have recently fallen in love with this artist.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Technology Rebounds : Dell
The following day, his counterpart, Dell Chief Executive Michael Dell also spoke of "the beginnings of a refresh cycle," but also noted that it will likely take time and stretch "well into 2011."
As you can see from above, it is almost time to change your processors and PC units in the office. It is time for a whole new set of purchases with the offset of cloud computing and the development of even faster processors.
The correct term is actually retrofit.
With the rise of computer units, many other companies will benefit. An example would be that of Intel. They will be the sole provider of chips as they are the biggest manufacturers of chips in the world and they are also producing processors for the big computer manufacturers as well. So, it might be to time to get yourself packed with Intel stocks. But, the time is not ripe yet.
Why not, you might ask.
Well, the answer links back to the embattled economy we are right now. Most of the citizens are still floundering, trying their best to get a great job to sustain their livelihood. The majority are faced with a gamut of conundrum. They are worried about their utility bills, maintainence fees and the rising cost of consumer products as the economy is recovering.
However, the problem is that the citizens' income is not recovering as fast as the economy and thus, most of them will be left behind.
Hence, we should not be too impatient because alot of enterprises are still contemplating whether to refresh their systems this coming July. For now, most of them believe that they can easily put off another year before they renew their systems because they are still able to deal with the demand with their current systems and that there is no reason for them to incur more costs at this point in time.
Many are still playing on the safe side where they try to use minimal employees to achieve the best results, which is to say they are optimising the effectiveness of their operations with the least costs.
Having to spend an exorbitant amount on renewal would mean overwriting all their savings and earnings thus far. Well, you might say that it is for the long term goal but if no one is doing it right now, then I don't see many reasons to do so.
Furthermore, this might not be a prime time to invest in new units as they are still priced on the higher end. Perhaps, if they wait a while more, with the economies of scale and when the supply far exceeds the demand, they will be able to save a huge amount of money.
All in all, it is imperative that they must renew their systems in order to surpass their peers and to rise above all. This is perhaps a prerogative for the gargantuan corporations.
Credits -marketwatch, -digitalblueglobalfiles, -empiresafe, -istockphoto
As you can see from above, it is almost time to change your processors and PC units in the office. It is time for a whole new set of purchases with the offset of cloud computing and the development of even faster processors.
The correct term is actually retrofit.
With the rise of computer units, many other companies will benefit. An example would be that of Intel. They will be the sole provider of chips as they are the biggest manufacturers of chips in the world and they are also producing processors for the big computer manufacturers as well. So, it might be to time to get yourself packed with Intel stocks. But, the time is not ripe yet.
Why not, you might ask.
Well, the answer links back to the embattled economy we are right now. Most of the citizens are still floundering, trying their best to get a great job to sustain their livelihood. The majority are faced with a gamut of conundrum. They are worried about their utility bills, maintainence fees and the rising cost of consumer products as the economy is recovering.
However, the problem is that the citizens' income is not recovering as fast as the economy and thus, most of them will be left behind.
Hence, we should not be too impatient because alot of enterprises are still contemplating whether to refresh their systems this coming July. For now, most of them believe that they can easily put off another year before they renew their systems because they are still able to deal with the demand with their current systems and that there is no reason for them to incur more costs at this point in time.
Many are still playing on the safe side where they try to use minimal employees to achieve the best results, which is to say they are optimising the effectiveness of their operations with the least costs.
Having to spend an exorbitant amount on renewal would mean overwriting all their savings and earnings thus far. Well, you might say that it is for the long term goal but if no one is doing it right now, then I don't see many reasons to do so.
Furthermore, this might not be a prime time to invest in new units as they are still priced on the higher end. Perhaps, if they wait a while more, with the economies of scale and when the supply far exceeds the demand, they will be able to save a huge amount of money.
All in all, it is imperative that they must renew their systems in order to surpass their peers and to rise above all. This is perhaps a prerogative for the gargantuan corporations.
Credits -marketwatch, -digitalblueglobalfiles, -empiresafe, -istockphoto
Monday, March 1, 2010
WOM against HIV
Advertisements, how many have you seen?
Probably thousands, tens of thousands or even millions to date?
How many of them are actually great in your viewpoint?
Even if they are great, most of them are impertinent.
They merely entice the audience but at the end of the day, they know nothing about the company or what it's trying to promote.
That, however, is useless when it comes to building brand awareness but wouldn't it be better to kill two birds with one stone?
This is the latest advertisements against the malaise disease, HIV.
It is the one virus (insidious in nature) that seems to confound all the medical experts for decades and centuries.
