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I'm sure most of you know of Jeffrey Gitomer--he of the Sales Caffeine eZine and prolific author of the "Little Book" series. If you've enjoyed his work in the past and live close to us here in Milwaukee, you'll soon have an easy opportunity to see him live. He will be speaking at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha on March 5th.
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The New York Times must be reading our minds because just yesterday Todd and I were discussing the future of travel books, and today there's a great article about what travel guide publishers are doing to anticipate and incorporate changes in the industry.
A few approaches mentioned in the article:
Specialized guides are available online - you can get an entire guide to pubs and inns in the UK, without the other information available in more comprehensive guides. And, you can get a version that connects to the GPS in your rental car.
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FYI. Over at Words on Words, Richard Pachter has his list of favorite 2007 business books posted. Pachter has been the business books columnist at The Miami Herald since 2000.
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House Lust>>The Wall Street Journal | Passion Comes with a Mortgage
To Mr. McGinn's credit, "House Lust" is not yet another attempt to show how you too can hit the jackpot with no money down. Nor is it a storehouse of revelations about the economics or psychology of real estate.
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Seeing old friends during the holiday season always seems to encourage some reflecting. One thing that I personally thought about were the friends that no longer live close to me anymore. This past year, I made my usual pilgrimage to Hoboken, New Jersey where they moved to.
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