Sand Fantasy - Amazing what you can do with a piece of glass, some sand, and your imagination
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Loading ...I don’t usually blog about YouTube videos, but I stumbled upon this one today and I was blown away. This is sand art, but not the sandcastle kind. What struck me as most interesting is that it is like a performance art. The artist changes the image so often and so fluidly, it’s almost like an animation. Sphere: Related Content Read More →
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...We’ve been playing around with Facebook for a while trying to figure out what works and what doesn’t with this growing application platform. I’m alway amazed at the growing number of applications that seem to sprout up out of nowhere. We decided to jump into the Facebook ocean by creating an application that was directly related to one of our core verticals and that added some benefit for our customers. So, we created the Total Fashionista application. Would you believe I came up with the name myself. Anyway, I really like the way the application has been put together and... Read more »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The pomelo (or Chinese grapefruit, pummelo, pommelo, jabong, boongon, shaddock, jeruk Bali, or suha), Citrus maxima (Merr., Burm. f.), also Citrus grandis (L.), is a citrus fruit, usually a pale green to yellow when ripe, larger than a grapefruit, with sweet flesh and thick spongy rind. Those who know me, know that I don’t often get pissed off. Sometimes however it is just inevitable. Most of the time I can forgive a person if they make an honest mistake, but when somebody purposely lies and as a result causes me to miss a very important flight, then I get angry. Forgive me while I vent,... Read more »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...The pomelo (or Chinese grapefruit, pummelo, pommelo, jabong, boongon, shaddock, jeruk Bali, or suha), Citrus maxima (Merr., Burm. f.), also Citrus grandis (L.), is a citrus fruit, usually a pale green to yellow when ripe, larger than a grapefruit, with sweet flesh and thick spongy rind. Those who know me, know that I don’t often get pissed off. Sometimes however it is just inevitable. Most of the time I can forgive a person if they make an honest mistake, but when somebody purposely lies and as a result causes me to miss a very important flight, then I get angry. Forgive me while I vent,... Read more »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...In a recent article about Easyjet’s agreements with Amadeus and Galileo, Ryanair’s communication head, Peter Sharrard referred to travel agents as “parasites” and “rip-off middlemen”. As a direct to consumer supplier, I can understand why Sharrard would consider agents as an expensive intermediary but to alienate them by referring to them in a derogatory fashion doesn’t make any sense at all. There was a time in the early nineties when Canadian air carriers did the same direct to consumer sales tactics by cutting out the agents. What they found was that... Read more »
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I was very surprised to read an article on TravelMole today that stated: “Six out of ten (59%) holidaymakers say they will not cut down on the number of holidays abroad to save the environment, while one in three (35%) are not prepared to pay an extra £20 per holiday to offset their flight’s carbon emissions.” This survey, conducted by BLM Media, seems to contradict a survey from Lonely Planet that indicated that over 80% of online travel purchasers would consider offsetting their carbon emissions or choosing alternate travel methods in order to reduce their carbon impact.... Read more »
MLM Travel Business vs. Affilliate Sites
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Alex Bainbrigde over at Travel UCD wrote about a company called Your Travel Business (YTB.com). I had heard about this MLM travel business a few years ago when it first started and I paid it very little heed. I am quite surprised that it has managed to last this long. To my surprise it is now publicly traded and boasts over $226 Million in sales in 2006. I have to admit however, that my perspective is ofcourse that of a technologist and not that of a laymen, so my review is strictly from a technologist’s point of view. I reviewed the online booking system and I was quite surprised at... Read more »
A Marketing Culture Based on Helping
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’ve been learning recently that marketing isn’t just about getting people to recognize your brand, it is about feeling good about promoting your product. At the beginning of the year we were focused on a direct marketing strategy that involved sourcing and calling local tour operators in an effort to convert them into users. We found over a few months that the conversion ratio was very low and that the likelihood of the user to convert into a paid subscriber let alone use the system for its free services was very low. But the thing we noticed most about this strategy is that it... Read more »
Networking Basics - A slideshow
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Austin and I went to Capilano College on Tuesday to present “Networking 101″. It was an excellent presentation and I think the students got a lot of it. The most important thing we covered, as far as I’m concerned, is creating an effective elevator pitch. This is something I learned from the Investor Ready seminar put on by the Angel Forum and it is still some of the best advice I have ever received. We cover the basics in the presentation, but here is mine as an example: “Hi, I’m Stephen Joyce, President of Sentias Software Corp. developers of Rezgo.com, the... Read more »
A Marketing Culture Based on Helping
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...I’ve been learning recently that marketing isn’t just about getting people to recognize your brand, it is about feeling good about promoting your product. At the beginning of the year we were focused on a direct marketing strategy that involved sourcing and calling local tour operators in an effort to convert them into users. We found over a few months that the conversion ratio was very low and that the likelihood of the user to convert into a paid subscriber let alone use the system for its free services was very low. But the thing we noticed most about this strategy is that it... Read more »
