The New Media Diva

Month: May, 2010

A great business idea for someone in Zurich: MOVIEBAROMAT!

When one lives in an apartment building in Zurich, one of the most unnerving issues is the Waschkuche. Each person or family gets one day to do all of their washing and the day is assigned to them by the Hauswart. In my case, it’s one day every two weeks. That’s right, one day every [...]

Forbes.com/Google Ads/Death of Yar'Adua: A question for you

I have a quick question. Maybe you can help. Why is it that when I click on the Books&Culture section of Forbes.com, the banner ad is Northwestern Mutual (rotating with investment ads from Google). When I go to the Tech section, the banner ad is for Ricoh/IBM (rotating with one for Verizon). But when click [...]

Busier than a one-legged man in an a$$ kicking contest

I won’t even make excuses. Things have been hoppin quite a bit on this side of the pond. Here’s the latest podcast from the shop: Resilience in the Line of Fire: Important lessons are to be learned from the Iceland volcano eruption and its effect on societal resilience, including the impact of social media and [...]