Gap Jeans & iTunes Music Promotion
The Gap started its iTunes music giveaway promotion, “Find Your Favorite Fit.” Try on a pair of Gap jeans and get one free song.
“Straight for men”-hey, that’s for me!
Employees, Intangibles, Motivation
The Honolulu Advertiser’s Business section has an article titled “Intangible rewards may motivate best.”
Some snippets:
“…more about feeling supported and involved.”
“Ask my opinion. Let me know what’s going on. Involve me in decisions. Back me up when I make mistakes. Give me some autonomy”
“…given interesting, meaningful work and being shown its context and value to the organization”
Oh so true.
Apple Mighty Mouse Review
Walt Mossberg reviews Apple’s new “no” button mouse in his Technology column. Walt tells it like it is and I usually agree with his comments. Of course, none of his reviews would be complete without mentioning his assistant, Katie. I swear, finding her name in Walt’s columns is like a game of “Where’s Waldo?”
Club 939 Grand Opening
The grand opening for Club 939 starts on August 11 and ends on the 24th. Now under local management. 952-9300
- Happy hour prices all night long
- Dozens of beautiful dancers
Jordan P-Rods (Zoom Air Elite)
Missed out on the surprise release of the Jordan P-Rods from the Nike SB line of shoes. Designed by Tinker Hatfield, this shoe sold out quick even at the cost of $200. Niketalk has a discussion going. The June 2005 (Issue 8) copy of Sole Collector has a pic on page 73 (the Lebron cover).
Never paid $200 for a pair of kicks (yet). Closest was my Pippen’s and Jordan XVIII.
About AJAX
AJAX (asynchronous Javascript and XML) is making web-based applications very, very interesting. Google Maps is a great example of things to come. Wired.com has a short article about AJAX creating a revolution on the Web.
Together Tunes Toy Cube
Actually shopped at Neiman Marcus in Ala Moana and picked up a Together Tunes toy for Merynn. It’s a big cube that plays music every time you turn it to a different side. Give it a smack and more music plays.
Simple but fun!
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed,
One fell off and bumped his head,
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said,
No more monkeys jumping on the bed!
What Happened to Nip/Tuck?
Seems like the hit FX show, Nip/Tuck, has been off the air for some time now. Oh wait, the web site says season 3 starts in September. What disturbing ideas will they include this year?
Shampure, the Above and Beyond Shampoo
Trying out a new shampoo, Shampure, from the Aveda product line. Honestly, it’s kinda stinky, but you get used to the scent derived from a “calming mix of 25 pure flower and plant essences.” It does clean my hair very well though.
Of course, I bought the shampoo from none other than Suite Bliss.
What Business Can Learn from Open Source
This essay titled What Business Can Learn from Open Source has some great tidbits of wisdom in it. In short, the author concludes:
So these, I think, are the three big lessons open source and blogging have to teach business: (1) that people work harder on stuff they like, (2) that the standard office environment is very unproductive, and (3) that bottom-up often works better than top-down.
Back On-line
Cable connection’s been fixed so we’re back on-line, supposedly faster than ever. Don’t know about that, but the TV is a lot clearer.
Rate your broadband speed using Oceanic’s broadband speedometer.
My speeds:
- Download-4.88 Mbps
- Upload-384 kbps