Ged Carroll | renaissance chambara
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Reading Time: 1 minute Fliers Find an Old Friend on More Planes: Empty Seats – WSJ – Airlines’ average passenger loads first crossed 80% capacity in 2007, after climbing from 55% in 1978 Friends Don’t Let Friends Become Chinese Billionaires | Forbes – not surprised by the executions, as Balzac said, behind every great business lies a crime. And … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우
Reading Time: 4 minutes Apple and Jaguar Land Rover blamed the Chinese economy for their recent financial results. The truth is probably more complex. What factors are affecting affecting these businesses that aren’t directly related to the Chinese economy? China is a unique mobile environment and in some ways it mirrors the hopes (and fears) for the internet in … Read moreIs it western companies, or China in a financial crisis? Part 2
Reading Time: 1 minute Fuji Xerox to Install Personal Booths for Teleworking at Subway Stations | NIKKEI XTECH – I’d prefer this to WeWork Memes That Kill: The Future Of Information Warfare | CB Insights – interesting read The Ultimate Analog Music Is Back, Ballfinger Reel-to-Reel Tape – Bloomberg – they look amazing – Dolby needs to reticence SR … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우
Reading Time: 1 minute Interesting Churchill Club discussion on location-based services, what has been labelled where2.0. The key take out that I took from it was the slow pace of inside wireless location-based services. I know vendors that have been at it for over a decade and companies like EADS and Ruckus Wireless. Yet, it still seems to be … Read moreThe current state of where2.0
Reading Time: 1 minute Director Tony Kaye happy to be working and out of ‘Hollywood jail’ | The Drum – He says that a story arc doesn’t really matter in six seconds. “I think you can throw anything at it, as long as it’s quite clear what it’s for. If you’re working under 20 minutes, in my opinion, you don’t … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우