I recently saw an advertisement for Windows 11 in Wired magazine. I thought: “Wow, finally something from Microsoft that someone can understand: a logical name for their software offering.” I recall a time when Microsoft had a confusing litany of software names including: NT, 98, 2000, Millennium (ME), Windows XP, and Vista--before finally relegating those clumsy names to the desktop recycle bin and adopting a simple, progressive number system. Apple has been naming its ...
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June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019
Wired magazine shares the inside of an Amazon warehouse. What's missing? People. That little orange robot will likely replace many of your local jobs.
Facebook is helping thieves share stolen credit cards. Thanks, Mark Zuckerberg.
Wired is promoting sharing the article on Facebook in the left-hand margin. Promoting sharing on a platform that has so many sharing holes in it is a bit ironic.
How do your cooking pans stack up against other pans? Check out this product review by Wired magazine to learn about 'concavity' and how to judge a good pan.
Do you have a neighbor that claims ordinary kitchen things like Tang were invented by the military? Well, if he mentions Saran wrap he’s right. The Navy invented it to wrap and ship planes across the ocean and prevent rust.
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October 31, 2017
October 31, 2017
Do you sell kitchen good? Curious what you can offer this season that will appeal to customers? Wired magazine shares some kitchen and cooking gift ideas. Those knives are sharp looking.
And happy to see Joseph Joseph’s cheese grater featured. We give it a ‘grate’ design grade. :)
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September 25, 2017
September 25, 2017
What percentage of sales is your 4th quarter? Wired says that it makes up +30% of Amazon's revenue. I'd have thought the amount may be higher, but it goes to show that yearlong Amazon is fulfilling substational orders. The goal is to fulfill orders January thru August so that come holiday season, you have a large customer base to sell to.
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March 20, 2017
March 20, 2017
Starting on April 1st, you can get a more pleasant dining experience thanks to a new line of in-flight tableware due to Delta and Alessi's partnership.
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Delta carries more than 180 million passengers a year, but only some 25 million will have occasion to lift one of Alessi’s strategically weighted wine glasses to their lips. Why invest in a fancy new line of serviceware that most of your customers will never use?
Simple: Airlines make more money off the premium cabins than ...
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October 17, 2016
October 17, 2016
When spending money to take product pictures, you may wonder: how important are pictures to your business?
Check out these two pictures of the same glass.
Which would you pay more for? Which would you give as a gift?
In the 'before' picture, the glass has just regular ice in it. In the 'after', the glass has plastic that resembles ice and it has been photographed professionally.
As you can see in this example, taking good photos is crucial to selling things online.