Since it’s Friday, let’s discuss food or, actually, food prep. Say you’re opening a restaurant. Would you have an open or a closed kitchen? An open kitchen is one where the diners can see in. Sometimes it’s enclosed by glass; often it’s just open. A closed kitchen is..well..closed. Personally, I don’t think it’s really a choice but that’s based on other businesses so let’s discuss. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Reality checks
It IS Up To You!
I’m really sad the some business people continue to operate with blinders on. Notice that I said “sad” and not “surprised” although I wish that were the case. I was taught at a pretty young age that ignorance is no excuse for bad behavior – if you do wrong and break a law, even unknowingly, the bottom line is that you broke the law. The case I’m going to point to isn’t a “law” per se – it’s more of a moral dilemma. But I’ll put it out there and let you tell me. Continue reading
Filed under Huh?, Thinking Aloud
The Cloud
I use a number of services that live in the cloud – you probably do as well. Dropbox for file storage and sharing is one and it was down yesterday. Maybe you use Google’s suite of services – Gmail‘s outages have been well-documented and I know there have been issues with Google Docs as well. There are many others.
Beyond the cloud, many businesses have come to rely on Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare. Each has suffered a significant outage recently and in the process the businesses built around them have suffered as well. So? Continue reading
Filed under digital media, Helpful Hints
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