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The Coming Bubble in 6 seconds: Do you want a relationship with a bag of potatoes?

In 6 seconds, I think Mr. Brian Pau has demonstrated the inevitable 2nd bubble coming down the pike. The amount of absolute nonsense that has been sold and perpetuated without any quantification is

Posted on 20, October 201424, October 2014 By Michael
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Google Plus vs Imgur vs Flickr for hotel blog embedded slideshows and native image site display compairson

TL;DR – my unofficial test shows that IMGUR is easily, far and away, the simplest, friendliest, and best place to host photos and embed them to wordpress blogs. The front end set up and UI will take a

Posted on 16, October 201416, October 2014 By Michael
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“There is no such thing as virtual hospitality”, IE Technology commodifies the Hotel Business

I was just tasked with compiling some industry thoughts about technology vs service. They’re important enough to copy and paste here… I believe. =) Technology commodifies hospitality like the airlines…

Posted on 29, September 201422, August 2017 By Michael
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“A Business Story” – Should you grow your company?

To grow or not to grow? It depends if you like what you do. This story was posted on the wall of a little fishing village we visit, from time to time. It should be a simple tale for the meaning of life.

Posted on 22, September 201422, September 2014 By Michael
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Like Mobile YoY growth, “Staycation” data is being misrepresented, but it’s good info-

“Staycation” search is up 10% YoY because the word didn’t exist until 3rd quarter 2008. https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=staycation For obvious reasons, marketers misrepresent these numbers.

Posted on 4, September 2014 By Michael

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