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Change is constant. Learning to respond and adapt faster and better is one of the foundational keys to success.
One of the best illustrations of that in business has been the story of Bill Gates and Microsoft.
This week, was Bill's last as a full-time Microsoft employee. So, there was a lot of hoopla.
This video is interesting, and puts his contribution in perspective.
It is worth watching.
According to the 2007 Wealth Report, there are more millionaires than ever. (WSJ). The report also examines the growing concentration of wealth by the super-wealthy. So, apparently, the rich are getting richer.
As the market worries about recessions, inflation, the strength of the Dollar, and the price of oil ... I noticed a strange focus on conspicuous consumption. Here are some of the articles that prompted this post:
As noted, 6/18 is "Phi Day" for Fibonacci aficionados.
So, here is a link to a description of the sequence on Prechter's Elliott Wave website.
And here is a follow-up article.
Have you ever tried to schedule a meeting with one or more people, only to play "dueling calendars"?
Even one-on-one lunches can be tough without shared calendars. Getting groups together is considerably more challenging.
Most people understand the hassles of playing telephone tag, and email can be the same. To organize a meeting or event, it might seem that it's easy to simply send an email message. But more often than not, you need to know when people are available. For example, if you're inviting six people, you need to wait for six separate responses, manually collate them, and hope you've got a match, then confirm with all the details. If you don't get a match, you have to start all over again. Moreover, there's just too much room for confusion and error in this process.
Well, I just found a few tools that help solve these problems.
MeetingWizard sends the invitations and collates all information and all responses in one place. Another advantage is that it organizes and standardizes the event information so that important details aren't missed, and users become familiar with a standard request-response interface. This makes scheduling go much more smoothly.
Another tool I found is called "Presdo" and excels at understanding natural language phrases,like: next Wednesday or two weeks from today.
I also liked Presdo's user interface, which includes the ability to search for locations and include map links in the invitation. Here is an example.
Two others worth checking-out include Tungle and TimeBridge.
So, let me know what you think.
Market Commentary from June 27th, 2008
The Dow lost almost 500 points in the last two days. Longer term, the stock market has been down sharply since May 2; in fact, it has been down five of the last six weeks. Several commentators note that the Dow experienced its worst June since 1930. Moreover, with this decline, it has also given back all of the gains it made since September, 2006.
Also worth noting is that the Dow just made new lows for the year, entering "Bear Territory" by sinking more than 20% from its October peak. However the MACD's downward momentum did not make new lows, even while the index price plummeted.
Perhaps more important, though, is that the Index broke below its 28-Year Up-Trend line.
Also, Bespoke had an interesting chart comparing returns of various international indices. Here it is:
Finally, here are a few of the posts I found interesting this week:
And a little bit extra ...
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