And study the effect of Michael Jackson music being played in stores on purchase behavior? I think this factor alone will pull us out of recession. I hate shopping in Amsterdam because the stores aren’t open after work or on Sunday (generally) so every Saturday is like being in a Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving. [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 20, 2009
Navel gazing
I received an email yesterday from Wouter, a fellow Amsterdam planner, and he thought it would be interesting to know all of our definitions of planning. Several other people mentioned this in their comments as well.
I think there’s a bit of a hole in our collective psyches for much of the navel gazing that happens [...]
August 19, 2009
Wrong, right?
Take a look at this video. Now this is a tempting if morally questionable idea – if I skim off even 10% of my salary could I get someone else to do 80% of my work? Could be awesome. But wrong, Heather, wrong!
Could it actually be done? I looked at the salary data and [...]
August 13, 2009
Survey Results!
Fresh as they come people. I’ve just emailed the I’s through the M’s, I’ll email the other parts of the alphabet in the coming days.
Lots of news in here. I’m starting a competition to select two additional authors for the survey, I’ll write more about that later. And the survey is crossing disciplines. Mariota Essery [...]