal reactions to Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri's controversial condemnation of U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama as a "House Slave" (or, alternatively, "House Negro") have begun to pour in -- including via the top jihad web forums used by Al-Qaida to disseminate its propaganda. Though hardcore Al-Qaida supporters have predictably dismissed any criticism of Dr. al-Zawahiri and are R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-87233026869972403742008-11-04T23:33:00.000-08:002008-11-04T23:34:22.165-08:00Obama saw an opportunity and positioned himself to take itBy Margaret Talev, CHICAGO — "You don't need to boo, you just need to vote," Barack Obama told his crowds in the final days of the race when they reacted to his opponent's name.That line embodied two premises of Obama's presidential campaign, from its unlikely inception in February 2007 to victory Tuesday night.First: That a backlash against President Bush would be sufficient to drive white swingR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-80827101662976313202008-09-09T03:08:00.000-07:002008-09-09T03:09:39.959-07:00Fox Goes Sci-Fi to Measure ‘Fringe’ Ad EffectivenessBy Jon LafayetteFor its new science fiction series “Fringe,” Fox is employing some sci-fi type research that shows advertisers probably will get a bigger bang for their buck from the show’s new, low-commercial format.The research, including biometric tests that measure viewers’ perspiration, breathing and eyeball movement, also shows that they like the program with fewer commercials.Fox R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-47850165134835591032008-09-09T02:26:00.000-07:002008-09-09T02:29:41.973-07:00The Paradox of DeleveragingPaul McCulleyBack in college, most of us took microeconomics before we took macroeconomics. In fact, at Grinnell College where I went, microeconomics was a prerequisite for macroeconomics. The reason was simple: microeconomics begins with the concepts of supply and demand, an essential starting point for the study of macroeconomics. But you only know you’ve mastered both when you intuitively R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-17131312668317217712008-09-06T23:09:00.000-07:002008-09-06T23:11:38.050-07:00Party Science: Hustle 101, an Exploration of Atlanta's HBCU Party Promotion ScenePublished on April 30, 2008By Jelani HarperDonte Murry is a busy man. The Morehouse College senior, who recently partnered with Michael Cooke to executive produce his first feature-length documentary, Hustle 101, has his hands full. He is simultaneously handling promotions for the film, running a website and writing an upcoming book—on top of juggling a full course load and planning to attend R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-45459439151489165302008-09-03T23:13:00.000-07:002008-09-03T23:14:46.172-07:00How Obama Really Did ItThe social-networking strategy that took an obscure senator to the doors of the White House. By David TalbotJoe Trippi, Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign manager and Internet impresario, describes Super Tuesday II--the March 4 primaries in Texas, Ohio, Vermont, and Rhode Island--as the moment Barack Obama used social technology to decisive effect. The day's largest hoard of delegates R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-38590081578741629512008-09-01T14:07:00.000-07:002008-09-01T14:08:25.155-07:00Strong Brands Balm Consumer Brains, New Study ShowsWritten by Eric OlsenMarketers, public relations, sales and advertising professionals, and those who study their collective manipulations of consumer heads and hands have long known that a strong, identifiable brand is a powerful tool that in its purest form stands apart from the individual products it informs and casts a positive glow over them.However, even the strongest branding advocates R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-59120201521137923532008-08-31T22:38:00.000-07:002008-08-31T22:41:46.043-07:00Monkeys Think, Moving Artificial Arm as OwnBy BENEDICT CAREYTwo monkeys with tiny sensors in their brains have learned to control a mechanical arm with just their thoughts, using it to reach for and grab food and even to adjust for the size and stickiness of morsels when necessary, scientists reported on Wednesday. The report, released online by the journal Nature, is the most striking demonstration to date of brain-machine interface R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-28642875060027842002008-08-22T22:59:00.000-07:002008-08-22T23:10:54.837-07:00The Ad Changes With the Shopper In Front of ItBy EMILY STEELAd targeting is coming to a store near you.In the latest effort to tailor ads to specific consumers, marketers are starting to personalize in-store promotions based on products the consumer recently picked off a shelf or purchased -- and in the near future, based on what the shopper looks like.Dunkin' Donuts is among the first marketers in the U.S. to begin testing the technologies,R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-23345139410479196522008-08-21T16:34:00.000-07:002008-08-21T16:37:51.162-07:00The ClueTrain 95 ThesesMarkets are conversations.Markets consist of human beings, not demographic sectors.Conversations among human beings sound human. They are conducted in a human voice.Whether delivering information, opinions, perspectives, dissenting arguments or humorous asides, the human voice is typically