It’s been months since I blogged. Apart from being bogged down by an exciting but seemingly endless project, I just didn’t want to blog about opinions or controversial topics.
I had to choose between being one of the many people who relish causing destruction or taking the less-travelled road of living for the good of others [...]
Category Archive for 'business'
Pondering Our Response To The Recession
Posted in business on Jul 3rd, 2009
This post’s about me reflecting on issues affecting everyone. I thought I’d share my musings here, please feel free to participate.
The music business is under siege. So are print publications, the auto industry and some more that you can think to add.
The Milk’s All Over The Grass
We’re in a recession and many industries are in [...]
Founders At Work - A Great Business Read For Tech Heads
Posted in business on Jun 28th, 2009
I finally made time to read Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days by Jessica Livingston
Wow! What an interesting and insightful book! It’s just one of those books that you wish you had read when they hit the shelves, and it leaves you with strange but exciting feeling that you could not possibly have [...]
A Guide To Business Blogging
Posted in business on May 31st, 2009
Blogging is still a mystery to most people, let alone businesses, who are likely to dismiss it as “Just a fad”, “Kiddie stuff”, etc.
I have personally struggled to explain to business clients why the inclusion of a blog is important to their online presence. The conversation usually veers towards the client thinking I’m pitching a [...]
Industrial Mentality:0 - Science Fiction:1
Posted in business on Mar 23rd, 2009
One man’s meat is another man’s poison
Or so the saying goes. The old shall always give way to the new - indisputable fact of nature.
Long established conglomerates - AIG, Lehman Brothers, General Motors, and many others who didn’t make it into the papers - are seeing ghosts they never expected, while a number of next-generation [...]
Selling Digital Goods Online: Still Worth The Effort?
Posted in business on Mar 14th, 2009
With all the free and open-source products circling the web, why should you pay for a product that has a free equivalent for download?
If you put in a little more effort you can even get retail goods without paying a single red cent!
So what’s all this buzz about businesses continuing to sell goods (software, graphics, [...]
