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March 1, 2009 Seth's Blog: Beware of trade guilds maintaining the status quo SVG version of :Image:Carburetor. Image via Wikipedia My $8.00 Prescription Would probably be $50.00 if Lobbies for the Drug Industry were allowed through the front door of the Veterans Administration-Hospitals- I drove by a car lot the other day and noticed at least 500 unsold cars-Maybe the people who lobby for the auto industry can retrofit their current inventory with a fuel delivery system that gets 40 MPG in the city-6000 pounds of curb weight with todays carburetor a sale does not make- A carburetor (North American spelling) or carburettor (Commonwealth spelling), is a device that blends air and fuel for an internal combustion engine. It was invented by Karl Benz before 1885[1] and patented in 1886.[2] It is colloquially called a carb (in North America and the United Kingdom) or carby (chiefly in Australia) Seth's Blog: Beware of trade guilds maintaining the status quo. Related articles by Zemanta * Beware of trade guilds maintaining the status quo (sethgodin.typepad.com) * Change (sethgodin.typepad.com) Feedjit Live Blog Stats Check out my lens Seth squidoo Enhanced by Zemanta ShareThis Tags: Australia, Barack Obama, Business, Devices, Economic, Energy, Internal combustion engine, International, Karl Benz, Medicare, North America, prescription drugs, Seth Godin, Status quo, Technology, Trade, United Kingdom, United States Filed under Uncategorized by marshal Spread the Word! del.icio.us Digg StumbleUpon Help Permalink Print Email Comment Related Posts * The Stimulus Plan Update « blog maverick-mark cuban- * BlueBlog: Glue Swag: Limited Edition * kdka.com - Sonni Abatta * PressThink * Seth's Blog discussion by DISQUS Add New Comment Record video comment Logged in as msandler (Logout) # Subscribe: This Thread # Go to: My Comments · Community Page Thanks. Your comment is awaiting approval by a moderator. Do you already have an acc

On October 9, the International Monetary Fund IMF released the latest issue of the World Economic Outlook report. It is estimated that the world economy will grow at a rate of 3.7% this year and next, down from 3.9% predicted in July this year. The IMF warned that escalating trade tensions are the

The US media said that gross domestic product GDP and unemployment rate are important indicators to measure economic changes, but the two are independent and different. GDP is a measure of the overall economic output of the United States and is used to measure economic health on a quarterly basis.

February 21, 2009 Richard Edelman - 6 A.M.: We Will Prove You Wrong Image representing Edelman as depicted in Crun... Image via CrunchBase February 20, 2009 We Will Prove You Wrong "Jeff Jarvis handed me a copy of his new book, "What Would Google Do?" after we finished a brainstorm on health care costs at the World Economic Forum. I have the utmost respect and admiration for the author as a visionary and change agent. He does not disappoint in his very pointed and inspirational text that is a must-read for anyone in the communications business. His central thesis is that control has moved to the people, that companies are advised to tap into the power of networks and that marketing must be based on relationships."Richard Edleman The last person to attempted to take a stab at Mr Edleman's Profession was Jason Calacanis-It is pretty hard to criticize the field of public relations unless you have a backround in Semantics,General Semantics, Mathematics,Game Theory and Statistics- Not just mouthing the words but are educated in these fields-General Semantics is a field pioneered by Alfred Korzibski and promoted by Carl Rogers,S I Hayakawa and Antatol Rapaport-and others- The map is not the territory is a remark by Polish-American scientist and philosopher Alfred Korzybski, encapsulating his view that an abstraction derived from something, or a reaction to it, is not the thing itself, e.g., the pain from a stone falling on your foot is not the stone; one's opinion of a politician, favorable or unfavorable, is not that person; a metaphorical representation of a concept is not the concept itself; and so on. A specific abstraction or reaction does not capture all facets of its source-e.g., the pain in your foot does not convey the internal structure of the stone, you don't know everything that is going on in the life of a politician, etc.-and thus may limit an individual's understanding and cognitive abilities unless the two are distinguished. Korzybski hel

Innovating with New Interfaces Fire and Water Pendant Image by lunarpersuasion via Flickr I have seen very few people that are always on the mark Steve Rubel :-IS "Several months ago I had lunch with a major media company executive who told me that, in the future, content will not be subsidized by banner ads splashed liberally on news pages. This is something that the current economic situation is hopefully accelerating as display ad quality plummets to new lows. I remain convinced that the media must innovate their way out of this situation from both editorial and sales, but no one seems to be really doing so on the advertising side. If you want a glimpse of what's next for media then you need to really look to the editorial side of the house. As we've seen, that's where all the innovation is happening these days - and its changing how we engage with content. Here a look are three promising approaches and their potential implications." Steve Rubel TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2009 Biography Steve Rubel, SVP, Director of Insights for Edelman Digital, is responsible for keeping Edelman and its clients in the vanguard. He studies global technology, media and online trends and shapes them into actionable insights and marketing communications strategies. In his role, Rubel curates and writes a monthly white paper on digital trends. These are distributed free to clients. In addition, he draws on these insights in his role as a senior strategic advisor to Edelman clients such as PepsiCo, Zagat, Unilever, Microsoft and many others. Rubel supports the account planning processes, intellectual property development and the firm's innovation and business development efforts. He is a member of the Edelman Digital senior leadership committee. His Micro Persuasion blog on digital trends, which launched in 2004, today has 50,000 daily readers and has been cited as a must-read by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CNET, PC Magazine and Forrester Research. In addition, he is acti