Sydney Apple Shop Opening
It was a spectacle with followers no different to sport or rock-star crowd pull. It’s simply about passion for something. That’s just how humans are. There’s nothing wrong with that in my book.
I posted on SydneyNorg a citizen journalism website (love that concept) about the opening in a bit more detail. I met up Bronwen Clune the creator of PerthNorg and SydneyNorg at drinks with Ross Dawson of Future Exploration Network last night.
Batch Processing Your Day
Some time ago I wrote about transition time costs and how they are a big cost to personal and business efficiency. Problogger Darren Rowse was right on the money today in his post about batch processing tasks together to get efficiency in his blogging business. I think he misses the “why” it works but the crux of the strategy is there. The approach can apply to managing businesses, finances, sales, marketing and even getting the chores done around the house. Just about any area in your life can benefit from the batching strategy.
Are RSS readers cleaning up your posts?
I had an experience today reading a post in Google Reader which when I later opened the post on the bloggers website I realised it simply wasn’t as clear and easy to read as it was in Google Reader. Google Reader had cleaned it up quite well.
So for bloggers out there it’s worth a quick check to compare your blog posts in a few different commonly used RSS readers versus your actual blog pages. It might just highlight some style shortcomings.
I’m no style guru, so let me know if the same applies to my blog!
Donkey and Oil Price Correlation
Donkey prices are going through the roof. A good mate on the trading desk at Deutsche Bank I worked with sent me a hilarious news snippet (in a nervous laughter kind of way).
For those who are wondering if there is inflation: the Turkish newspaper Zaman reported the price of donkeys in Yozgat district in central Turkey has increased 7 fold as local people give up the use of tractors over high fuel prices. Because of increased demand, the price of one donkey grew from EUR 26 to about EUR 180.
Equally funny is Pete our CEO was telling me about a guy who buys Ass’s and sells them as Donkeys. They are the same beast. So the Ass fraternity needs to work on their personal brand a little.
It’s good to see some financial respect for the noble steeds.
