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Tuesday August 6th, 2013 1:05am
It's the eve of Championship Weekend in Boston. As practices are wrapping up a short cab ride away in Harvard Stadium, I'm in the downtown hotel suite of Jake Steinfeld, the fitness personality, actor and author who pioneered the home fitness industry with his "Body by Jake" line of equipment.
The co-founder of Major League Lacrosse comes out of his room to greet me yielding one of his latest accomplishments: The gold torch he carried this summer leading up to the Olympic Games in London. In the other hand is the reason for the interview, a copy of his latest book "Take a Shot!"
The book chronicles the beginnings of MLL and how he — along with Warrior CEO and founder Dave Morrow and Tim Robertson — got the league off the ground despite financial obstacles and many challenges. In the interview below, Steinfeld describes the reasoning behind the book and shares some of the many anecdotes that are featured in "Take a Shot!". There's the story of when he locked a potential investor in a limo, or how they played the first MLL Championship right next to a prison, or how Morrow — the shy Princeton grad — came to change the game with his Warrior brand.
Steinfeld sprinkles his interview with the kind of inspirational messages that made him a media sensation, from the book's title itself "Take a Shot," to his go-to "Don't quit," to the way of thinking that spawned a pro sports league, "Don't get ready, don't get set, just go."
Also, Steinfeld touches on the current state of the league, hitting on topics such as westward expansion, rules and the growth of MLL players as brands.
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I think the biggest problem with your request is the 2,000' elevation change. 4 hours from Gainesville will not even get you to Atlanta. You are going to have to get north of there to find anything that tall I think.
I think the biggest problem with your request is the 2,000' elevation change. 4 hours from Gainesville will not even get you to Atlanta. You are going to have to get north of there to find anything that tall I think.
I was just thinking. Check out the Pine Mountain, GA area near Columbus, GA. FDR State Park. There are some great trails I that area and Calloway Gardens to boot.
Google Pine Mountain Trail Alliance for info. IIRC there is a check-in process and its good to call in advance (all the info is on the website). There are also parking fees since most of the trail is actually within FDR State Park.
I think that when the lies are all told and forgot the truth will be there yet. It dont move about from place to place and it dont change from time to time. You cant corrupt it any more than you can salt salt. - Cormac McCarthy
Yeah to reach those requirements you looken at 8-9 hour drive ad thats if you time ur andventure around Atlanta properly,
So you can get some elevation change there, but I don't know if this is much close to you than the Pinhoti.
Edit: I Googled and it is. But seems like once I was looking at a Pine Mountain Trail in GA and it turned out to be different than the one near Calloway gardens.
Apparently, signature that I used from 2006 no longer tolerated so now deleted.
And, yes, Lake is one of the two I've been keeping an eye on over on TrailJournals; the other is Sterling Coleman. Both seem like nice young fellows, and walking that trail is...impressive. Glad you got a chance to meet one of 'em.
Thanks anyway!
I appreciate the suggestion, though; if you'd like a fellow hanger along come January, feel free to PM me.
It's closer than the Pinhoti, by about two hours.
Anyway, thank you to everyone for you kindness and resourcefulness in helping me with this! I definitely appreciate your efforts to help me find what I'm looking for! Keep 'em coming!
I think GH is right on the money - a 4 hour drive (unless you drive pretty fast) barely gets you out of the Coastal Plain and into the Piedmont and definitely no where near the Blue Ridge and Valley and Ridge. Not much elevation change down there. If you can expand your drive to 6 or 7 (or even 8) hours and your options for longer trails and greater elevation changes increase significantly.
Farther than you want to drive maybe, but one for another day is Standing Indian Campground, west of Franklin, NC. Several loop options with elevation changes and creekside walking part of the way. ALso, a good loop in GA is the Coosa Backcountry Trail (Vogel State Park) which you can lengthen to connect with the AT and Duncan Ridge trails.


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"It's a very dangerous time" to be an investor.
You might think is a quote from Casey Research founder Doug Casey. But Paul Singer actually said this last week at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City.
Delivering Alpha is one of the most anticipated investing conferences of the year. Investors from around the world attend it to hear from the "who's who" in the investing world.
This year, many of the world's top investors agreed on one thing: the markets are very dangerous.
Singer, who manages $28 billion at Elliot Management, said investors are in more danger than they realize.
Ray Dalio, who runs the world's biggest hedge fund, said the bond market is "in a dangerous situation."
Carl Icahn, one of the best traders ever, said there are "tremendous risks" in the market.
Singer, Dalio, and Icahn are Wall Street legends. It pays to listen to them.
Today, we'll take a closer look at why these all-star investors are so worried. As you'll see, you need to take steps to protect your wealth if you haven't already.
• Stocks have lost touch with reality…
A month ago, the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high. It's now up 216% since March 2009.
If you've been reading the Dispatch, you know stocks have rallied against all odds.
They're trading at record highs despite a weak global economy. The U.S., Europe, Japan, and China are all growing at their slowest rates in decades.
They're rising while profits fall. Profits for companies in the S&P 500 are on track to fall for the sixth straight quarter.
And they keep climbing despite sky-high valuations. The S&P 500 trades at 18 times "forward" earnings. U.S. stocks haven't been this expensive since 2002.
Normally, these problems would drag down stocks. Instead, stocks are trading at record highs.
• Easy money has levitated stocks…
Central bankers have cut interest rates more than 670 times since 2008. They've pumped more than $12 trillion into the financial system over the same period.
This massive "stimulus" effort stoked a historic rally in stocks. But it did nothing for the "real" economy.
Singer says this disconnect between stocks and the economy has put investors in serious danger:
Eight years of ever-declining rates and ever-increasing radicalism in other monetary policies have not created a sustainable, accelerating uptick in growth. What they have done is created a tremendous increase in hidden risk, risk that investors don't exactly know or have faced about their holdings…
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An author is warning senior citizens to have procedures done now before Obamacare kicks in this Janauary!
