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Michael Edwards — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:55:34 -0400

I think its a combination of history and culture. The creation of the capital structure in the European context was integrated more in a social market economy sense. More vacation time is embedded in European culture as a result.

In America, employees do not demand more vacation time because they know its a useless argument to pursue.

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Michael Edwards — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:58:45 -0400

just a test so I can link through via rss to my website.

Fast Talk Response -

Michael Edwards — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:45:10 -0400

It's paradoxical but I think that global web 2.0 communities are likely to struggle in the near future. As one general community emerges as the evident leader, the others will start to lose their capacity.

I say its paradoxical because I think the future of web 2.0 is smaller communities that really engage niche markets and special groups, however, it's hard for anything less than a global initiative to get the startup capital needed to launch a successful community.

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Michael Edwards — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:13:19 -0400

Superficial branding is overrated. Branding that is only skin deep has no place in today's supersaturated attention economy.

Branding that is from the bottom up and aims to achieve something other than sound byte attention is most definitely NOT overrated.

I think that branding in the traditional sense of the word is becoming dated. Brands must envelop the principles of the branded. They must go beyond logos and marketing campaigns and integrate with the branded.