Web, world wide- October 13, 2006 Web 2.0 technology seems to be in the paper more often than even China of late. This interactive technology, which means whole communities can be formed on the internet, is revolutionising the online game. One can do nearly everything through this new movement. There is last.fm for listening to music which is shared by listeners and reviewedorganised by netizens. Then there is Faceparty forhttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/web-world-wide.html More war anyone- October 13, 2006 It seems that the Bush administration has got its wish to a certain extent now that North Korea has proved its idiocy. The best of both worlds: on the one hand the strange dictator has shown part of his rather weak hand on two occasions, so that no citizens were endangered. However, enough has been demonstrated to unite even China with Japan and, God forbid, the USA. I mean, what is the worldhttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/more-war-anyone.html Who's fighting- October 11, 2006 Whenever a nation goes to war - even if only on the pretension of 'peacekeeping' maintaining order against 'insurgency' - the supposition is that troops and equipment is representative of that particular State. Naturally the trend of globalisation has eroded such sensibilities, not least in certain developing nations where each side in a civil war is armed by opposing world powers. However, ithttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/whos-fighting.html US Army or World Army- October 10, 2006 The United Nations, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Warsaw Pact (former) EU defence, are a collection of supra-national organisations established to maintain order in whichever part of the world they see fit. This is not to mention the numerous private security personnel consulting companies set up by former soldiers to fill in the vacuum in places such as Iraq to protect contractors tryinghttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/us-army-or-world-army.html How many are there- October 9, 2006 There was an interesting gadget in the last decade which often uttered the words above annoyingly when a child was learning the basics of numeracy. One wonders whether such an electronic device is still around; perrhaps the levels of frustration caused by the repetition succeeded in driving pupils to break so many of them, that the company could not produce enough replacements. Actually, "howhttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-many-are-there.html A vehicle for surveillance. Technology, eh- October 8, 2006 The changes that technology is driving in the automotive industry (no pun intended) are rather fascinating in their scope and speed. The very inception of the first Ford model was a breakthrough in technology, and today's dashboard is like a collection of gadgets. The announcement of the inclusion of a 'black box' in motor cars to record its movements for insurance purposes is simply the latesthttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/vehicle-for-surveillance-technology-eh.html All the same, are we- October 6, 2006 Whether or not a human is involved directly in research of the psychological kind, it is the case that there resides deep within us the deep primal urge to operate to take advantage of a certain situation that presents itself. A natural disaster, war, tragedy, economic downturn or other problematic general circumstance, mankind often returns to the basic mode of survival. It is fair to sayhttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/all-same-are-we.html Advertising works, right You're here- October 5, 2006 I daresay the search engine phenomenon is not so hidden as to be a low profile issue on any consumer survey map. As if we needed reminding, adverts online are way ahead, whilst the viability of print and even television is in question, to put the point simply. The latest thing now is the drop in the usage of pop-ups - which of course many programs now enable the savvy user to avoid - and morehttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/advertising-works-right-youre-here.html Religious foundation- October 4, 2006 One of the most interesting things to do is to look back a little in time to see the origin and development of certain people and institutions. As you will well know, it pays to look at the biographies of the great men of all time, including those alive, for inspiration purposes. For instance, you may not know that Iraq was 80 years ago a newly secured British mandate, with royal family andhttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/religious-foundation.html You believe who I am, don't you- October 2, 2006 Well latest from the 'pink pages' www.FT.com is that most of us are liars. Or at least those who work in companies, which goes for the majority of adults of working age in the West and perhaps also in the developing southern hemisphere. The point basically goes like this: because of office politics and otherwise the average employee - and for that matter employer - needs to keep those around themhttp://presentbusiness.blogspot.com/2006/10/you-believe-who-i-am-dont-you.html |