Be social and the networking will follow.

Lynette Chiang — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:11 -0500

Oxymoron of the week: 'Let's incorporate social networking".

Just look at that sentence!

Feldenkrais: The slow road to success in the fast lane

Lynette Chiang — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:36:34 -0400

I just attended an introductory workshop on the Feldenkrais Method.

The movements are slow. Very slow. In a typical "lesson", you move a limb just the tiniest amount, maybe an inch or less, then move it back. Then compare how your body feels before and after.

It's customary to lie on a bit of thin padding, because we tend to flinch and stiffen up when we get down on a hard floor.

Megabank Miscalculations: Still treating people like numbers after all these years

Lynette Chiang — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:37:52 -0400

Last week in my post about coupon clippers I posted a photo of a sign I came across in Georgia. Once more with feeling:

Coupon clippers: care and feeding guide

Lynette Chiang — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:05:26 -0400

A trendspotting firm recently asked me if I had any insights to share regarding customer service in a recession. No need for my second hand opinion - just stand in line anywhere in the city and you'll witness some elementary customer service blunders - in a time when companies can ill afford them.

DotComplacency: Step away from that mouse and just talk to me

Lynette Chiang — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:58:32 -0400

EVERYONE's feeling the recessionary pinch, but online businesses – particularly those selling ephemeral and risk-based products like say, travel insurance, have a distinct advantage.

No glassy storefront, no packaged inventory piled high somewhere in the boonies, no expensive print or TV advertising. Just a website that tells you to click around 'til your eyeballs dry up, and then "add to cart."

There's often a number you can call, but they'd rather you didn't, because that involves getting a human talking – talk isn't cheap anymore.

New York, New York: If can make it there, I'll not make it elsewhere

Lynette Chiang — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 07:07:17 -0400

Update 8 Aug 2009: The decline of New York's garment district courtesy of the New York Times

The Longest Line in NYC: Women for Hire Job Fair

Lynette Chiang — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:57:14 -0500

We interrupt this program for a report from the cold, hard pavement outside your window.

WATCH MOVIE if you can bear to ...

The Recession Ripple Effect: A little pay cut goes a long way

Lynette Chiang — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:11:20 -0500

"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

If ever there was a time to seriously ask yourself that question, cobwebby nostalgia aside, it's now.

When good news is good news: A Hudson River plane crash in a recession

Lynette Chiang — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:50:48 -0500

It's been almost a month since newly wikified Chesley B. Sullenberger III (one of the guys in the attached photo, don't mind which) executed a perfect duck dive. And unless cross-haired by a man in a tweedy peaked cap, ducks always end up bobbing right side up ...

Obamabilia: Royalty-free "Kind Eyes" Already Stimulating the Economy

Lynette Chiang — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:53:08 -0500

YOU SHOW me yours, and I'll show mine. My Obamabilia, that is.

I just watched a CNN story on the Mt McKinley-sized dune of opportunistic landfill featuring Obama's face, "with kind eyes," according to an ad for ornamental plates.

I love to mock those portrait platters with the gold trim that will blow up your microwave. And aren't I a fabulous nobody for doing so - apparently the manufacturer has sold a staggering 700,000 at $19.95.