Merry Christmas and a Phenomenal 2008
December 31, 2007
by Ingrid Riley
I’ve been busy enjoying the holidays with friends and family which can be equally stressful and wonderful. And I’ve been ohh yeah, having a ball playing with my new and upgraded toys.
I got a new midrange 2.2GHz MacBook , officially went back to Mac after a one year hiatus work on a Dell Inspiron 6400. Having been bred, Apple fed since 1993, I can never go back to using a PC. I also got a Sony Cybershot 7.2 sweet pixels digital camera just in time t take a picture of anything that had a pulse or simply was standing still. And ohhh yeah I upgraded to a 32inch LCD flatscreen TV…lovingggg it!!!! But even as I get lost in consumer electronic madness, I also bought a book that I can’t put down….”microtrends-the small forces behind tomorrow’s big changes” by Mark Penn. When I’m done ‘lll post a review. If you’ve read it already hold strain to tell me what you liked or not about it.
So this is the Last Day of 2007. Was it good for you? Did you make as mush money, launch that product, start that company, It was great for me? I am ending the year doing more of what I love in business and for that I am grateful and happy. SiliconCaribe is 4 months old and blazing its own trail and we’re thankful to you our over 40,000 readers who’ve come to read, many returning daily, commenting and spreading our stories; we’re thankful to our weekly contributors and for the many tech entrepreneurs who continue to do great, big and small things and send us their news to share with you. We’re expanding into audio and video for 2008, so watch for it!
Whether you’ve decided to stay home, spend time with friends, go out partying, go to church to sing and pray the new year end, we from Siliconcaribe wish for you a Phenomenally healthy, passion and profit filled 2008. Cheers!!
Wishing Silicon Caribe an extraordinary and lucrative 2008!! RESPECT!
Microtrends is a total piece of trash. I don’t think anyone who has read past the first page can doubt that, so even though you want people to hold comments until you’ve finished, I doubt you’ll get through it without throwing up more than once.
I suggest you read this review to appreciate how completely idiotic Penn’s book is.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3320/trending_towards_inanity/
Alberta, you have strong opinions about this. I just started the book…and i have to hold my opinion for a while. What I have gathered so far is this….that the marketplace has become more fragmented, making it more of a challenge for marketers. That I agree with. I find that the labelling of these micro trends and micro markets can get a bit outta hand, as it’s so easy for us to name something solely for the purposes of making easier an idea to sell.
I’ll be done in a couple of days. Let me banter with you then.
Happy New Year
Esteban, thanks so much for your good wishes and the same to you. Keep reading and commenting, we really appreciate it. How about changing your role a bit this year. Become a weekly contributor. If you are interested and don’t let me hunt you…( smile) email me at siliconcaribe@gmail.com.
Happy New Year