Navigating Through Change And Landing On Your Feet If you’re facing (or anticipating) one change of several changes, these tips will help you navigate through transition and help you land on your feet: 1. Acknowledge what’s happening. Get real about your situation and eliminate denial. Identify what you can control and/or influence to gain perspective in devising a strategy for […]
BIZNESS! Newsletter Issue 76
Live Music – My Way
The idea behind livemusicmyway.com is to bring the power of live music back to the consumer, and with the help of a community of online fans create unique, intimate live music events with a strong emphasis on what the consumer desires. In their own words: “So the idea is, people pre-register online now to show there interest and guarantee there […]
Etre Touchy Gloves
Etre Touchy gloves are a fun way to keep your hands warm and dry while using mobile phones, portable games systems, music players and other electronic devices. Their missing thumb and index fingertips allow you to touch, tap, stroke, slide and pinch these devices’ displays in any way you desire – a facet of their design that is particularly important […]
Designers & Supermodel Trashbins for Charity
Designers have gone beyond simply creating eco-items that won’t harm our environment. They have begun to express their ecological & social protests through their products. Their creations are scornful reactions to the destructive environmental acts of the past and present that have affected countless members of society. Specifically, design company Vipp and supermodel Helena Christensen (both Danish) have expressed their […]
Stitch Humdifier
Popgadget: I never tire of humidifiers in the shapes of animals and characters – why not bring a little whimsy to an otherwise mundane product? Runa Net will soon launch the Stitch Humidifier (in the shape of the Disney character). This one connects to your PC through USB or AC adapter, and keeps the environment around your desk/cubicle moist. (Just […]
2009 Ford Flex Tuning Car
Born Rich: For those of you who were yearning for an inside tour of the tricked-out 2009 Ford Flex by Kal Koncepts/Air Syndicate Inc. displayed at SEMA 2008 in LasVegas, here is the treat. This customized version features Sony Xplod; 22 speaker sound system and a perfect tuning set-up complete with two turntables and a mixer in “battle style” set […]
Frustration Free Packaging
Inhabitat: Just in time for the overly packaged holiday season, we are thrilled to see that Amazon is debuting a new eco-friendly idea called ‘Frustration Free Packaging’. If you’ve ever tried to open a plastic package twice the size of the product inside and ended up with box cutters in one hand and carpal tunnel syndrome in the other you […]
Screening Out Prank Calls
Iconoculture: Forget the doors and windows; the easiest way into most homes is through the telephone. Now two U.K. inventors have created a device that automatically screens out telemarketers, prank callers and phone scammers. TrueCall blocks telemarketers’ numbers while letting trusted peeps through. If it doesn’t recognize the dialer’s number, TrueCall sends callers to a purgatory where they must identify […]
Everything Mintpad
Popgadget: If you are a digger for gizmos with small form factors, this first brainchild from the Korean company MintPass will most likely leave you lusting shamelessly for one – the WiFi-enabled multimedia device called the MintPad. The MintPad is probably the coolest mini-gadget that we’ve seen in quite a while. Though it looks absolutely cute, the device has sophisticated […]
Calendar Marketing
Calgoo In-Calendar Marketing is a new, permission-based marketing platform to promote time-sensitive products and services to your customers. This new marketing concept enables you to deliver relevant, useful content into the calendars of your most loyal customers and current email subscribers. And because these time-based offers are placed in the medium where your customers make their scheduling decisions every day, […]