Alan Weiss’s Monday Morning Memo® – 1/6/14
January 6, 2014—Issue #224 This week's focus point: Do you know why "eyewitness news" and similar productions look the same all over the country? Or why every late night talk show still imitates what Johnny Carson was doing 50 years ago?
DASM: Sour Apple
I'm crazy about Apple, but they're starting to make others crazy. When many of us downloaded Maverick, iPhoto no longer worked and demanded an update. Why didn't it update automatically, the customer asks? It's not all that easy to find the update,
Observations
• Superb flight on American 1509 yesterday, Boston to Miami. First class like it used to be but also with wifi, power outlets, meals ordered in advance, and TSA pre-check. • The major sensory experience in South Beach Miami is LOUD. •
Guest Column: Steve Rigell
Mrs. Schloemer’s One Rule By Steve Rigell I learned the best productivity hack of all time when I was seven years old from the most unlikely source imaginable. My mother had decided I would learn to play the piano and that’s all there
Facebook As A Depressant
In a study at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Leuven University (Belgium) it was found that Facebook users in their late teens or early 20s were more depressed than non-users. The more people socialized on Facebook, the worse
Incivility
I've been regularly blocking the boors on Facebook, Linkedin, and Twitter who are uncivil: They whine, complain, use obscenity, have no patience, expect everyone to accept their agenda, boast unceasingly. One cause for all this is the fact that we seldom
Alan’s Best and Worst of 2013
BEST • The response of the community and the nation to the Boston Marathon bombing. • Pope Francis's very sincere behavior eschewing panoply in favor of humility, and his ability to generate hope. • The economic rebound, despite the doom and gloomers' attempts