The Other Side of Life 24/7: 05/15/10

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Steve Czaban's Review of the iPad

Yes! Yes! Yes! Czaban really likes the iPad - watch:

and if anyone would like to send this opinion influencer (professor/consultant/blogger) an iPad to "test-drive," feel free to do so!

David

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Gulf Oil Spill: May 15 Update on Efforts to Stem the Flow

The latest on BP's efforts to stop the gusher of oil beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico - watch:

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Let's hope for the best (but it is BP!)....

David

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers BANNED From United Airlines Flights

Image via CrunchBase

Being banned from United, well one can certainly come up with other equally torturous things - like being banned from McDonalds, from the Hospital, or from the line outside the BestBuy at 3 a.m. on Black Friday. I'm sure he will just take his Black Amex Card and spend his big movie bucks with American or Delta (that's all fine till we end-up with one mega, Aeroflot-style airline!).

BTW - kudos to the Huffington Post folks for including a picture of the actor with a Grey Goose bottle over his shoulder - nice, ironic touch for a story like this!

David http://wyld-side.blogspot.com/

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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Great Analysis of Both the Greek Debt Crisis and the Gulf Oil Spill, All Tied Together by Steve Czaban

Kudos to Steve Czaban and his radio (well, Internet-only for now) crew to really put together a cutting-edge - and funny - analysis of the Euro currency crisis (thanks, Greece!) and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (thanks, BP!). Really good clip to watch:

Enjoy - and let's hope for the best for all of us!

David

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College For All? Experts Say Not Necessarily

Bad news for those of us who draw our paychecks in higher education. But, it is simply a matter of not being in tune with changing market realities. If you can deliver a product - in this case a student who graduates with a degree - and skills and knowledge - that are in demand, he or she will be successfully. Too much emphasis on what's going on inside the walls of the institution and not enough attention to the changing marketplace - of ideas and of economics - have brought us to this point. All the talk about 3-year degree programs today is just a band-aid approach to handling the bigger issues involved.

Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Interesting discussion to watch here:

David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/