Taylor Wilson always dreamed of creating a star. Now he’s become one By Tom Clynes Posted 02.14.2012 at 12:52 pm 70 Comments “Propulsion,” the nine-year-old says as he leads his dad through the gates of the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. “I just want to see the propulsion stuff.” A young woman guides their group toward a full-scale replica of the massive Saturn V rocket that brought America to the moon. As they duck under the exhaust nozzles, Kenneth Wilson glances at his awestruck boy and feels his burden beginning to lighten. For a few minutes, at least, someone else will feed his son’s boundless appetite for knowledge. Then Taylor raises his hand, not with a question but an answer. He knows ... Continue reading →
Before I start, I'll disclose I am long GOOG and AAPL, and both predict and hope the market share battle stays pretty much the way it is today. Android will have about twice the share of iOS, but Apple will continue raking in the majority of the revenue and profits. This is actually a perfect situation to breed the best competition to the benefit of the consumer (as well as keeping my GOOG and AAPL stocks growing nicely). Google will continue raking in click generated dollars and Apple will keep selling the high margin hardware. With Apple's profits they will keep investing on adding value and innovating in the walled garden model, while Google will keep up with the open model and the pros of ... Continue reading →
Briers even helped himself to Attenborough's CBEThe corporation revealed the role has been played by, among others, David Jason, Richard Briers and Anne Diamond, with 'David Attenborough' being a brand name, like 'Doctor Who'.As technology progressed, an Attenborough was created by the Jim Henson studio, with eight puppeteers working on his sense of wonderment alone, before CGI technology became sufficiently advanced so it would not look like Max Headroom talking about geese.BBC producer Bill McKay said: "The original Attenborough died of an infected ball when a chimpanzee bit him in Tanzania in '72 while he was filming The Hairy Planet."Mike Yarwood stepped in for some final bits of voice-over and if you watch the scenes about monkey wanking, Attenborough starts sounding like Hughie Green."The BBC ... Continue reading →
Hide map and return to photo I'm on the train. FACT: Post it notes can be used to uncover ALIENS AMONG US. Continue reading →
Theory alone won't change any business's fortunes. To succeed, you need the guts to put radical ideas into action. On this basis, perhaps we can all learn a thing or two from John Paton, the 54-year old Denver-based publisher who is trying to turn around America's second-largest regional newspaper chain. When it comes to newspapers, strategists don't typically look to the struggling US industry for inspiration. Instead, they seek out innovation in Oslo, Mumbai or even London, where the Economist argues that Britain’s national newspapers have become "exceptionally innovative". Paton, however, could be the man who changes the way we think about the newspaper industry, in the US and further afield. A self-confessed "newspaperman" who started out as a copy boy at the Toronto Sun ... Continue reading →