Dr. Betsy McCaughey has written the book, "Beating Obamacare." Inside, she claims there are 20 new taxes in the Obamacare Nightmare that could cost the average family an extra $6,000 a year starting in 2014, just a few months from now. Money Morning has a marketing piece posted designed to help McCaughey sell more books…
"According to McCaughey's research, senior citizens will get hit the hardest. Hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery will be especially hard to get from Medicare in the months ahead thanks to Obamacare, according to McCaughey. She warns seniors to get those types of procedures done now before Obamacare goes into effect January 1."
That's her warning, not ours. Our warning follows.
Warning: Clicking on the link below and then the links featured at 'Money Morning' will take you to a video which could be offensive. It seems to be about selling more books for McCaughey. This is why I am not providing an actual link. But here is the website address if you insist.
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If you are looking for a slightly out of the way 5 star place to stay, yet walking distance into town, treated like a king or queen, exposed to delicate, delightful gourmet breakfast and personnel attention to every request or detail, then don't bother looking any further. Ian, Anne and Michelle will make you feel right at home and spoil you rotten. We stayed in the Master suite overlooking the front of the house, with our private balcony. We can't wait to return again soon.
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Has anyone here had a successful vbac after multiple c sections? I've had 4 c sections....I fought tooth and nail to not have my last one but I lost that battle. So I would like more kids but I want to go the vba4c route. Any advice anyone can give on bettering my chances at this? I know they say to wait 18 months before getting pregnant. Do midwifes shy away from these types of cases? My youngest is now 16 months old. I was thinking maybe when shes around 2.5 years old we can try again. We're about to move and I am hoping I can find a supportive midwife in our new area.
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I belonged to an ICAN chapter here when I was pregnant with my last baby. It was great to be able to talk to the ladies and get support but none of them really knew what else I could do when it came down to the c section. It's a huge long story. I think my biggest problem was that I trusted my doctor instead of trying to find a midwife. My doctor ended up doing the bait and switch last minute. Then I was threatened with them calling cps to take my new born baby if I didnt follow through with the c section because I was endangering my child. So yeah.....c section it was :-(
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Abdominal pain is a very common complaint and at times may be difficult to diagnose. While there are specific conditions that can cause lower left abdominal pain, according to the Abdominal Pain Centre, it may also be the result of a problem in a nearby organ or from another area of the abdomen. Your pain may be the result of constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, trapped gas or a more serious condition.
Crohn's Disease
Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel disease, can affect your descending or sigmoid colon causing lower left abdominal pain. The cause of Crohn's disease is not known. It is an autoimmune disease where your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue creating ulcers in your digestive tract. There is no cure for Crohn's and it causes chronic abdominal pain.
Diverticulitis is a common cause of lower left abdominal pain, particularly for those over the age of 60. Pouches (called diverticula) develop in the wall of your bowel, most often in the sigmoid colon. When these pouches become inflamed and bulge outward, they cause pain. Symptoms can be mild enough to treat at home or they may be severe, requiring a hospital stay and sometimes intravenous antibiotics. A high fiber diet is recommended to prevent recurring symptoms.
Kidney Problems
Lower left abdominal pain may be a sign of a kidney stone that has moved down the left side of your ureter, which are the tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder. It is usually a sudden, severe pain that may be intermittent, and the pain may spread to your thigh. You may also begin vomiting and frequently passing small amounts of urine. Left side kidney infection may also cause lower left abdominal pain, along with fever, vomiting and frequent, burning urination.
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Sigmoid volvulus causes large bowel obstruction, most frequently in the elderly in nursing home or other long-term facilities. The sigmoid part of the large bowel twists on itself, causing obstruXx-rays and corrected with a sigmoidoscope. In the event that the bowel becomes perforated, surgery is necessary.
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* German GDP drop worst since 2009, France's also contracts
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* U.S. Treasury debt rises on safe-haven appeal
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lower and the euro slid against the dollar on Thursday after
data showed the euro zone slipped deeper into recession in late
2012 than had been expected.
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League of Legends Wiki just got a new Main Page design, this new Main Page Scheme was made to commemorate the arrival of a new decade, if you are a little bit confused on some things let me help you out. There are 2 Top Bars the first one introduces you to the Wiki, and the second one gives you links to the core elements of the game (items, minions, summoners). Up to here everything seems normal, but then...
We start with the new features with the What's hot? section that gives you the perfect ammount of information for you to know about the Wiki, the game, and lore behind it.
The section below you already know it: Featured Champion, with Annie premiering the new page design. After that we got a new Did you know...? section, that gives you details that only those fortunate enough know.
In the other section we have the brand new News section, and the Helping out section.
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Biography of Dr. Seuss! Dr. Seuss published 44 children's books including
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He was born on March 2, 1904 in Springfield, Massachusetts.
His mother Henritta and father Theodore were the best mother and
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When World War 1 hit it destroyed the financial and social sucess for
the German immigrants, it really turned things around for the
Geisel family. On November 29, 1927 he gets married to Helen Palmer.
After they got married he went to collee at Dartmouth
College. That's when he really started writing his poems and
started his life. His best known book is Cat In The Hat.
It was published in 1957. Most of his stories/poems
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In 1958 Seuss becomes the president of "Beginner Books."
October 23, 1967 Helen Palmer dies.
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For those who want assured comfort, first rate service and an outstanding breakfast then look no further than this hotel for your trip to Amsterdam.
On arrival, we were treated with exceptional courtesy and helpfulness by a young lady on reception. She was dressed with care, had poise and a very natural manner, they say that reception staff are critical as they are the human face of the hotel, well this young lady did the hotel proud and gave my wife and I the confidence to know that we had chosen wisely. The room was great, lovely bed, 2 Bose CD players / radios, a Nespresso machine, 2 TVs with English channels, a good wet room, Hermes toiletries etc. All was well and very comfortable. Extras like an evening turn down, a turn down treat and very importantly a bottle of mineral water were all very welcome.
The highlight of our stay was the breakfast buffet which in our opinion rates alongside those you get at Four Seasons and Mandarin Oriental properties. The range and lay out were both superb. The staff were gracious, well dressed, helpful and induced a state of relaxation - a very pleasant start to the day!