Till today, there is no cure for HIV and millions are dying because of this disease.
As the aphorism goes, "Prevention is better than cure."
But how do you translate this message effective to all?
Well, this new advertisement has just checked out the boxes on the list.
1. Use a condom.
2. Intriguing to use tongue to portay the private part of guys.
3. Word of mouth.
Since the beginning of god knows when, word of mouth is touted as the unbeatable, world-best form of advertising.
Initially it starts with 1 person telling the other.
Then each of time tells 2 more person.
Now 6 people know about it.
And then each of the 6 tells another 3.
And the number just keeps going up exponentially and even it spreads like wildfire.
You can actually predict the number of people who will know within a number of days using the mathematical model known as "Malthusian Growth Model."
You can go read it up on it if you like.
Yeah, so there you have it.
The essence of advertisements lies in the fact that it has the power to spread the message across wildly using the most effective method with the least amount of money spent.
A round of applause for the HIV organisation please.
Impressive
Sunday, February 28, 2010
"in order to be irreplaceable one must always be different"
Cognitive Dissonance
That's the most apposite title I can possible find for this post.
Why? You are about to find out.
Let me put forward this situation to you.
Have you been so set on something, that you tell yourself that you are very confident in what you are about to do or what you are about to say?
But after some passing remarks, you realised that maybe I can't do it as I thought. Perhaps all those preparations are not enough!
I'm sure that three days before your presentation, you seem all well prepared. However, on the day itself, after someone labelled the presentation before you (which you thought was exciting) as being lackadaisical and inane, you suddenly become flabbergasted.
You feel really lost and that all the confidence which you once had had been completely obliterated by those remarks.
Well there's a psychological theory named cognitive dissonance.
Human in general feels uneasy where there's dissonance between them and the external environment. And so, to cancel out that uneasiness, they try to synchronize(or make peace) with that environment.
When someone oppose to our original belief, whether weak or strong, it will be weakened for sure. So how much will it be weakened by, that's the question we all want to know right?
Well, it solely depends on your own confidence level and of course your experience in the field. If you are completely sure of your faith, then there's no question that you will pull through it no matter what.
So how do you distinguish between strong and weak faith?
It's pretty flagrant if you ask me. Well you might tell yourself that I truly believe in this, but you can test it out easily.
1. Tell yourself that is it what you think and what you will do no matter what happens? Like really no matter what happens.
2. What evidence do you have to prove? Also, how sure are you that your evidence are concrete and authentic?
Well that's it for now. Test your faith and enjoy your stay here!
Do add your comments if you have your own personal experiences of insecurity to share.
Credits -blogspot, -videojug, -eslpod
Why? You are about to find out.
Let me put forward this situation to you.
Have you been so set on something, that you tell yourself that you are very confident in what you are about to do or what you are about to say?
But after some passing remarks, you realised that maybe I can't do it as I thought. Perhaps all those preparations are not enough!
I'm sure that three days before your presentation, you seem all well prepared. However, on the day itself, after someone labelled the presentation before you (which you thought was exciting) as being lackadaisical and inane, you suddenly become flabbergasted.
You feel really lost and that all the confidence which you once had had been completely obliterated by those remarks.
Well there's a psychological theory named cognitive dissonance.
Human in general feels uneasy where there's dissonance between them and the external environment. And so, to cancel out that uneasiness, they try to synchronize(or make peace) with that environment.
When someone oppose to our original belief, whether weak or strong, it will be weakened for sure. So how much will it be weakened by, that's the question we all want to know right?
Well, it solely depends on your own confidence level and of course your experience in the field. If you are completely sure of your faith, then there's no question that you will pull through it no matter what.
So how do you distinguish between strong and weak faith?
It's pretty flagrant if you ask me. Well you might tell yourself that I truly believe in this, but you can test it out easily.
1. Tell yourself that is it what you think and what you will do no matter what happens? Like really no matter what happens.
2. What evidence do you have to prove? Also, how sure are you that your evidence are concrete and authentic?
Well that's it for now. Test your faith and enjoy your stay here!
Do add your comments if you have your own personal experiences of insecurity to share.
Credits -blogspot, -videojug, -eslpod
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Fear Trade
Typically, the prices of gold drop when the price of dollar rises.
They form an inverse relationship between one another.
However, recently, gold has been a rebel!
As we all know, the U.S. dollar is coming up strong recently due to the racheting recovery in the economy. But the problem is, as the U.S. dollar is rallying, the gold prices seem to follow it up at the same time.
This is obviously weird!
