As a result of the performance of the Baltimore Orioles over the last 10+ years, I am not much of a baseball fan these days.
I am, however, a fan of baseball history.
I may soon also become a fan of the Washington Nationals as a result of one new player - Stephen Strasburg.
I request that all [...]

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Three years ago, I blogged about my favorite Internet navigation shortcut trick:
http://blogs.doublepositive.com/2007/04/20/it-is-better-to-be-lucky-than-it-is-to-be-good—are-you-feeling-lucky/
I use the trick ten times a day at least.
Today, however, the trick does NOT work.
Today, the trick invokes the “Insert Coin” button, which then in turn subjects me to a real-time instance of Pac Man - YES right there on Google.com

Please don’t [...]

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LeadsCon Follow-Up and Strategy Session with TARGUSinfo, DoublePositive & Leads360 on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 2-3pm
Please attend - it is guaranteed to be fun and highly-informative.
SPF

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This screenshot below is evidence as to why Google is excellent at everything EXCEPT predictions and forecasts:

Something tells me that the “forecast” area shaded above will be very wrong in the first few months of 2010.
Forecasts are difficult.  Especially those that have to do with the future.
All I can say now is [...]

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According to Google @ 11:59PM:

Cheers!
SPF
p.s. where did the other 19 minutes go?

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This is a fantastic interview video. 
Jason Calacanis (who is very smart and successful) interviews Matt Coffin (who is very smart and successful) on TWiST #27:
http://www.blip.tv/file/2852558

Matt Coffin was the first to hear the Calacanis/Mahalo pitch and the first investor in Jason’s most recent startup Mahalo — he also sits on their [...]

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My personal favorite business metric is Average Revenue per Employee.
Compare these businesses:

Company
Revenue ($ MM)
Employees
Revenue per Employee ($)

The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
17246
11300
$ 1,526,195

Steel Dynamics, Inc.
8081
5940
$ 1,360,357

Google
21796
20222
$ 1,077,814

Apple
32479
32000
$ 1,014,969

Costco
72483
75000
$ 966,440

Amazon.com
19166
20700
$ 925,894

NVIDIA Corporation
4098
4985
$ 822,038

Dell
61133
80800
$ 756,597

Biogen
3172
4300
$ 737,586

QUALCOMM
11142
15400
$ 723,506

Research In Motion Limited (USA)
6009
8387
$ 716,514

Broadcom Corporation
4658
6853
$ 679,720

Microsoft Corporation
60420
91000
$ 663,956

Lam Research Corporation
2475
3800
$ 651,292

Juniper Networks
3572
5879
$ 607,651

Cisco
39540
66129
$ 597,922

Ebay
8541
15500
$ 551,049

Yahoo!
7209
14300
$ 504,091

Apollo Group, Inc.
3141
17736
$ 177,093

Paychex, Inc.
2066
12700
$ 162,702

Starbucks
10383
172000
$ [...]

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I have never once posted anything even remotely music-related on this blog before now.
Leading like great conductors is more business than music.
Enjoy:
http://www.ted.com/talks/itay_talgam_lead_like_the_great_conductors.html

SPF

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“Hey this is Jim, Mortgage Rates are at their all time low due to the government bailout. Press 1 to speak to a specialist right now” We all get them on our cell and home phones, even though we are on the do not call list!
If you are in the mortgage, loan modification, [...]

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Was I the only one to catch the Terminator trailer “Tags” - Survive & Advance on the ad during the game?
If you’re familiar with this phrase, it’s probably because you’re familiar with Jim Valvano - aka Jimmy V.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=active&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS316US316&num=100&q=survive+advance+valvano&btnG=Search
Jimmy V’s name has come up more than once on the DP blog:
http://blogs.doublepositive.com/2009/01/12/who-is-your-role-model/
I found this this version of [...]

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