We were lucky enough to dine in Bridges Restaurant during our stay. This is one star Michelin restaurant and has a modern design. Service once again was excellent, the food was very good and proved to be worthy of a star - the accent is on fish and presentation both of which were cooked / designed in a worthy way. We both had the six course taster menu and I accompanied my food with the appropriate wine. Wine service was very good and very knowledgeable. The wine was served in an informative way with no hint of intimidation or superior knowledge.
The hotel is centrally located, has a lovely outdoor courtyard which must be great in the summer. Concierge service was excellent, flower arrangements in the lobby were outstanding and service in the library bar, like elsewhere in the hotel, was very good.
All in all, an excellent hotel, ranked, in my opinion, amongst the best in Europe.
I nearly forgot to mention the Flying Dutchman bar, tiny and tucked away but with a super barman, nip in for a drink and a chat - well worth it!
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- SOFITEL LEGEND THE GRAND AMSTERDAM.Furnished with French elegance and grandeur, the hotel welcomes a variety of visitors, from the trendy Amsterdam elite to royal brides or famous international movie stars. In each of the rooms, the restaurant, the hallways and the beautiful garden terrace, design and history captivate and seduce everyone into visiting. ROOMS & SUITES.Sofitel Legend The Grand Amsterdam offers 177 spacious rooms, including 52 luxurious suites, amongst which 14 individually designed Suite Apartments: lodgings in 17th century canal houses. The rich history of the hotel is, as naturally, incorporated into the new architectural details in many ways. WELL BEING.Access to the relaxing SoSPA is complimentary for all hotel guests. It is the ideal place to unwind and pamper yourself. SoSPA houses an indoor heated swimming pool, a private Turkish steam bath, a Jacuzzi, a sauna, private treatment rooms and a SoFIT fitness area. INSPIRED MEETINGS.The 17 fully equipped banqueting and conference rooms, five of which are listed as historic monuments, provide the ultimate venue for meetings or conferences in Amsterdam. All rooms have natural daylight and are equipped with the latest technical facilities. BRIDGES RESTAURANT.The modern and trendy fish restaurant serves dishes with an emphasis on sea food and fish, mostly Dutch organic produce with a French twist. Bridges bar and lounge are the heart of restaurant, offering exclusive wines and vintage Champagnes. ... more less
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In 2015, dispatchers with the Logan County Emergency Communications Center (ECC/911) had a Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) volume of 41,760 calls, proving the department is one of the most busiest in the community.
In telecommunications, call volume refers to the number of telephone calls made during a certain time period. Depending on context, the phrase may refer to either the number of calls made to a specific physical area or telephone number (such as an emergency service agency) or the number of calls made between two or more areas.
ECC executive director Ginger Lawrence gave a report at the Tuesday, Jan. 12th fiscal court meeting. She wanted to show magistrates what the dispatchers do and how many calls are handled during a year's time.
"We stay pretty busy," said Lawrence. "Our volume is up from 2014 by about 500 calls and those were from EMS."
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After being stuck in the Hetalia, Sonic and Naruto fandoms, I've had my fair share of toxic fandoms. Whether it was the people having their OTPs and "ANYONE WHO DISAGREES NEEDS TO GO DIE!!!1!", or arguments on who's stronger, better, faster or the worst characters ever (and again, all who disagree must die), alongside just sheer ignorance of characters, I'd say this one's pretty much right alongside the top ten.
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Published: December 9, 2010 at 11:42 AMIncredible. If it weren't for the fact that I prefer not to travel to most Asian countries, I'd probably go.
Published: December 9, 2010 at 11:51 AMNotice the ceramic, non-disposable food plates. Very cool. Smart. Shameful how parks in Orlando use plastic plates.
Published: December 9, 2010 at 9:40 PMGreat pictures! Thanks for posting.
Hopefully someone can post pictures of the Hollywood, New York themed areas along with how Transformers is shaping up over there.
Published: December 10, 2010 at 12:07 AMI think the placement of the attractions is a little poor. Considering how close they're I mean. But if I ignore that the Humans are fighting the Cylons "in or very near Egypt,LOL" it looks awesome and seems beautiful. The Madagascar boat looks amazing and the Battlestar Gallactica "previously mentioned" looks like a lot of fun. I like it a lot!
Now all they have to do is build a couple more parks or attractions to merit a visit. Just one isn't enough for me to travel to Singapore from the Caribbean. I mean Florida is 3 hours away by plane, cheaper, and so many more parks to see.
Thanks Robert for the great pics! Could you elaborate on the Casa del Wild plate? Again thanks!
Published: December 10, 2010 at 1:03 AMDaniel (who took these pictures) posted a review of his meal on the Casa del Wild listing page.
Published: December 10, 2010 at 7:58 AMOh, I didn't see that... Thanks Robert. Thanks to Daniel too for the great pics and the review. I'll check it out.
Published: December 10, 2010 at 11:00 AMId love to see a little bit Asia someday. Makes no sense just for the parks of course. If it were just for the parks, the best thing would probably be just to get plane to Orlando and stay there for 3 weeks even for me in Europe.
Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Tokio, Seoul, Hong Kong, Shangai, all look interesthing, without considering the theme parks.
Published: December 10, 2010 at 5:03 PMWow, I didn't expect to get on the flume! :P I hope you all enjoyed the photos. I also have some of New York, Hollywood and Sci-Fi City (Robert, please let me know if you'd like me to upload them, and where). I've just arrived for a concert tour in Europe so a bit jetlagged, but I promise I will write a park review over the next few days. In the meantime, I've written a short review of each ride (including wait times and tips!) on the Universal Studios Singapore page. Next stop, Gardaland in Italy! (I hope!). Dan.
Published: December 10, 2010 at 10:18 PMMy plan to visit this park one day is to take a trip to Southeast Asia for Hong Kong Disneyland and Universal Studios Singapore. That will be of course after I visit Disneyland Paris.


