Man I didn’t realize how good the weather actually has this summer. The past few days of rain suck!
Congratulations Krisitn and John!!
My youngest sister’s all growns up!
German Marketting: Sex can sell anything..
German advertising has always baffled me. I mean I’m not such a prude that freaks out if there is a lot of skin in an advertisement, but I really think the Germans use sex/nudity a bit too much in their advertising. I remember there was a long running ad on TV that featured a naked woman swimming in a lake. Some of the footage was from underwater looking up at her as she swam. Then she climbed out of the water… remember naked. Can you guess what they were selling?? Probably not. Margarine It all makes sense right?
I came across another good one today. It’s for a gym. Check it out:
Own your own English Soccer Team: MyFootballClub
Not to long ago I posted about a book I recently read called Wikinomics. As I said before the book is about how collaboration projects like Wikipedia and many others are changing the face of the internet. However the idea of collaboration is much more widespread and is affecting the business world much more than most of us can even imagine. I came across a new kind of collaboration today, an organization called MyFootballClub.
MyFootballClub is a UK based organization looking to bring the power of collaboration to the world of professional soccer. The group plans to purchase a mid-tier English football club and build it into a Premier Division side in the future. The way it works is people sign up for a subscription that costs £35 (about $70) and the become members. “They (members) will own the club, vote on team selection, decide which players to buy and sell and guide the club up the leagues.”
As a member you can:
- join other members on our private forum
- read exclusive news on the takeover progress
- be the first to find out which club is purchased
- cast crucial votes to shape our club’s future
- be part of a community that will make football history
Bats in my belfry…
Well, not exactly. I was up late last night working on a translation and I realized I still had to put out the trash. I got everything together and put it in the trash can. Then I grabbed the can and the recycle bin. Since I live in a row home there is a passage between me and my neighbor with the jungle (whole other story). So, with can in one hand and bin in the other I step in to the passage, and guess what comes flying straight for me? A bat! And no small bat either. It must have had a wing span of 2 feet! Ok, I exaggerate a little bit. 😉 It was at least 8 inches though. Luckily the recycle bin was light enough and I was quick enough to get it up in front of me. The bat spun around and went back into the passage. So I waited. Nothing… Eventually I grabbed a broom and banged it on the wall and it finally flew out. I don’t really think it would have done anything to me, but man it scared the crap out of me.
