Press Clippings: How Chrysler came back from bankruptcy. Great piece from Bloomberg on Chrysler’s return as an automobile manufacturer. The main architect, Sergio Marchionne, the chain-smoking head of Italy’s Fiat automotive group, had an industry rep for making risky situations pay off. All of his talents would be necessary to save Chrysler. Ironically, Marchionne would …
Monthly Archives: January 2014
I Heard What You Said Last Summer
Press Clippings: From website iO9 (it should be in your bookmarks) comes this very interesting explanation of why you can hear your neighbors conversations from across the lake (and, of course, the opposite…why they can hear yours).It’s winter in North America and most are safe from pan-lake eavesdropping, but spring is just around the corner …
Sight
“Sight is swift, comprehensive, simultaneously analytic and synthetic. It requires so little energy to function, as it does, at the speed of light, that it permits our minds to receive and hold an infinite number of items of information in a fraction of a second. “
iFF
Ferrari: We knew it was coming from the day of the first announcement when Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Service, Eddy Cue, joined Ferrari’s Board of Directors. Cue brings a unique understanding of the digital world—and the possibilities of such a world—to Ferrari. And Ferrari, a company long known for technological innovation, …
Shake Hands With The Future
Press Clippings: A NASA telescope has captured an image from far across the galaxy that resembles the “Hand of God” . The image was made possible by new technology (Nuclear Spectroscopic Telephoto Array) but is interesting for a couple of reasons and one is the convergence of scientific theory and religious beliefs. Science and religion …
The Tommy Bahama Story
Adventures in Branding: Years ago, Inc. Magazine ran a very good article about how three guys (Bob Emfield, Luca Dalla Gasperina, Tony Margolis) started the now ubiquitous Tommy Bahama brand. Tommy Bahama started out selling bathing suits and t-shirts and now sells a very wide range of clothing, bags, accessories and home furnishings and even operates Tommy …
App-Propriate
Press Clippings: Do you know who Killian Bell is? Do you work on a Mac or have an iPhone or iPad? If you do, Killian is someone you need to know, and, more specifically, you need to know his website, Cult of Mac. Killian, along with John Gruber ( you also need to know John) who …
Into The Mystic
“We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and feel the sky Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic…”
Prepster
Paying Attention: The Ivy-league initiated clothing style known as “Preppy” never really goes away. It’s too basic and ingrained in the American culture to disappear, no matter which direction fashion moves in. But, working within the rather tight, iconic framework of “preppy” clothing designs (and colors), there are always new brands that rise up. Bloomberg …
A 2014 Playlist
Playlists: OK, it’s on. 2014 is here and whether you like or not, the game has already begun. Some music appropriate for the month(s) to come seems appropriate, so here it is, the first Official Playlist of 2014. As with every playlist posted on this site, then, now, and in the future, there is meaning …