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Hi folks, I had a few ideas while reading Giacomo's todo list that I wanted to share. I'm relatively new to Cocoon (3 months) and started to study C2 only 2 weeks ago so forgive me if these ideas are not relevant, and if not please explain me why. Giacomo Pati a écrit : > > Hy all > > Here is my todo list I've collected so far. > <snip/> > - Cache Proposal > There has been a discussion many weeks ago about this topic. > We need to take up again to come to a conclusion. There has > been some thought about that from Russ Burton IIRC. > A problem I think in both C1 (Modifiable) and C2 (Changeable) is that objects implementing these interfaces have no mean to say they will *always* change (volatile, no ergodic period). Don't know for C2, but in C1 (that was discussed recently on the list) the URL of an XSP is blocked while its content is produced to be put after in the cache. This is useless, since hasChanged() always returns true (unless you redefine it in the XSP), and has the additional bad side-effect of blocking concurrent requests to the same URL ! Also, I don't understand in which condition the C2 XSPGenerator modifiedSince() method can return false (it returns true if the XSP creation date is before the current date). So can a new "isVolatile" method in "Modifiable" be the solution (if isVolatile, don't even try to cache it) ? What do you think about it ? Also, for objects that do have an ergodic period, I noticed in C1 that the cache key is the request URL and browser type. Don't we need a more generic mechanism based on the object model ? For example, I have some applications where XSPs can be cached on a per-session or per-user basis. Since I have no mean to express it, they're always regenerated. And I think this particular point will arise often with content-aggregation portal-like pages. > <snip/> > - Moving sitemap component to cocoon.xconf > Peter Donald (Avalon) mentioned recently to move the > <map:components> section from the sitemap.xmap to the > cocoon.xconf file. This indeed would reduce the verbosity of > the sitemap but also will introduce some restrictions to the > design we have today. One restriction is that the concept of > the CodeFactory (direct integration of java code during the > sitemap generation stage) will not be possible anymore. Also > if someone uses many "custom" components to build up his URI > part its not been seen in "his" sitemap and the responsable > person of the cocoon.xconf file (usually a sysadmin) will > have to be contacted if new sitemap components have to be > integrated. Please discuss this as well. > Regarding this point, why not use XInclude for the sitemap and xconf ? That would allow parts of their contents to be defined elsewhere. This suggestion comes from personal experience : some of our customers are big companies where people that are responsible for the installation and tunig in production environment (sysadmins) know nothing about the application. And these people like to have a single file that contains all runtime parameters they have to configure (JDBC info, LDAP server address, logins, etc). Also, mixing runtime information with structural information (definition and composition of components) in a single file can easily lead to application breakage if some structural information is accidentally changed when setting runtime parameters. Well, isn't that a kind of separation of concerns ? But the problem is that the elements that define these concerns heavily depend on the context : knowledge and responsibilitites of people, application, customer, etc. So I think using XInclude may be useful to achieve this separation in a modular fashion. > So far these are the items I've collected during my break and the ApacheCon. I > know there might be others issues which are not listed above, so please stand up > and bring it into this discussion. > > After we have collected all of them we will have to prioritize them and > categorize them to state which will be suitable for Beta 1. > > Ok, let's start it. > One additional item that was discussed recently : allowing classes produced from XSP to extend other classes than XSPGenerator. This would allow XSP to be used as a generic langage for XML generation in environments where a servlet context is not useful nor available (database connectors, legacy file transformation, etc) without reinventing the wheel and rewriting all the complicated java generation stuff. Hope you will find these suggestions usefull. -Sylvain
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March 31, 2008
Batter Blaster Blasts Organic Product Naming Backward
There are some examples off product naming that immediately cause a reaction, and The Batter Blaster is one of them. No, sorry, the ORGANIC Batter Blaster. This is essentially pancake batter in a pressurized can.
Don't laugh.
The name itself fits in pretty well, with the kind of product name we are used to seeing with ready to eat foods, such as Reddi-wip and Easy Cheese. Highly descriptive.
But Fake Plastic Fish has a pretty good blog about why Organic Batter Blaster is "wrong on so many levels." First of all, making whipped cream takes time (hence Reddi-wip), making melted cheese is messy and also time consuming (hence Easy Cheese), but making pancakes is quick and easy already and buying the stuff in a can to save yourself five minutes of mixing is just plain crazy.
More than that, trotting out the overused word organic to tack on the product name is really not in the spirit of organic living. Organic Picks argues that The Organic Batter Blaster and its resource wasting can has provided us with the moment where the "organic label has truly lost its meaning."
On top of that, according to Dead On, "the sexual innuendo is off the charts here." Ookee.com admonishes us "it's not some kind of sex toy. Stop it."
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March 28, 2008
Pingg and the Evolution of Language
Once upon a time, a programmer needed to do some network troubleshooting.
He wrote a little program to tell him whether a given network host was accessible and how long it took to get a signal there and back. He named this program after the sonar pulses used to determine how far away an object was in space.
And thus "ping" was born.
Five years ago, most of us only encountered the term if we had to call our ISP's tech support because we couldn't get online. Then the tech support technician would ask us to open a command line and ping Google or some other site they absolutely knew was working.
But now the word "ping" has entered our everyday language, particularly among the BlackBerry-toting business types who use "offline" when they mean "in private" or "after this discussion is over." (Real geeks know that what they want to say is "use the back-channel.")
"Ping me" does not mean "try to reach my network host to see if it's working." It means "contact me" or "remind me." Keith Ferrazzi uses "pinging" to mean keeping in frequent touch with your contacts, to remind them who you are and how helpful you can be to them.
Now there's pingg, an online invitation service discovered this week by Springwise.
Despite the obligatory Web 2.0 spelling of the name, pingg shows us just how far this once-obscure term has penetrated into popular consciousness. It doesn't take a geek to want to send out invitations online, and pingg provides every conceivable way to get your friends' attention: e-mail, SMS text message, social networks, and even good old-fashioned snail mail.
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March 27, 2008
Will Wal-Mart Ruling Start Parody Naming Trend?
In copyright law, parody counts as "fair use." So too in trademark law, it would seem. Wal-Mart accused Georgia resident Charles Smith of infringing on its trademark by selling products emblazoned "Wal-ocaust" and "Wal-Qaeda."
It's no surprise that Wal-Mart doesn't find these particular parodies amusing, but even if Smith's sites didn't feature prominent disclaimers, it's unlikely anyone would find the names—or the logos, for that matter—"confusingly similar." The average person is plenty smart enough to realize that none of the T-shirts, posters, or bumper stickers comes from Wal-Mart.
