Pattern Recognition

By LK HANSEN : : BUSINESS MANAGERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE NOW COMFORTABLE OUTSOURCING LEFT-BRAIN ACTIVITIES TO INDIA OR ASIA,making the most of the automated and highly efficient production skills available in those areas. Outsourcing right-brain activities to the United States makes just as much business sense.

BY RYAN BRANDT : : THIS IS THE TITLE TO A FUN LITTLE DITTY THAT MY WIFE AND I SING TO MY THREE YEAR OLD….ONE VERSE ONLY, SUNG OVER AND OVER AGAIN. I do like trucks.

Seven months ago I almost bought a real life gas guzzling monster. Now I go to sleep at night saying a little prayer that I decided not to purchase one. And yet, now that as a nation we face over $4/per gallon for gas, a voice inside of me still wants a truck. What ‘drives’ us as a culture to want things that we should not want and buy things that we do not need?

BY BILL RONAT : : I’M GOING TO BE SHARING A SERIES OF ARTICLES I WROTE WHEN I WAS A CONTRIBUTING EDITOR FOR VIDEOMAKER MAGAZINE. These articles are still available on the magazine’s website and I’ll provide a link, but I’ll also be adding a preface to each one and include an update, if one is needed. Often, the material is still relevant, without dragging it into the present. Some things never change, even when they do.

BY LINDA BRANDT : : EVERYWHERE YOU GO THERE SEEMS TO BE RENEWED ATTENTION TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. That makes sense always, but in a down economy, even more so. Managers and leaders are sorely aware of the competition for the dollar. Beyond loss of discretionary income, there are additional depressive spending attitudes.

FROM BILL RONAT : : AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY HOBBIES IS COMMUNITY THEATER. SOMETIMES WE GET TO DO A BIT OF GOOD WHILE WE HAVE FUN... HERE'S AN ARTICLE FROM FLORIDA TODAY...

Community theater actors band together to raise money for fire victims

There's always been a bit of rivalry among the community theaters in Brevard. But on Saturday, actors and patrons will put aside their loyalties for "A Bit Flamin' Sketchy."

The comedy show is a fundraiser, with proceeds going to United Way of Brevard's 2008 Fire Response Fund, which helps victims of the recent fires in Palm Bay.

BY LK HANSEN : : EVERY NOW AND THEN, I LIKE TO PRETEND THAT I'M NOT IN THE ADVERTISING INDUSTRY, AND SEE WHAT TYPES OF MARKETING WORKS FOR ME.

Recently, life provided me with the perfect opportunity to do just this, as I am remodeling two bathrooms in my house. I always receive the requisite ad flyers in my mailbox daily, and I decided to break them open for a change, and take a look.