Starbucks opens eco-store, 50th in France

10th July, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

Starbucks France celebrated last week (July 1st) the opening of its 50th store in the country, with all the Starbucks high brass in attendance.  Located in the Disney Village at Disneyland outside of Paris, this store is the first “eco-responsible” Starbucks outside of Seattle, where they have already opened two such eco-concept stores.  The concept » Read More

Coffee Latte Face Art – New Level of Personalized Service

31st May, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

If you think you are getting state-of-the-art in personalized service when Starbucks can offer you a selection with up to 19,000 different varieties, try this one out for size. Mike Keen, who runs a small barista (coffee shop), called Studio 6 Coffee House, in Denver, provides a personalized portrait of the coffee client on the top » Read More

McDOPEY? Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack Comes to Paris

22nd February, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP): Implementation that is a whisker too long? Microsoft has launched this ad campaign for its MDOP in France. I took a couple of blackberry photos (sorry for the quality) in the metro (tube) station at l’Etoile /Charles de Gaulle in Paris. The poster comes as a double header » Read More

In case you didn’t know about the Woman with the Longest Nails in the World

19th February, 2009 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

A woman, named Lee Redmond, with longest nails in the world suffered a bad car accident over the weekend and lost all her nails.  It is hard to imagine, but she had not cut her nails since 1979.  The combined total length was nearly 9 metres, with the longest a thumb nail at 90cm.  The » Read More

Typing Skills & Games – Credit to Lester Thurow

29th November, 2008 - Posted by Minter Dial - 3 Comments

Typing not Stereotyping – A True Way to Advance… I have often wondered how my life might have been different had I not learned to type quickly and accurately. I will never forget a lecture I attended by Lester Thurow, former professor of Economics and Dean at MIT, back while I was at Yale » Read More

Life in the Fast Lane and Hooters

22nd March, 2008 - Posted by Minter Dial - 2 Comments

I would like to share with you with a little thought today. There used to be a time when I thought it desirable to live life in the fast lane. What does that mean? Well, by my understanding it means living with time whizzing by, memories blurring, names & faces forgotten and years merging » Read More

Taxi economics in Paris

23rd December, 2007 - Posted by Minter Dial - No Comments

This is not a Grinch who stole Christmas or a post about Uncle Scrooge, but it does have to do with money (economics) and service… During the last public transport strike in Paris in November, I avoided as best I could taking a taxi. Aside from the staunch traffic jams and eco-guilt*, I was not » Read More

 

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