And that's exactly what Judge Timothy Batten concluded, as WebProNews reported. Smith is free to go on using the names "Wal-ocaust" and "Wal-Qaeda" to sell products.
Of course, Smith's aim is to make a political point, not establish a business. Any company that chooses its name as a parody of another company risks obsolescence once the subject of the parody is no longer a household name. Some brands might continue to flourish even if no one gets the joke anymore, but if Wal-Mart went out of business, there would be no market for Wal-ocaust T-shirts.
Which is probably just what Charles Smith would love to see happen.
Technorati Tags: Wal-Mart, Wal-ocaust, Wal-Qaeda, Trademark, Charles Smith, Judge Batten, Logos, T-Shirts, Bumper Stickers
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Motorola Brand Chief Asset of Recent Breakup
The Daily Herald has a good story up about the value of the Motorola name. The right move, they say, would be for one entity of the recently divided company to continue using the name, probably the Mobile Devices business.
That's interesting, because as the Herald correctly points out, usually in similar cases the company name is scrapped altogether. That still could happen, not least because some people feel that offering investors the ailing handset business (the one most customers associate the Motorola name with) is, as Extra Tech so eloquently puts it, like "putting lipstick on a pig."
The rot started in earnest, says GigaOm, when the RAZR (another well loved brand name in the Motorola stable) "stopped being the next new thing." Ironically, the new MOTORZR truncates that name even further, while offering what looks like the same old thing.
Extra Tech says that "right now, Motorola is simply a brand," but one that could be very attractive to Chinese manufacturers who have little, to no brand name recognition in the United States.
It's interesting to see the fortunes of a company (or senior executive for that matter) change so quickly. A year or two ago Ed Zander, Chairman of the Board for Motorola, was poking fun at Samsung's naming, calling them "Same Sung."
I agree. The Motorola name has simply too much equity to be tossed.
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March 25, 2008
The History Channel Brand Name is History
The History Channel has shortened its name to simply History and has literally thought outside the box with its logo by taking it out of its box altogether. This follows the industry's tendency to refer to a channel in a shortened version of its original name. In this case History.
TV Jab finds this move "slightly disturbing," not because they have a problem with the name, but because of the perception that History (formerly the History Channel) is trying to become more "hip."
At the same time, TV Squad notes that the channel is known in some quarters as "The Hitler Channel" because of the number of World War II documentaries you can see there and worries that the name will alienate its core audience. I don't think so. The channel's programming and its audience is much broader than its original focus on World War II.
At least one civil war historian feels the same way, bemoaning the channel's move towards "immersive" adventure documentaries about truckers and loggers.
The fact is, dropping the word channel from the name allows History to get into other forms of media. It's a logical move on the part of the channel that many did not believe could be profitable in the first place.
The same thing was said about the Learning Channel, the Discovery Channel, the Weather Channel and the original Financial News Channel. Oh, people thought Ted Turner "was crazy" when he established CNN, who would want to watch news 24/7? Apparently many people around the world, including world leaders.
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March 24, 2008
Kentucky Grilled Chicken - KFC's New Coke Naming Moment?
In the coming weeks you can expect to see "Now Grilling" signs at select KFC stores. And storefront signs
will be changed to feature "Kentucky Grilled Chicken." The London Free
Press says that "Even the brand's ubiquitous chicken buckets will get a
Doug Hasselo, KFC's chief food innovation officer, says: "This is transformational for our brand."
All kinds of things have to happen to make this naming work.
First of all, customers have to accept that KFC can grill chicken and that the product is indeed healthier than its fried alternative. Will they really believe that a piece of grilled chicken from KFC is better for them than a piece of extra crispy chicken?
More than that, many loyal customers are not going to like this kind of
brand name dilution. Circle of Food wonders if the sides will also get a makeover. Some executives have pointed out that if you want to eat healthy, you can't "just chow down on biscuits."
I think this is either going to be major coup for KFC or an unmitigated New Coke-like disaster. The name itself, Kentucky Grilled Chicken, will refocus consumers on what KFC actually stands for, a case of one step
forward and one step back.
The other thing that must worry some executives at Yum foods, KFC's parent company, is that Kentucky is not really the grilling center of the United States. When I think about grilled chicken, I think possibly of Subway.
I wonder what Colonel Sanders would think? I'd hate to be the one to tell him!
Maybe they should run an add showing that the Colonel left behind a top secret grilled chicken recipe.
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March 21, 2008
Soccer Naming Gets Tough in Seattle
There seems to be some unhappiness in Seattle about the possible name of that city's major league soccer team.
The names that the soccer fans of Seattle have to choose from are: Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic and Seattle FC, leading Seattle PI to report that sports fans were asking "Is it a phrase from a "Star Trek" convention? The name of an Eastern bloc country? Did focus groups consisting of a bunch of youth soccer coaches come up with some new moniker?"
Apparently, there had been a chance the name would be Emerald City says the WV Hooligan, who favors Seattle FC.
It seems like the folks in the Pacific Northwest have a pension for unusual names.
- Seattle's tourist slogan is "metronatural." Need I say more. Of course it reminds one of metrosexual, perhaps not the most positive association.
- Wisely, the state of Washington had the wisdom to drop its most recent state slogan "SayWA!"
Don't worry, Seattle, you may not be crazy about your soccer team's new name, but at least your team will not be called the PA Stoners, the name that came about in Pennsylvania for its NPSL (National Premier Soccer League) team from "Pennsylvania's nickname: the Keystone State." Ouch!
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March 20, 2008
English Product Naming Appeals In Spain, Taiwan, China and the Ukraine
The news that Ukrainian firms are adopting Western images and naming to capture western market share falls in line with the trend worldwide to embrace English sounding names. A law firm that changed its name from Shevchenko Didovskiy & Partners to Asters is simply good business sense in a quickly globalizing world.
Taiwanese companies are also embracing English naming as are Chinese companies.
The headlines last month discussed a Chinese bun shop that had renamed itself "Go Believe," which sounds a lot like the famous Chinese brand, Goubuli, which translates to "Dog wouldn't care it."
