Swine Flu: Do dust masks really protect someone?

If you haven't heard about the swine flu, just redirect your browser to the CDC or CNN. The flu is being spread by pigs originating in Mexico possibly. The Mexican government is taking harsh precautions, so is the United States. In all the pictures you see people wearing dust masks, but does that really protect one from a 2 micron virus that can pass through those pores. What is really worse is the humidity on the mask which nurtures viruses to grow. Currently, the only precaution one can take is to wash their hands constantly. Currently, the lessons being learned from swine flu is our society can't really handle a pandemic. We can't control the quarantining the disease, we currently don't have the technology to stop the disease or any type of preventive care. If we lived in HEPA filtered environments, and find ways to block airborne viruses either by odor, light, or sound?

Song of the Week: Soft Shock by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs!

Who will be the next Twitter?

I just came back from a conference, and the word twitter and tweet was overused to a high degree. I believe that Twitter is going to join the exclusive club of High Traffic of MySpace, Youtube, Facebook, Meembo, Yahoo, Digg, Flickr, and Google. The real question, who is next? It will have to be new and simple, as any of these projects have shown, they at first only have 1 feature, either telling you status or sharing a picture or video. It is surprising google hasn't made a Flickr killer, maybe they want Yahoo to survive, and have a community of internet gurus. I think the next member of Web 2.0 will be on mobile sites being converted to online sites. I think Food has to be explored, and local events calender site that tells you what is going down in your zip code. Similar to Craigslist, but only one mission.

Sprint's new commericals might be working

I think Sprint is turning around this year, even though each quarter they post negative numbers, this might be their year. The Palm Pre is coming out this year, which is gonna be the gadget of the year, making the iPhone a thing of the past. Sprint's new innovative commercial really does tell the power of wireless and 3G, and what your missing without having a smartphone. It is much better than Dan Hesse running around NYC telling people to switch to Sprint, he looked desperate, and this time when the ratings of CEOs are at an all time low, I think he might have just brought the economy down.

Stores are going out of business, but are they really?

In the recent months, it said that each mall in America 1 out of 5 stores will go out of business during this time. This is hurting the retail leasing sector, but are these businesses really going out of business? My answer is no, these businesses are changing their strategy. The old days of driving to a store, asking a clerk for a recommendation, and paying the cashier does not need to apply to each store. Circuit City today announced that it will be selling their website to TigerDirect. A similar purchase was made last year, when TigerDirect brought the CompUSA name and website.
It appears that this investment payed off. When people first think of buying a new computer, they think CompUSA, and many people do price shopping online. The same goes with CircuitCity, when people first think of buying a new television, they think Circuit City or Best Buy. Also, in the past year people are more confortable with buying big purchases online. People are used to ordering a new plasma off Amazon or getting a new computer from Dell's website. Even though Circuit City is no longer in your neigbor hood shopping district, you can still do business with them and get a better deal than before. There will be no need to pay hourly sales employees, no need to pay monthly leases on bick stores, or the other costs such as newspaper advertising or possible sales tax.

Question: Is recognization the key to success?

This my first blog question where I invite the readers to participate. Is recognization the key to success? Is being pointed at and told that person will suceed the real success? In somewhat, yes since it is motivation and other types of synergy that is involved. I personally don't believe that is correct way to measure one's success. I believe it is difficult to imagine and log the many hours it takes for a project or an idea to become a reality. Since being recognized has certain factors such as exclusivity, and certain commonalities. I believe every person has a different definition of sucess, either to ride a bike or to fix a computer.

Kush has a .TEL

I jumped on the bandwagon and got my first .tel . It is the first "kush" dot something that I got. It is really hard to get your first name as a domain these days. dot Tel is perfect for my needs I need a way to list all my online presences such as my blog, facebook, linkin, medgdgt url, google talk, AIM address, and other online accounts. It is new standard of business cards since everyone has iPhones these days and other mobile devices. Check out my .tel at www.kush.tel

If all contests were like this

Song the Week: Pet Shop Boys : Love Etc.

I have been listening to the Pet Shop Boys all week, and it gets the Kush award for best song of the week.

Dubai to host the world's largest skyscraper

A topic which has lost popularity in the West has been the race to build taller buildings. It is apparent this is not so in the East where Tawian, and China have made their attempts. Currently, the Tawian has the world's largest completed skyscraper. The Burj when completed in September 2009 willl be the tallest skyscraper. The tower will have a hotel, to share the glory of spending a night in the world's tallest building, and other luxieries.

Link: http://www.burjdubai.com/

Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power

Mattel is releasing a new product that allows a kid to use their brain waves. This is the first type of toy that allows a brain waves. In the future, should we use using brain waves to turn off the lights, is the Universal TV remote going to be on the endangered species list in the future?

source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102472655 (thanks Nina for sending this in)