Today’s Foodie Friday post is about one of the big cooking myths that I hear repeated by cooks all the time. In fact, you might even catch the odd TV chef repeating it. That myth is the one about why you brown off a piece of meat – roasts in particular – before you lower the heat (or move it to a cooler part of the grill). I’ll bet you’re mentally answering that question now and it may be with “because that’s how you seal in the juices so the meat doesn’t dry out.” There’s the myth and also today’s business thought. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Weakened Warrior
Most of what shows up in our snail mail box is junk, bills, or magazines. However, once in a while something shows up which just compels me to share it. That happened the other day with the arrival of a “Rush Priority Express Letter.” It had to be important since it commanded the USPS to “Rush To Addressee” because it’s “Extremely Important.” Of course the colors of this missive are red, white and blue and there’s a picture of what appears to be an eagle (ornithology not a specialty here). OMG! OMG! And a business lesson too! Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks
The Business of Digital Journalism
The Columbia Journalism Review published a report yesterday which was summarized in the NY Times. It caught my eye for some reasons I’ll explain and I think if you have any interest in digital media you’ll find it a good read. You can download the entire report (all 146 pages!) at this link but the story in the Times is far briefer and gives you the gist of the findings. In a few words, newspapers need to embrace digital media and that journalists “gain a fuller appreciation for how advertisers now reach their customers via social media, new-media ads and search engine optimization,” and that larger news organizations should consider creating or re-creating separate digital staffs, “particularly on the business side.” Right on! Continue reading
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