Archive for June, 2009
Posted in June 24th, 2009
Every business should have a slogan. This slogan helps to define what you do. It is posted on business cards and websites to help give your brand name an identity. Some businesses have decided that this identity can be strengthened by having two slogans instead of just one.
As a general rule, one slogan is going [...]
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Posted in June 22nd, 2009
The topic during this weeks economy class was Orlando car rental and the industries it supports. At first I thought this was an incredibly micro economic viewpoint to be learning in a classroom setting, but I soon discovered otherwise.
photo credit: Shiny Things
We actually compared Orlando car rentals with similar statistics from the Las Vegas [...]
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Posted in June 21st, 2009
So I was watching Andrew Zimmern’s show on the Food Channel the other day, and as usual he was in an unusual spot exploring their food. Texas. Okay, well most of Texas isn’t that unusual, but in this episode he was at the Kennedy Space Center (or is that the one in Florida?) exploring how [...]
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Posted in June 21st, 2009
You’d think something like travel would be relatively unaffected by the Internet. After all, they don’t have much to do with one another, right?
Not quite. Here are some of the ways I can think of that the Internet has affected travel.
No more middleman. With the Internet, it’s easier than ever to book flights and hotel [...]
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Posted in June 19th, 2009
Having just returned from the most spectacular Canadian Rockies vacation, I can tell you unequivicoally that I understand what it must be like to be the intrepid, world traveling adventurer. Years ago, I saw a TV magazine piece on Sir Richard Branson, and told myself that if I ever had the chance to do even [...]
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Posted in June 18th, 2009
As I recently discovered, with the use of CPAP machines, folks suffering from sleep apnea disorders can find immense relief. In a nutshell, if you are diagnosed with some forms of sleep disorders, you may be required to use a specific type of sleep apnea machine that will help you sleep better.
These machines basically provide [...]
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Posted in June 17th, 2009
Businesses used to have to go to great lengths to make sure that their documents were protected from harm. They had to keep hard copies of all of their documents and file them away in safe storage lockers. More recently, businesses have had to back up all of their files to expensive external hard drives. [...]
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Posted in June 17th, 2009
I was watching the show “Yard Attack,” or “Yard Crashers” or something like that on tv last night. On the show, some sketchy looking guy stands outside of Home Depot or Lowe’s or something and offers to make over a random person’s yard for free. The person doesn’t know this is a tv show, so [...]
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Posted in June 13th, 2009
Everyone has certain products that they absolutely love. People should do what they can to support those products. This helps others to learn about great products. It also helps the businesses that you care about to stay in business. This benefits you since it means that they’ll keep making those products.
The first thing that you [...]
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Posted in June 12th, 2009
Usually I don’t do this sort of thing; I’m a smart kid, and I know that I got that way because I do all my homework, think everything through and really process it. No pain no gain, right? Tonight, however, is not only the night after a full day of school, but after school I [...]
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