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Mermaid Man And Blibbet Boy
I always liked the concept of branding. There is something very noble in putting your mark on something you created. If programmers were always required to put their name and contact information as a...
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Crouching Tourist, Hidden Bathroom
One of the most annoying things about New York and many other American cities is the lack of pubic bathrooms. There are no paid privately ran WCs like in Europe, so tourists mostly rely on McDonalds...
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Still Round The Corner There May Wait A Restaurant or a Hidden Starbucks
Advertising might be the engine of commerce, but there is a surprising number of NYC businesses are hidden inside skyscrapers with almost no indication of them on the outside. For instance, me and my...
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While buying coffee at hidden Starbucks I browsed through the little pamphlets that they have next to condiments and stirring sticks (did you notice that they have Splenda now?). What have I learned?...
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How the Starbucks Siren Became Less Naughty
[update] Starbucks logo changes again. You are probably here because you looked closely at the Starbucks logo and were a little confused about what is depicted on it. Is it a mermaid? What are those...
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Starbucks Moonshine
Livejournal has the best community blogs. I frequently read baristas even though it’s often full of petty grievances, tean angst and other Livejournal-flavored posts. But some are absolute gems. Like...
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I recently picked up “It’s Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks”. As you might know, I am a bit of coffee coin-a-sewer, owning a $2000 espresso machine and such. You...
View ArticleThe Gospel According to Starbucks: Living with a Grande Passion
Introducing the life you’d gladly stand in line for You don’t stand in line at Starbucks® just to buy a cup of coffee. You stop for the experience surrounding the cup of coffee.Too many of us line up...
View ArticlePour Your Heart into It : How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time
Since 1987, Starbucks’s star has been on the rise, growing from 11 Seattle, WA-based stores to more than 1,000 worldwide. Its goals grew, too, from the more modest, albeit fundamental one of offering...
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In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had it all: a big house in the suburbs, a loving family, and a top job at an ad agency with a six-figure salary. By the time he turned sixty, he had lost everything...
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And the Secret Ingredient is…
Bought this today in a drugstore. Is it me, or does it seem that Duane Reed pharmacies are multiplying like Starbucks?
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Aye, Mr Starbuck. Ai-ai-ai-ya-i.
I’ve pretty much settled into a way of working with dead tree books. It works as follows: I carry a pack of tiny little post-its in my pocket. When I find an interesting quote I put a postit on the...
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Mermaid Man And Blibbet Boy
I always liked the concept of branding. There is something very noble in putting your mark on something you created. If programmers were always required to put their name and contact information as a...
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Crouching Tourist, Hidden Bathroom
One of the most annoying things about New York and many other American cities is the lack of pubic bathrooms. There are no paid privately ran WCs like in Europe, so tourists mostly rely on McDonalds...
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Still Round The Corner There May Wait A Restaurant or a Hidden Starbucks
Advertising might be the engine of commerce, but there is a surprising number of NYC businesses are hidden inside skyscrapers with almost no indication of them on the outside. For instance, me and my...
View ArticleTT: Planetdoes News
While buying coffee at hidden Starbucks I browsed through the little pamphlets that they have next to condiments and stirring sticks (did you notice that they have Splenda now?). What have I learned?...
View ArticleWhat It’s All About?
I recently picked up “It’s Not About the Coffee: Leadership Principles from a Life at Starbucks”. As you might know, I am a bit of coffee coin-a-sewer, owning a $2000 espresso machine and such. You...
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