Is it true? Can it be?
There is a growing number of doctors and researchers who say that there is a common cause underlying all sickness and disease: Acidosis.
The increased level of acidity in the human body; specifically of the blood. The healthy pH level of the blood is approximately 7.4; acidosis occurs when the blood’s pH falls below 7.35. Our bodies are constantly doing a balancing act to keep the blood in an alkaline state– that is 7.4 or above. When we eat acidic foods, fatty or junk foods are bodies supposedly become more acidic and to counter it our bodies use reserves of alkalinity, calcium from our bones or obesity. Read the rest of this entry » »
A new threat to privacy is emerging in the form of a tiny microchip with an antenna attached (RFID=Radio Frequency IDentification). As I read through the article below, many thoughts crossed my mind, unfortunately most of them were not good ones. It concerns me to think about how much information the government and if the RFID trend continues in the retail area, companies will soon have about us.
So I hope that you all read the article and familiarize yourself with a technology that could become much more saturated in your life over the next ten years, and ask yourself how you feel about this new use of technology. This post was simply created to bring up an issue that many people seem to be unaware of, but could potentially have a huge impact on our lives in the future.
If you are like me and had a strong reaction one way or the other, leave a comment below and take action to make your opinion count.
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It amazes me how technology defines celebrities these days.
Now you can get minute to minute gossip as it occurs. In the last week, Heath Ledger has circulated the Internet at an incredible rate. Maybe the information wasn’t accurate but it still was impressive how news was dispersed. I even checked Ledger’s entry in wikipedia.com and sure enough, there was an update after a few hours when he was declared deceased.
In a lighter note, the world wide web (WWW) is a legitimate media in which regular people transform into celebrities.
Gone are the 15 minutes of fame. Arriving are video productions and blogging. The pop culture conversation is your home -made videos. Celebrities have been made out of those mini YouTube productions; the buzz word is their screen name.
What happens to them?
Some keep to their Indie style of production, while others get signed. Panic! “At the Disco” built a solid fan base with purevolume.com and myspace.com before signing with a record company. The question lies will the web be the benchmark for popular culture as well as even alt and indie culture?
–Kraig
Every winter I try and take a short vacation away from the balmy climes of Southern California, and try to get to some place that actually gets cold. With snow. And icicles. Whether Mammoth or Big Bear, getting into the snow is somewhat cathartic for me — I really feel like I’m getting away from the rote things I tend to do.
This winter, my heart was set on getting to Lake Tahoe, but not settling for a hotel room. I was looking to stay in something more memorable and less cookie-cutter. So, I started checking out my options on the ‘net , and one of the first places I came across was a great website called Home Away. Now, this isn’t an Expedia, Travelocity, or Orbitz, this is simply a site that connects someone who has a place to rent — whether a condo, a cabin, a house, or an entire plantation — to someone looking for a place to stay. Read the rest of this entry » »
Why, oh, why, isn’t there a standard that all web browsers adhere to? Sure they all “kind of” use the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) CSS standards but there are enough discrepancies between the browsers (Firefox, IE, Safari, etc.) that it’s a real pain to get a web site to look the same in all web browsers. Sometimes it’s like walking a tightrope trying to get IE to display a search box the same size as it appears in Firefox. It can be a really frustrating endeavor, not to mention a waste of time.
Web browsers should differentiate themselves in their speed and features, not in how they interpret the standards suggested by the W3C. I look forward to that day, the web will be better off.
There are some hopeful movements, such as the Web Standards project that are trying to make it easy for browser vendors to get on the same page.
In marketing and advertising, it can be quite challenging to get accurate measurement data about specific activities and campaigns. Even something as simple as giving out a squeeze ball at a trade show with your web site address on it has the potential to be tracked. Given the number of these distinct campaigns in a given year and the challenge of creating the unique “front door” for the visitors to enter through in order to be tracked, it is understandable why the best tool for measuring marketing success (your web site) often gets overlooked.
I too have this challenge as I market Enthusiast and Site Director so I thought solving my problem might help to solve some of yours too. I talked it over with our team and the solution to my problem is now known as WebForwardtm, my favorite innovation from 2007. This feature will be offered in a soon to be released version of Site Director and will give a new level of personalization and detail to the various events, expos, webinars, and campaigns that go on in business today.
Way to go team!
Now it’s your turn.
Last year’s post was dominated by Google services. I look forward to hearing what creative ways you have used the web for in 2007. Don’t forget to tell us why it’s important to you.
Happy Holidays!
– jc
I have a 10 month old son. He is my first and I remember how my wife and I debated over his name.
“The meaning isn’t right!”
“It sounds strange.”
“Its too different!” we would interject about each other’s ideas.
What we didn’t do is take our options and see what search equity, if any, they had.
That is what the WSJ recommends saying you’re “nobody” unless your name Googles well. Well, maybe our lack of diligence in that area paid off as some would say our son is already famous.
- jc
p.s.
I attended an unveiling today of a new Incubator program that Salesforce.com is rolling out to its partners. Salesforce.com is a company that provides sales force automation, customer relationship management, and service and support applications, tools, and services all delivered through the browser in what is commonly called “Software As A Service” or SaaS (Sass) for short. Salesforce is now extending access to its myriad resources in operations, sales, marketing, and engineering to others who want to solve business problems leveraging the web browser as the common gateway. Read the rest of this entry » »
A Tale of Two Houses
There once was a house, it started out as a dream - a dream home idea. The idea was plotted down, measured out, with every pedantic detail considered. A team of contractors, and other experts were retained to construct the dream and make it reality - a one of a kind. They were very excited and began acquiring materials, fasteners, and other experts to help on the project. A few weeks later, the first cement was laid and the first nails driven. The walls were framed out, the staircase built step by step, and the electrical and plumbing uniquely weaved within the walls. The dream was becoming real.
Sometimes too real. Read the rest of this entry » »
One of the great elements of a blog is the ability to get feedback from readers so I thought a little reflection would be a good start. Innovation is one of our core values and there has been lots of it this last year. Some for better, some for worse.
