Another gem from Scott Berkun

Filed in Uncategorized, July 31, 2005, 9:55 pm by

TweetI have already raved about Scott’s essays. Here is his latest on “how to learn from your mistakes”.   (Via del.icio.us/franzenjb)

Story telling and Cognitive Linguistics

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I have been preaching the gospel of story telling as a tool for

persuasion in the management context for a …

Origin of the “Red Carpet” treatment

Filed in General Interest, July 24, 2005, 8:39 pm by

TweetWonder how this  practice originated?  An interesting discussion in Google Answers  points  to Aeschylus describing the practice in 500 B.C. But the discussion on Phrase Finder points to a more recent Moghul origin. Apparently, the brother-in-law of Emperor Jehangir  decked out the  path with  velvets and  gold brocade  so that the Emperor’s feet did not […]

Friday Night Lights Shines Bright

Filed in Uncategorized, July 17, 2005, 9:00 pm by

H.G. Bissinger takes you along for an emotions-soaked ride with the

Permian Panthers (a high school football team from Odessa, …

Google chasing Paypal’s Longtail?

Filed in Uncategorized, July 10, 2005, 8:52 pm by ,

Speculation is running rife about Google’s supposed paypal-like payment service not withstanding Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s denial. Forrester’s Charlene Li has some real …