Observations

PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2009 – NYC

October 23, 2009
PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2009 – NYC

I attended PDN PhotoPlus Expo 2009 yesterday in NYC.  My purpose was to meet with exhibitors for the PMDA photo information booth and to get on exhibitors’ press release distribution lists for photoclique.com.  The show was very crowded and it looked like the exhibitors were doing brisk business.  This was not good from my perspective...
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PMDA Educational Series: How Google & Apple Manage Their Brands

October 22, 2009

I attended the PMDA Educational Series “How Google and Apple Mange Their Brands” on Wednesday.  This was the second of the PMDA education events planned for this year.  The panelists were Andy Berndt – Managing Director of Google Creative Lab and Tom Carroll – President and CEO of TBWA Advertising.  Moderating the panel was...
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U.S. Considers Curbs on Speculative Trading of Oil

July 8, 2009

I hope that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission takes action to regulate oil future speculators.  While I believe in a free market system we do need some regulation to control speculators controlling prices beyond natural market forces such as a civil war in a major oil producing nation, a refinery being destroyed by a hurricane, etc....
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Ruth Madoff Forfeits Asset Claims, Left with $2.5 Million

June 27, 2009

I don’t get this.  If I robbed a bank and gave some of the proceeds to my wife, the money would be seized.  Why should Ruth Madoff be treated any different?  I don’t believe for second that she didn’t know what her husband was doing.  All wives know what their husbands are doing.  Maybe...
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