Prosperity–You Can’t Take it for Granted
GoNOMAD is lucky to be located in a prosperous New England town. I know this because when I walk to the bakery, I pass by shops that are full of customers, a real estate office brimming with listings, and a hardware store with a full parking lot. It is reassuring […]
The Cold, Cruel Web
Many businesses make money solely by attracting visitors who are referred to sites where they make a small or large transaction. It can be a beautiful thing, but it can evaporate if search engines like Google drop them from their ranks. Web Pro News gave this advice today: “As a […]
Confessions of a Car Salesman
Chandler Phillips recently went undercover for Edmunds.com, the car buying website, to provide a glimpse into the secret world of car sales. He was hired as a salesman at an LA dealership, and provides these insights into this shadowy world. “At times Michael became very excited as he thought of […]
Merv’s Minute that Made Millions
Merv Griffin was profiled in last week’s NY Times. He provided a few nuggets about how he amassed his King Midas-sized fortune. “In 1986, he sold Merv Griffin Enterprises, which included Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune to Coca-Cola for $250 million. He still recieves royalties from the Jeopardy! theme, which […]
Wal-Mart Gives Up–But the Writing is On the Screen
Americans love when a giant goes down. Wal-Mart recently admitted defeat, and has thrown in the towel in its nascent DVD rental by mail business. The behemoth company is now directing its customers to use Net Flix, the pioneering original that developed the concept and tried to get a patent […]
Not Your Father’s Sex Manual
Today’s Sunday NY Times includes many blogworthy nuggets, including this feature about the new proliferation of explicit sex manuals in bookstores of late. “Now the old textbookish tomes like “Joy of Sex,” which invited readers to expand their horizons beyond the face-to face missionary position have been replaced by shiny […]
Cooking in Someone Else’s Kitchen
Cooking in New Jersey on a thundering Saturday afternoon while my sister Jen ran out to have her nails done. This is always a challenge, where do you find the right containers, the right spices, the knives, and the lemon you need? Jen loves to load me up with cooking […]
Journeying by Ferry
Journies by ferryboat in New England demonstrate the difference between private and the semi-public administration, and the difference in the user experience. Family-owned Hyline Cruises runs year-round high speed ferries to Nantucket from Hyannis and makes a profit. The Martha’s Vineyard & Nantucket Steamship authority also runs ferries, but they […]