Stinking Up The Joint

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Finally Friday, and with it comes our weekly food-related theme.  This one won’t be as pleasant as some but hopefully it gets you thinking (and eating) a little better about seafood specifically and all food in general.

Oceana is an organization founded to protect the oceans.  They issued a report on seafood fraud recently which I found to be eye-opening although, unfortunately, unsurprising.  I want to highlight one point and see if you agree with me that it leads to a bigger business point. Continue reading →

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Overcoming Your Brand

I meant to write about a something I read a couple of weeks ago and of course I forgot about it.  Better late than never, hopefully.

The piece was a blog published by NPR about  readership of media outlet websites.  As it turns out, users are turning to websites belonging to cable TV news ahead of websites for newspapers.  I wasn’t really surprised but it raised a thought I’d like to share and about which I’d like to get your take. Continue reading →

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Danny Dunn

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One book I remember vividly from my childhood was called Danny Dunn and the Homework Machine.  It was published in 1958 and I think I read it in middle school several years later (I’m not THAT old!).  The book is about a kid who finds what was an early computer (probably filled a room and didn’t have the processing power of one of today’s cell phones, I’m sure).  He uses the computer to do his homework but finds out that to do so he needs to program it.  In order to program it, he needs to understand the subject matter which, kids, is the point.  It’s also today’s business thought. Continue reading →

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