open, natural, uncontrived.People recognize each other as such from the sound of this voice.The Internet is R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-38360232405291215432008-08-07T22:20:00.000-07:002008-08-07T22:21:15.616-07:00slide show | View | Upload your ownR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-81155594193748629682008-08-04T21:24:00.000-07:002008-08-04T21:25:41.032-07:00Condé Nast Femme-Blogs Languish in CyberspaceAt first glance, the Web sites elasticwaist.com, productfiend.com and dailybedpost.com look like garden-variety blogs created by average civilians. There’s little clutter, no ads, links to other sites with similar post-feminist themes (dieting, skin care and sex, respectively) and sporadically updated content.But upon closer inspection, there’s something suspiciously … slick about the layout of R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-32143902446423427442008-07-31T15:58:00.000-07:002008-07-31T16:01:01.539-07:00CORRECTING and REPLACINGCORRECTING and REPLACING 19% of Senior Marketers - or One in Five - Say Their Organizations Have Bought Advertising in Return for a News Story, According to MS&L/PRWeek SurveyNEW YORK, Jul 30, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE)A rather sizable number of senior American marketers - 19 percent - say their organizations have bought advertising in return for a news story, despite growing criticism of these "R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-35405957923601899452008-07-28T22:24:00.000-07:002008-07-28T22:28:12.124-07:00Chew on This: Hit Song Is a Gum JingleBy ETHAN SMITH and JULIE JARGONSharp-eared pop-music fans may have noticed a brief reference to an old chewing-gum jingle buried in "Forever," Chris Brown's top-10 hit. "Double your pleasure/double your fun," the R&B singer croons in the chorus.What listeners don't know -- and what Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. planned to reveal Tuesday -- is that the song is a commercial."Forever" is an extended version R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-30759494840553927942008-07-20T13:37:00.000-07:002008-07-20T13:38:12.519-07:00Universal PerspectiveR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-59631635767104152008-07-14T22:15:00.000-07:002008-07-14T22:19:19.621-07:00Deconstructing Illmaticby Dan LoveAlthough I’m not a big one for New Year’s resolutions, I did make a promise to myself to up my commitment to Oh Word and increase my frequency of posting in ‘08. Of course, given Rafi’s recent unveiling of future plans for the site it seems like my days of venting hip hop geekery upon you at this particular corner of the wild and treacherous internet are now numbered: that’ll teach me R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-69253041439884223222008-07-13T02:02:00.000-07:002008-07-13T02:06:29.841-07:00Coded prejudice is cloaked daggerSubtle slurs still shock, humiliate targets; federal officials see increase in complaintsBy Dahleen GlantonTomeika Broussard thought it was so absurd when she overheard her supervisor refer to her as a "reggin" that she just laughed. Then she realized it was the n-word spelled backward.The only African-American in the small medical clinic in Los Gatos, Calif., Broussard said she was subjected to R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-68776498340222533702008-07-05T00:08:00.000-07:002008-07-05T00:12:03.513-07:00OR IS SHE R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-29667601590841478362008-07-05T00:07:00.000-07:002008-07-05T00:08:13.172-07:00Go to ChappelleTheory.com for T-Shirts, Not ConspiracyBy HELENA ANDREWSVoodoo dolls riddled with safety pins, inexplicable late-night telephone calls, clandestine hotel rendezvous and secret messages sent over the airwaves sound more Stephen King than Oprah Winfrey.But according to a popular Internet conspiracy theory, Ms. Winfrey, along with Bill Cosby, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and others, employed those tactics and more to oust Dave Chappelle R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-36911661335269881702008-06-28T23:47:00.000-07:002008-06-28T23:48:40.221-07:0050 Habits of highly successful people1. They look for and find opportunities where others see nothing.2. They find a lesson while others only see a problem.3. They are solution focused.4. They consciously and methodically create their own success, while others hope success will find them.5. They are fearful like everyone else, but they are not controlled or limited by fear.6. They ask the right questions - the ones which put them inR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-10867047651053875582008-06-28T22:34:00.000-07:002008-06-28T22:35:23.374-07:00David Mamet: Why I Am No Longer a 'Brain-Dead Liberal'John Maynard Keynes was twitted with changing his mind. He replied, "When the facts change, I change my opinion. What do you do, sir?"My favorite example of a change of mind was Norman Mailer at The Village Voice.Norman took on the role of drama critic, weighing in on the New York premiere of Waiting for Godot.Twentieth century's greatest play. Without bothering to go, Mailer called it a piece ofR J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11655253.post-21918828601068855022008-06-27T23:03:00.000-07:002008-06-27T23:35:45.750-07:00Tesla The GeniusPart 1Part 2Part 3Part 4Part 5R J Noriegahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231749401007690161noreply@blogger.com0