metajunk » Uncategorized http://www.metajunk.net Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:03:28 +0000 en hourly 1 Great Ideas – 100 Books That Changed The World – Penguin Books http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/greatideas/index_1.html http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/greatideas/index_1.html#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:14:46 +0000 greader http://www.metajunk.net/2010/09/great-ideas-100-books-that-changed-the-world-penguin-books/feed/ 0 The Man Who Makes Your iPhone – BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_38/b4195058423479.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_38/b4195058423479.htm#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:14:42 +0000 greader http://www.metajunk.net/2010/09/the-man-who-makes-your-iphone-businessweek/feed/ 0 “Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?” America’s misguided culture of overwork – Nonfiction – Salon.com http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/08/25/german_usa_working_life_ext2010/index.html http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2010/08/25/german_usa_working_life_ext2010/index.html#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:05:50 +0000 greader http://www.metajunk.net/2010/09/were-you-born-on-the-wrong-continent-americas-misguided-culture-of-overwork-nonfiction-salon-com/feed/ 0 Is Freescale Going From RIP to IPO? – BusinessWeek http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_36/b4193036860533.htm?campaign_id=yhoo http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_36/b4193036860533.htm?campaign_id=yhoo#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:05:42 +0000 greader http://www.metajunk.net/2010/09/is-freescale-going-from-rip-to-ipo-businessweek/feed/ 0 MIPS, ARM Wrestling In Wireless – Yahoo! Finance http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MIPS-ARM-Wrestling-In-ibd-681646340.html?x=0&.v=1 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/MIPS-ARM-Wrestling-In-ibd-681646340.html?x=0&.v=1#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:05:35 +0000 greader Interview with MIPS CEO, Sandeep Vij, on the competition with ARM.  'Vertical markets', 'compelling offering', 'aggressively engaging' - not convinced with the C class speak, hopefully their execution is better otherwise it'll continue to be a one horse race.]]> http://www.metajunk.net/2010/09/mips-arm-wrestling-in-wireless-yahoo-finance/feed/ 0 Shanghai gets the nod as China’s most popular city – Independent http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFNURhdWrd4DQULOMF-BZ5uyYYotw&url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/shanghai-gets-the-nod-as-chinas-most-popular-city-2067603.html http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFNURhdWrd4DQULOMF-BZ5uyYYotw&url=http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/shanghai-gets-the-nod-as-chinas-most-popular-city-2067603.html#comments Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:46:18 +0000 greader
Shanghai gets the nod as China's most popular city
Independent
Shanghai is currently hosting World Expo and has recently undergone a multi-billion dollar facelift - similar to that seen in Beijing just before it hosted ...
Shanghai Companies Cashing In On World ExpoForbes (blog)
Shanghai tops list highlighting soft powerXinhua
Shanghai Expo Imagines Better CitiesIEEE Spectrum (blog)
UPI.com -Sify -China Digital Times
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]]> http://www.metajunk.net/2010/09/shanghai-gets-the-nod-as-chinas-most-popular-city-independent/feed/ 0 China’s nine-day traffic jam stretches 100km – Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100823/sc_afp/chinaroadtraffic#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 22:12:49 +0000 greader Shared by Frank wtf Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China's growing road congestion woes.]]> http://www.metajunk.net/2010/08/chinas-nine-day-traffic-jam-stretches-100km-yahoo-news/feed/ 0 China Passes Japan to Become No. 2 Economy – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/business/global/16yuan.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/16/business/global/16yuan.html#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:03:30 +0000 greader http://www.metajunk.net/2010/08/china-passes-japan-to-become-no-2-economy-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Foundation elements for modern businesses http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/9Bd12AfVYfc/foundation-elements-for-modern-businesses.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/sethsmainblog/~3/9Bd12AfVYfc/foundation-elements-for-modern-businesses.html#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:03:00 +0000 Seth Godin When you sit down to dream up a new business, you can imagine a world without constraints. Or you can choose to build in fundamental pieces that will make it more likely your idea will pay off. Here are some fundamental pieces of most new successful businesses. The goal is to build these elements into the very nature of the business itself, not just to tack them on. For example, the Scotch tape people at 3M can't do #5, because of the structure of retail distribution and the way they mass produce and can't track who is buying what. You can live without some of these, but go in with your eyes open if you do:
  1. Build in virality. Consider: Groupon.
  2. Don't sell a product that can be purchased cheaper at Amazon.
  3. Subscriptions beat one-off sales.
  4. Try to create an environment where your customers are happier when there are other customers doing business with you (see #1).
  5. Treat different customers differently.
  6. Generate joy, don't just satisfy a need for a commodity.
  7. Rely on unique individuals, not an easily copyable system.
  8. Plan on remarkable experiences, not remarkable ads.
  9. Don't build a fortress of secrets, bet on open.
  10. Unless there's a differentiating business reason, use off the shelf software and cheap cloud storage.
  11. The asset of the future is the embrace of a tribe, not a cheaper widget.
  12. Match expenses to cash flow--don't run out of money, because it's no longer 1999.
  13. Create scarcity but act with abundance. Free samples create demand for the valuable (but not unlimited) tier you offer.
  14. Tell a story, erect a mythology, walk the walk.
  15. Plan on obsolescence (of your products, not your customers).
Notes: 3. The cost of selling a subscription to your product or service is not a lot higher than the cost of selling just one, but you benefit by having sales you can count on at low cost. Your customers benefit because you depend on them more and they save time. 5. Everyone has different needs and expectations and resources. The internet lets you tell people apart and give them what they need. 7. AKA as Linchpins. 9. If you're building a business on trade secrets or lack of information among your customers, you're trying to fill a leaky bucket. Far easier to bet on the more people know, the better you do. 10. Because cheap software and the cloud are going to continue to get cheaper, and custom work that's worth anything is going to continue to get more expensive. 12. The best people to fund your growth are your customers. 13. When the marginal cost of an interaction approaches zero, you benefit by creating plenty of them. 14. We can tell.
]]> http://www.metajunk.net/2010/08/foundation-elements-for-modern-businesses/feed/ 0 16% of Shanghai public pools contain "excess levels" of pee http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=72d52355a7da6b95cec1eb5f63d136a4 http://feeds.gothamistllc.com/click.phdo?i=72d52355a7da6b95cec1eb5f63d136a4#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:25:45 +0000 greader Shared by Frank I KNEW IT! I suppose considering where we've seen kids pee in Shanghai, this isn't quite so surprising - but still... GROSS! More than than 16% of public swimming pools in the city have excess levels of urea, according to officials from the Shanghai Health Supervision Agency. The worst thing: excess levels of urea don't warrant anything - fine, punishment or mandatory change of water. Instead, authorities "usually give notice and suggest pool owners change the water more frequently." Well gee, I'm not going into any public pools anytime soon.

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