Last year, Ron Johnson left Apple as Senior Vice President of Retail Operations to become J.C. Penney’s (JCP) CEO. Before joining Apple, he was at Target. As Gruber points out today, “The Ron Johnson Era at JC Penney Has Begun.” Johnson took out a two-page ad in several major newspapers with the mission of turning JCP [...]
NYC was about 20 degrees Celsius today, which meant short lines for dinner in the city. We went to Steak ‘n Shake and it lived up to expectations for a $4 double cheeseburger with fries in NYC. For such a small restaurant space (typical of NYC dining), the kitchen & wait staff seemed to outnumber [...]
Location, as always, matters. This excellent Grub Street piece explains where NYC’s wealthiest residents (Upper East Siders) eat. It also goes into why top tier Midtown & Downtown restaurants (like Per Se & Momofuku Ko) have to be so culinarily exceptional to earn those set menu dollars. Bundle looked at spending habits and explains that [...]
From the one and only, Jeffrey Zeldman: Zeldman says: Little tip. People don’t want apps to look and work more like websites. They want websites to look and work more like apps. My gut reaction to this insight is mixed. On one hand, many new websites are in essence single serving apps. They have no [...]
I’m currently taking the free Intro to Databases course taught by the excellent Professor Widom. The course consists of video lectures with homework exercises, quizzes and midterms. There is also a helpful Q&A forum for students when you get stuck. In the beginning of 2012, there are more free online courses available, including: Design and [...]
For the Nov. 7th Watch The Throne show at Madison Square Garden, Jay-Z & Kanye performed for a solid two and a half hours. No cameos, no breaks. With two rising light cube platforms, the two took turns throwing out bits from WTT and their own albums. This list of songs performed is not 100% [...]
Hollywood Reporter reveals that the 23rd Bond installment will be titled: Skyfall Director Sam Mendes indicated the movie would involve shooting at the following locations: London, Shanghai, Istanbul, Turkey, and Scotland As with any Bond film, I’ll be eager to see it in theaters once released. With the 007 franchise, you can love it or hate [...]
A take on the Google Reader update from former Google Reader Project Manager, Brian Shih: Google released the previously announced set of changes around G+ integration and UI updates today, and boy is it a disaster. He continues on visuals: Taking the UI paradigm for G+ and mashing it onto Reader without any apparent regard [...]
This post is all semantics and concerns Google Reader. Knowing fully well that most people have never heard of Google Reader (this guy uses it), allow me to rant. Once upon a time, Facebook rolled out the Like button. It was widely adopted across the web. Facebook defines the like button as: The Like button [...]