Unfortunately in our enlightened world, no-one likes to be criticized. This includes big business, Government and the next door neighbour. Thousands of Bloggers choose to write their opinions and interpretations of current events. Even more choose to hide behind pseudonyms, avatars and anonymous commentary. Why? Because we as a world are [...]
At Perceptric, we observe and we count and then we blog and occasionally as a result, we consult. Today is freebie consult for Kevin. One thing we count is the popularity of memes, themes and trends. The popular press is having a heyday with the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) (And, almost 38% of [...]
Eliot Spitzer is the Governor of New York. A few years ago he was the Attorney General of the state. In today's Washington Post he reveals the active role that the Bush administration had in stopping him, as AG, from going after predatory lenders who Spitzer believed were breaking the law. When you think about [...]
We are heading into very uncertain times. It may be hard to connect why the failure of Bear Stearns is important to the mere mortals who aren't huge investors, but it is. The entire financial world as we know it is teetering on a knife edge. Economic analysts and pundits have been either in denial [...]
I just found out this morning that my old friend, Tommy Noonan, passed away two weeks ago. Tom was one of the real gentlemen of the music business. Back when it was about people and not just about profits. I brought Tom out to Australia in the early 1990's to speak at a conference along [...]