Brand names often do not translate well from country to country: according to the Branding Strategy Insider.
The Mitsubishi Pajero had to be renamed in Spain because the word pajero is slang for "one who masturbates." No German will drink a latte because it is a slang term for an erection in Germany.
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March 19, 2008
Very Zino Luxury Brand Naming set to be Very Profitable
The new Very Zino luxury line of pens, watches and luggage takes advantage of the immense equity around the Zino Davidoff name. All of these will feature the distinctive "brand symbol" of Zino Davidoff, whose name lives on as a brand that is synonymous with luxury. Davidoff believed that ""Pleasure in a thing of beauty is the essence of a happy life!"
Most people know the Davidoff name through his high end cigar brand, but he has also become a fashion and perfume brand via another company called Zino Davidoff Trading AG. The real feat here is that a brand name like Davidoff can straddle so many worlds.
His brand keeps growing and expanding. It is hard to think of another cigar brand that could be used to sell such an array of products, maybe Montecristo, but Davidoff was a shrewd marketer who learned to associate his name with his business.
Would I buy a Davidoff watch or briefcase? Yes indeed! And I'm not sure any other top cigar brand name would sway me. The name Davidoff, which sounds lavishly Eastern European (he was born in Kiev), just seems to fit better on a watch face or luggage tag than a name that sounds like its from Cuba.
The real question is why it looks just as good on a cigar band, but boy does it.
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March 18, 2008
Bear Stearns Naming Especially Relevant Today
One of the things that has occurred to me as I read about the JP Morgan buyout of of Bear Sterns was how a company with the word "bear" in it managed to do so well on Wall Street in the first place? Patrick O'Callahan in the News Tribune wonders the same thing, asking "Why not Bull Stearns, Windfall Stearns or Rally Stearns?"
Names that might be avoided, according to Callahan, would be "Crash Stearns, Panic Stearns, Nosedive Stearns, Sell-Off Stearns, Lemming Stearns and Halloween Stearns." The Daily Dopeness suggests that the new name might be JPBearBernankeMorganStearnsChase. Fact is, they are certainly living up to their name (the first part, anyway).
Then again, Callahan's naming might seem very apt to poor old Bear Stearns today.
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March 17, 2008
Wall Street Journal Discovers that Naming and Branding Crucial to Small Biz Success
The Small Business section of the Wall Street Journal has a very good article up entitled "Name That Firm," that indicates that "selecting a name is one of the most important decisions a company will ever make." A sentiment that I completely agree with.
The article looks at some common pitfalls that come from not putting enough thought into the naming of your company and your brand.
Funnily enough, the Chicago Tribune has a great piece up about rebranding, something many people wind up doing when their first effort at naming and branding starts to wilt. Of course, this is also a pursuit that occupies the time of many a name consultant.
The Small Business Blog has some good ideas on the subject and gives a good idea of the complexity around choosing a good name. You may go ahead and do it yourself, or you just may decide to engage a naming service.
Laurie Ayers has some thoughts on bad naming that you might want to consider, and Donald Rush has some pretty good ideas as well.
Naming and Branding is indeed very complex and its best to get it right the first time. I find it interesting to note just how often companies almost get their naming right, and end up renaming their company.
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March 14, 2008
Tribute or Threat? Shoetube Prompts Trademarking Questions
There are now dozens, if not hundreds, of video-sharing sites, but none so famous as YouTube. Now the clever spotters over at Springwise have discovered a niche video whose name is a tribute to that popularity.
Shoetube caters exclusively to shoe-lovers. If you're an Imelda Marcos wannabe (oh, I am dating myself here), this site is for you.
I love the name. It's clever, funny, and tells you exactly what you're going to find on the site. But I do wonder about the fate of the intent-to-use trademark application that the owner of Powderhouse Productions has filed. It's possible that even if Google doesn't choose to file a cease-and-desist on behalf of the name YouTube, the examining attorney at the US Patent and Trademark Office will still reject the application.
There are other registered trademarks that end in "–tube," but the rhyme makes it tricky, and the USPTO doesn't look favorably on attempts to cash in on a competitor's more famous name.
Of course, Google may face its own challenges (its TM for "YouTube" hasn't made it all the way through the registration process yet), thanks to an abandoned mark for "YouTube" in the same class filed by a Belgian manufacturer of scientific equipment.
Let's hope Shoetube makes it, but also that "-tube" doesn't become the "i-" of 2008, with dozens of copycat names to follow.
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Seth Godin Claims a Piece of Bagel Naming History
Seth Godin takes issue with an article in the New Yorker this week that claims a fellow named David Gussin invented the "everything bagel."
Seth says that he used to make everything bagels back in 1977, three years before Gussin thought up the name. He even emailed Serious Eats to say Gussin's story is "crazy."
Limeduck has the second best response to all this: "with bagels, everything is nothing." The best is from Grub Street: "are we really to believe that the world waited until 1977 for the invention of the everything bagel? Somebody's grandfather in Warsaw is going to be getting a phone call soon."
I'm no fan of the everything bagel (too much of a good thing, I guess) and I might add that "being first with a brand name is nothing unless you trademark it."
But I'm fully prepared to believe that Seth invented the name, the man can do anything, er . . . everything.
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March 13, 2008
Revlon Gets a $70 Million Lesson in Brand Naming
Today's Wall Street Journal outlines Revlon's return to its "core brand" after the failure of its Vital Radiance line for older women.
The problem was that Revlon disassociated its extremely valuable brand naming from the Vital Radiance line. It was a deadly mistake that ended a product that was actually very good. I can't seem to find a word against it in the blogosphere. Some investors still have lots preferred stock faith in Revlon despite the recent debacle, which has cost the jobs of many of the senior management and created $70 million in losses, ouch!
Revlon's new strategy will be to use the power of the Revlon name to launch new products, something they should have done with Vital Radiance.
Revlon strayed from this basic marketing mantra because of its perception that new products, rather than well known brand naming, rule the day in the make-up world. Well, Vital Radiance was a great product, but without the Revlon name and the names of one or two glamorous models behind it, it failed. Better luck next time, Revlon.
