Branding: Honour excellence not commodity

I’m in mourning at the resignation of Steve Jobs – it is the end of those who can effect change through passion. “When commentators list the most influential people of all time, Steve Jobs is usually right on top. And often Microsoft CEO Bill Gates isn’t even on the list.” Please watch this early YOUTUBE … Read more

It’s good to be king

It’s hard to imagine that Apple, now the #1 technology company in the world in terms of brand value – some 1155 billion dollars, roughly the annual gross of an orthodontist, was once teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and extinction.  And Windows which is a leviathan and by sheer weight of installations will remain … Read more

You can’t call time out in the war between market and science

It’s hard to pay attention when you’re focused on a reverse image in a rhodium mirror prepping the margin of the distal seat of an inlay onlay for a 2.7, and yet, we must.  Dentistry is evolving at an alarming pace. Digital technologies, lasers, CAD/CAM, are bringing product and technique to the market in a … Read more

OMG – Microsoft got something right!!!!

If you aren’t yet familiar withMicrosoft’s HealthVault, you will probably be more than slightly impressed after watching the introduction video. Health Vault is a free, interactive website where patients can safely store family health records for quick access. But HealthVault offers a lot more than record storage. On HealthVault,individuals can set and monitor weight,exercise, and … Read more

Time for comments…….life in a vacuum kinda sucks

The world is flat, it’s a global economy, loyalty to the company is a thing of the past, we’ll all be working as contract players, it’s a new economy, learn Mandarin, yadda and yadda.  No one can predict the future…….if we could, we’d of all bought Microsoft in /84 and sold just before Vista arrived.  … Read more