The meaning of all this is that Rolex is totally un-alarmed by the “crisis” that is effecting watch sales, and is using what is likely times of cheaper construction and labor to focus on the brand’s future when they will be one step closer to further domination of the mainstream luxury watch world.
serve and protect. serve and protect.
gsb:
4th of July at the Browns.
todd - sorry you didnt make it to cracker barrel.
jellybeanboom:
here’s storey’s summary of what we did on friday, july 3, 2009. note: we never made it to cracker barrel; opted for falafel and hot sauce at sahara instead.
The most plausible contender for an “entirely new economic model” made possible by the internet is what Fred Wilson, the New York venture capitalist, has dubbed “freemium”.
it “plots the Internet’s leading names and domains onto the Tokyo Metro map. Domains and personalities are carefully selected through dialogue with map enthusiasts, and every domain is evaluated based on traffic, revenue, and character”.
Everything we are today dates from the late Edwardian era. That era set the standards for what we have to work with in science, and most forms of useful technology we have now were in place or at least in their infancy in those days. European literature reached its heights then. The world was fully explored and mapped by then. In short, the Edwardian era defines us. It was the apex of European civilization in the same sense that the era of Pericles was the apex of Ancient Greek civilization. Anything you can’t trace to that era is almost certainly barbarism. Nothing important that wasn’t an obvious downfall has happened since then.
Drucker focuses on how to allocate time, because you can get more of almost any resource except time. His advice to find time for uninterrupted work is particularly relevant to today’s multi-tasking world. He is also very clear about the need to allocate enough time for people. If you need an hour with someone, don’t think you are being efficient by rushing through the meeting in 15 minutes.