First and foremost, why does the price of gold drops when the price of the dollar rises?
Simple, it boils down to the topic of investment. When the price of the dollar rises, people start to invest in the dollar and sell away their gold. Conversely, when the price of the dollar drops, they start to place their bets on gold.
In this case, the price of gold is rising despite the price of the dollar rising is probably due to the fact that people are insecure and unsure about the strength and resillience of the U.S. dollar. There has been a lot of ambiguity in the various industries lately, i.e. housing, consumer products, and banking.
Meaning to say, even though the U.S. dollar is recovering, the investors are not sure how sustainable the recovery actually is. Many feel that it is safer to place their bets on gold because they trust that the U.S. dollar will plummet once again later on.
Why will it plummet you might ask. Well, simply because the financial crisis is not exactly over, the mortgage loans are still piling up and alot of the mortgage are considered to be "underwater" (which means that the value of the house is below that of the mortgage).
At the end of the day, there might be yet another housing crisis and then people will sink into depression again and the U.S. dollar will definitely plummet.
Also, we must realise that countries are openly devaluing their own currencies in an effort to support exports. This is probably one of the industr where they can get huge trade surplus to pay off their debts.
Also, people trust that it is way safer to invest in gold than to invest in the dollar because the Western countries are still incurring up a huge load of debts. If they are not able to clear it in time, they will just keep on accumulating and this is definitely going to hit the U.S. dollar hard.
Nonetheless, if the U.S. dollar continues to rise continuously, the prices of gold will definitely drop. They will eventually diverge for sure and that is a hardcore fact of economics.
But for now, gold is definitely tagging behind the U.S. dollar until the citizens trust that their investment in the U.S. dollar is actually safe.
Credits -hiiraan, -sunshine, -australianmine
They form an inverse relationship between one another.
However, recently, gold has been a rebel!
As we all know, the U.S. dollar is coming up strong recently due to the racheting recovery in the economy. But the problem is, as the U.S. dollar is rallying, the gold prices seem to follow it up at the same time.
This is obviously weird!
First and foremost, why does the price of gold drops when the price of the dollar rises?
Simple, it boils down to the topic of investment. When the price of the dollar rises, people start to invest in the dollar and sell away their gold. Conversely, when the price of the dollar drops, they start to place their bets on gold.
In this case, the price of gold is rising despite the price of the dollar rising is probably due to the fact that people are insecure and unsure about the strength and resillience of the U.S. dollar. There has been a lot of ambiguity in the various industries lately, i.e. housing, consumer products, and banking.
Meaning to say, even though the U.S. dollar is recovering, the investors are not sure how sustainable the recovery actually is. Many feel that it is safer to place their bets on gold because they trust that the U.S. dollar will plummet once again later on.
Why will it plummet you might ask. Well, simply because the financial crisis is not exactly over, the mortgage loans are still piling up and alot of the mortgage are considered to be "underwater" (which means that the value of the house is below that of the mortgage).
At the end of the day, there might be yet another housing crisis and then people will sink into depression again and the U.S. dollar will definitely plummet.
Also, we must realise that countries are openly devaluing their own currencies in an effort to support exports. This is probably one of the industr where they can get huge trade surplus to pay off their debts.
Also, people trust that it is way safer to invest in gold than to invest in the dollar because the Western countries are still incurring up a huge load of debts. If they are not able to clear it in time, they will just keep on accumulating and this is definitely going to hit the U.S. dollar hard.
Nonetheless, if the U.S. dollar continues to rise continuously, the prices of gold will definitely drop. They will eventually diverge for sure and that is a hardcore fact of economics.
But for now, gold is definitely tagging behind the U.S. dollar until the citizens trust that their investment in the U.S. dollar is actually safe.
Credits -hiiraan, -sunshine, -australianmine
*Runway: Diesel Black Gold
Founded by Renzo Rosso and denim innovator Adriano Goldschmied in 1978, Diesel helped pioneer the high-end jeans category in the nineties. Having convinced a generation of guys that pre-shredded denim was worth paying extra for, in 2007 the company launched the more grown-up Diesel Black Gold line. While more sartorially inclined, it retains Diesel's signature deconstructed look.
Under the new creative direction of Sophia Kokosalaki, Diesel Black Gold presented their Autmmn-Winter Collection.
Staying true to the brand's rock star vibe, Kokosalaki upped the sex factor by contrasting soft faded denim and dark black leather, with a few hints of black velvet and black sheer organza.
The highlights of the show were (for me) the one-shoulder leather dresses and amazing belts.
*What`s your opinion on the collection?*
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