Preview of Cat2222's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Shigatse, China Entry Title: "The Friendship Highway" Entry: "Sunday 18th July At 5.30am we packed our tent away and were confronted by some very grumpy people who'd slept (or not, as the case appeared to be) on the truck. We left camp at 6am, had breakfast on the go and drove back the way we came along the bone-shaking road, then headed along the 'Friendship Highway' towards Shigatse. The scenery along the journey was all pretty stunning with green agricultural areas on the plateaus, the occasional snowy peak and the brown/orange/yellow/green/purple Himalayan mountains all around. Not much else to report really, I think I've turned into a bit of a rock geek as on the trek I was attracted by some sparkly gold and silver rocks and on this journey there were some purple rocks in the mountains which I found quite nice too!! I think Adam may have also turned Pimba into a rock freak -- I looked into the cab to see him playing air guitar and drumming the dashboard, it was hilarious!! I don't think he's ever heard rock music before so Adam put a bit of Van Halen on for him!! It's interesting to see the differences in the countries as you go through them -- India was generally grubby with lots of rubbish everywhere, Nepal was a lot cleaner in comparison and Tibet on first impression appears to be ...
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Authors@Google: Peter Nowak
Peter Nowak visits Google's Waterloo office to present his book "Sex, Bombs & Burgers". This event took place on March 11, 2010, as part of the Authors@Google series. The talk will focus on the main theme of the book, which is how the military, porn and food industries have been the biggest drivers of technology over the past century. The links between these three are not immediately clear, but they are all rooted in humanity's basest instincts. In essence, my book is about how the worst parts of human vice have resulted in some truly incredible achievements. Peter Nowak is the senior science and technology reporter for CBC News Online. He has been writing about technology for more than a decade and his work has appeared in many top newspapers in Canada and around the world, including The National Post, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, The Boston Globe, The South China Morning Post, The Sydney Morning Herald and The New Zealand Herald. He won the 2009 Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance award for excellence in reporting, and was named the 2006 journalist of the year by the Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand. Peter Nowak lives in Toronto.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Wholesale Distributors Finding a New Retail Market on the Internet
Companies that traditionally wholesale their goods to commercial markets are finding a niche in retail sales, selling their wares to individuals over the Internet. Sales of goods ranging from designer jewelry to gourmet coffees are perfect for the Internet. Items that might not be able to support a brick and mortar store, with its need for regular hours, an ever-present sales staff, and lots of inventory, can easily be operated as a sideline by a wholesaler. Software that creates a retail website with online credit and debit card capability is easily accessible and not that expensive; predesigned templates make it easy to give the website a unique and professional look.
One jewelry wholesaler lives in rural New Hampshire and wholesales her jewelry to customers all over the Eastern Seaboard. She recently decided to start a website retailing selected pieces of her jewelry to individual customers via the Internet, and is pleased with the results. "I find that I am enjoying the creative process," she said. "It's fun to see what pieces will really sell and what won't. And I'm finding that items that sell well on the Internet are often successful if I feature them to my wholesale customers."
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in Vermont is primarily a wholesaler distributing gourmet coffees to supermarkets and convenience stores in the region. Their convenience store clients make up urns of several of their blends for sale by the cup to their own customers; the supermarkets offer the beans and ground coffees as well. Their unique blends and the availability of some organically grown coffees make them a popular product over a wide range of retail markets.
And they have their own presence on the Internet. Individuals can buy any of their blends by the bag, or in prepackaged K-cup portions that promise a perfectly brewed cup of coffee. Also available, and especially popular for birthday, anniversary, or holiday gifts, are an elegant selection of samplers, gift baskets, and fine coffeemaking accessories.
The Internet has opened up a whole new set of options for wholesalers and let them into a consumer market that they might not have considered otherwise. For many wholesalers, the Internet has literally allowed regional companies to go global.
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