Category: Ideas
Selling Out
The Experience Economy
A week ago I speculated that more money would be flowing toward buying experiences and marginally less to buying stuff. As is often the case it turns out there is a book. The Experience Economy was wr... Read More
A Change of Status – 4 – Swag
Swag is the stuff you get to mark that you have had an experience. People go to Disneyland and buy a Disney branded something to show that they were there. Going to Disneyland conveys status, buyi... Read More
A Change of Status – 3
It was announces this morning that Constellation Brands a beverage conglomerate bought Ballast Point, a craft beer brewer in San Diego for a billion dollars or 20 times projected 2015 sales.... Read More
A Change of Status Two
“The Paramount concern of man is status: how to achieve it, how to display it.” Tom Wolfe, author Status is already being displayed in vacations. More and more will be spent on experiences... Read More
50% Off (Some Restrictions Apply)
The 12 lines of exclusions belie the original claim of “50% Off Any Regular Item.” But the second to last line “Exclusions subject to change.” seals the deal. Apparently manage... Read More
Canoe Races in Eaton Canyon
Here is a fund raising idea for the friends of the Eaton Canyon Nature Center: A canoe race down the wash. Maybe from the bridge to the Nature Center. Since there is no water you’ll have to... Read More
Hard Drive Progress
I have almost fully recovered from my hard drive crash on October 3. The new drive is amazing. It is a Seagate 1 terabyte drive which is half solid state memory and cost right about $90. While loo... Read More