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March 12, 2008
Bad Baby Naming Won't Hurt You
Yesterday's New York Times article on "A Boy Named Sue, and a Theory of Names" reviews a book entitled Bad Baby Names, which suggests that people with names like Please Cope or Major Slaughter should do okay in life.
If you meet a person named Mary Christmas, don't feel too bad for her. Ms. Christmas probably likes her cheerful name, as does Rasp Berry. At least one blogger has picked a "best of the bunch." Here we are talking about names like Toilet Queen and Acne Fountain, which have surprisingly not proven to be a hardship to their holders.
I don't believe it.
Celebrities often get a roasting, but not enough for the Celebrity Baby Names Blog, which reminds us that our favorite movie stars have dubbed their kids "Pilot Inspektor, Moxie Crimefighter, Audio Science, Kal-El, Bluebell Madonna and Princess Tiaamii."
Even a name like Ima Reck is not the worst, at least the New York Times article avoided the really politically incorrect names in order to appeal to the bridal shower contingent.
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March 10, 2008
Brand Names and Meatball Sundaes
Phillip Davis from the Tungsten Branding Blog recently interviewed Seth Godin on his Name Game podcast. The proposed topic of discussion was whether a brand name can be a "meatball sundae."
For those who haven't read Godin's latest book, a "meatball sundae" occurs when a company tries to use Web 2.0 marketing without changing its whole approach to doing business. I was a bit curious as to how a name could be a meatball sundae.
The interview didn't really answer that question, but did include some memorable comments about product naming from the marketing guru who describes his job as "making a ruckus."
First, Seth Godin makes the point during the interview that naming your company after a minor character in Moby-Dick is a move no branding expert would advise, but nevertheless Starbucks has been wildly successful.
"The name had nothing to do with their success. And words like Google and eBay are terrible, terrible names, and yet the products succeed despite the name. […] The future of every naming agency [is] not going to be coming up with clever window-dressing. […] Those are the most creative, most confident people in business. The clients need to let them in the door. They need to let them sit with the engineers, sit with the product designers, sit with the customer service people, and design experiences that people remember."That scenario seems unlikely to me at the moment, yet it would certainly ensure that those charged with naming a product knew its features and benefits inside out, and also knew the company culture. That kind of collaboration would unquestionably make it easier to come up with an appropriate name, even if it wouldn't eliminate constraints like the need to find a name that hasn't been trademarked yet.
Although Seth's advice is helpful, I think it's overly simplistic:
"Pick a name where you're the only one, where you don't have to pay a million dollars for the domain name, where you have the ability to spread the word from person to person to person without worrying about getting it misspelled, without worrying about it getting confused."
The interview concludes with the following statement about the part brand names play in a business:
"The great companies, the great organizations, non-profits, schools, everything—are the ones who challenge our perception of the way the world is, and your name should do the same thing."
For more of Seth Godin's thoughts about naming, read the following posts from his blog:
• The new rules of naming
• Sloppy naming
• Being brave with names
• Naming a business
We might not agree with every statement in every post, but Seth Godin is always good, thought-provoking reading.
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Tom Ford Gets Bond Brand Naming Blessing
I think that its fair to say that there are some brand names that the average American consumer would never have heard of if it wasn't for James Bond. Think about the Lotus Esprit S1, or possibly the Aston Martin, and almost certainly the Walther PPK or P99.
The recent news that Tom Ford will be getting the nod to make the tux in the new Bond film is likely to help bring the designer further out of the Gucci spotlight and onto his own stage. Getting your brand naming entwined with Bond's just makes sense.
The actual name of the new movie, Quantum of Solace, is based upon a 1960 short story by Ian Fleming. The movie will bring back many old friends from Casino Royale and none other than Amy Winehouse will be singing the title track.
Paul McCartney, who sang the title for 1973's Live and Let Die, says "I definitely wouldn't do it again. I have been trying to think of something to rhyme with 'Solace' and all I can come up with is 'Wallace'! I don't envy whoever is going to write the song!"
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March 7, 2008
A Perfect Name…for a Portable Hair Salon
Springwise listed "multi-sensory pop-up spaces" among its most promising new business ideas for the week of March 6th, 2008. Canadian manufactuer Eventscape markets these fascinating alternatives to cubicles and trade-show booths under the name Kapsel.
To an English speaker, this is a good choice of name. Kapsel is obviously an alternate spelling of capsule, and this product is a showroom in a capsule.
If you speak Dutch, it's a different story. Kapsel means hairdo in Dutch, and in fact there's a famous Google bomb in which the Dutch Prime Minister appears if you search for "raar kapsel" (weird hairdo).
So Eventscape might have a little trouble selling to the Dutch market, unless they offer their "adaptable environments" to hair stylists to use as portable salons.
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Slurpuccino: Another Product Naming Victory for 7-Eleven
That naming and branding paradise otherwise known as 7-Eleven has just debuted a Super Big Gulp of product names for us all to savor just after being named the #1 franchise in the country by USA Today.
First off is the Signature 7 line of products that include "31 snacks, including beef jerky, chips, cookies, nuts, trail mix and candy." You can wash that stuff down with "Inked," the company's new tattoo friendly energy drink.
Or grab an Asian roller or a 7-Eleven hotdog, 7-Eleven sells more of them than any other store in America, making them the "king of all hotdog vendors!"
On the other hand, you can just grab a cup of coffee. Last month they amped up their coffee branding with their "freshness guaranteed" blitz. But if you're smart, you'll go for the Slurpuccino, "the love child of a Slurpee and a cappuccino," according to The Stew.
The Slurpuccino. I love it. That's the name of the week, folks.
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March 6, 2008
Olsens, Abbey Dawn Offer Glam Tween Fashion Product Naming
I am a big admirer of the Olsen Twins brand name (Mary-Kate and Ashley) and the way in which these two women have leveraged their brand naming into a number of fields.
They are writing a book entitled Influence that will feature numerous photos of the two girls who have become walking brand names and have carved out a serious niche for themselves in tween fashion branding as well as in more mainstream clothing, for example, The Row.
