Tag Archives: Tom Keene Bloomberg

cracks in the brick: is the foundation crumbling

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Dave

The math is just not going to add up. The return by any sensible metric of an E-Bay, Amazon, Apple, Cisco compared to a General Electric, Walmart, Target etc. is a no-contest, no brain comparison. The smart money is going … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bezos Amazon, David Lazarus LA Times, Jeff Bezos Amazon, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Matthew Dow analyst, technological unemployment, Tiffany Hsu LA Times, Tom Keene Bloomberg | Leave a comment

fire works show

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Dave

If it ends up to be a lousy division, the two state solution, the Palestinians will tap into the well-spring of past abuse and humiliation feeding on the sense of being crippled, suffering and angry which is likely to get … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Daniel Greenfield, efraim halevy, Hamas Gaza, Iron Dome Defense System, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mkhaimar Abusada Al Azhar, Operation Pillar of Defense, Tom Keene Bloomberg, yves montand | Leave a comment

lined with silver: the goodness of fit

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Dave

Conservative pundits hate Nate Silver, but rhetoric as the election proved, is no match for science. And polling is a science and Silver nailed it. He has changed the optic on how we take the pulse of our politics and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barack Obama 2012, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mitt Romney 2012, Nate Silver pollster, Tom Keene, Tom Keene Bloomberg | Leave a comment

good morning little schoolgirl

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Dave

…or boy. happy days are here again. To see Ed Koch doing a video for Barack Obama 2012 is almost a jumping the shark moment. To see this uncle Festus derivative with the prop of a Jewish menorah is slimy … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barack Obama 2012, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mayor Ed Koch, Nate Silver pollster, Tom Keene Bloomberg, William Frederick Osborne, Woody Allen | Leave a comment

fessin’ up

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave

Something is happening here, and we’re not sure quite what is is. So sang the Buffalo Springfield. Well something is happening. There is a disconnect brewing between customer engagement with brands and their means of expressing themselves; what Henry Jenkins … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Bodyform maxipad, CEO Caroline Williams, Henry Jenkins, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Tom Keene Bloomberg | Leave a comment

the have-nots : not dark yet

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Dave

Not sure the validity of all the figures here; as Jack Welch pointed out in the government job figures, there is always some jigging and jiving that can be teased out of the data; manipulation of numbers is a combination … Continue reading →