Possibly inspired by the Olsen Twins' success, punk rocker Avril Lavigne is getting all "girly" and is set to offer the Olsen Twins some competition with the introduction of her Abbey Dawn collection. Abbey Dawn being her childhood nickname.
The Olsen Twins, however, are, well twins, leading some bloggers to wonder if sibling branding may be a powerful trend. Witness the rise of the Olsen Twin's siblings' line Elizabeth and James and Twenty8twelve, a clothing line from Sienna and Savannah Miller: "The name of the brand comes from Sienna Miller's birth date (December 28th)."
The fact is, product naming for tween girls is is getting just as cut throat as high street fashion and using entertainment icons to do the job seems to be a great way forward.
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March 5, 2008
Placebos With Dummy Brand Naming Get Patients' Approval
The Wall Street Journal Health Blog has a great piece up today that tells us that placebos might work better with a brand name. It seems that people expect more expensive, brand name drugs to work better than generics, despite some recent research on the matter that claims generics are comparable to brand name drugs.
Drug brand naming is a complex process that is an industry in and of itself.
It does seem to me that drugs that come with a higher price tag and an attractive brand name are going to be received by consumers with more alacrity than their generic counterparts. That may be why we spend so much time picking the perfect name for them. On top of that, good pharmaceutical naming can also prevent confusion on the hospital floor.
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March 4, 2008
Mountain Bike Product Naming Brings Out the Animal in Us
A South African bike manufacturer is getting ready to conquer the world by using some savvy brand naming.
Silverback Technologies makes the hardy Silverback bike, which is "a symbol of reliability, strength, a leader of the pack, with a cool edge." Naming bikes after animals seems to be a trend. Advanced Sports Inc has named their new Fuji sub-brand after the Kestrel.
As for me, I still remember the Mongoose.
I'm just amazed that a name like Silverback took so long to be incorporated into a brand name. I am glad to see that an African company has done the honors, even if there are no Silverback's in South Africa.
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March 3, 2008
Intel Atom: Processor Product Naming for Your PC, Fridge or Mirror
Intel, long known for their confusing naming strategies, has selected the name Atom for its new chip line that could find itself in all kinds of new devices, including many that "haven't had a serious processor before," like, say, your refrigerator, toaster or even your bathroom mirror.
The Atom naming replaces the Silverthorne code name and also will be used in the Centrino Atom brand name for those products (mostly mobile Internet devices) that carry only Intel processors.
The name also does away with the Diamondville code name processors for desktops and notebooks.
This naming launch has focused some bloggers on the (pretty vague) difference between notebooks and netbooks. As Tech-Ex says, "Great, more terminology."
Intel's sub branding nomenclature is doing a nice job of balancing the emphasis of its master brand and new sub brands.
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Technology on Security's Terms
Just like that, another year comes full circle, marked as it is each December by SSI's annual Technology Issue. Of course, we cover this topic month in and month out as it is core to the business of security. However, I believe it is important to review some of the latest and greatest technologies introduced during a given 12-month stanza (2013's Top 30 Technology Innovations) as well as examine those shaping the industry's future (VMS/PSIM; hosted video; integration).
As a fervent technology enthusiast, when I entered the security industry more than 15 years ago I wondered why many cutting-edge technologies, scientific breakthroughs, and computing and electronics advancements embraced by hobbyists and consumers were not prominent in the security community. It was the age of videogame consoles like PlayStation and movies like "The Matrix," for heaven's sake — you mean to tell me things like crystal-clear video surveillance and biometrics were not ubiquitous?!
I came to realize there were good reasons for this. Security through the eyes of Hollywood and the media was closer to fantasy than reality, and the discipline of security with its mission to protect people and property required a methodical and circumspect approach to new technologies and products. I learned the world of security was not a place to adopt or deploy technology merely for technology's sake. Technology had to be thoroughly vetted and proven before seriously considered. Once I understood, it made perfect sense.
While those principles still hold true, the landscape has dramatically shifted in several ways since the late 1990s. The events of 9/11 irrevocably elevated everyone's awareness level, their realization for the need to improve and interest of applying new technologies to security. That coincided with the onset of the digital revolution that flowed into huge leaps in computing power, the Internet and broadband, wireless devices and communications, networked infrastructures, sensors and automation, smartphones and apps, and the cloud. These factors accelerated the pace of technology migrating into security for the purposes of both superior functionality and satisfying a new breed of more tech-savvy end users.
These developments have also made it more challenging than ever for security practitioners to judiciously evaluate leading- vs. bleeding-edge technology. When in doubt, most responsible for others' or their own organization's security are going to error on the side of caution — which is how it should be and something that must not be compromised.
In the spirit of the season, this issue's theme and the quest for universal understanding, let's look closer to contrast the collective mindsets of manufacturer, dealer and user, and contemplate each faction's security technology holiday wish.
MANUFACTURERS — Larger suppliers are under pressure to justify their R&D expenditures and satisfy investors/stockholders; smaller ones seek to push innovation (in some cases disruption) into the marketplace and establish their brand; both are after profits and growth, and see dealers/integrators as both facilitators and hindrances to market penetration. Holiday security technology wish: For dealers/integrators to more quickly train on and sell new products.
DEALERS/INTEGRATORS — They are excited about opportunities and the potential of new technologies but leery of becoming in effect beta testers of unproven products, want to get staff in place and trained on IT-based solutions, are concerned about manufacturers circumventing the channel to sell direct, and are looking to increase the value proposition to customers and RMR. Holiday security technology wish: For manufacturers to honor the channel and offer true interoperability, and for users to have realistic expectations.
END USERS — Commercial clients need system scalability, reliability, flexibility, affordability and value-adds pleasing to executive management that also offer operational efficiencies and are obsolescence resistant; residential customers expect simplicity, convenience, immediacy, thriftiness and fun. Holiday security technology wish: To obtain enhancements in safety, productivity and lifestyle.
You know what? All those wishes just may come true. And with that, good security technology to all and to all good security technology!
Editor-in-Chief Scott Goldfine has spent more than 15 years with SECURITY SALES & INTEGRATION. Follow him online via the Under Surveillance blog at securitysales.com/blog.
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