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Digital Guitar Pedalboard BOSS GT 10

2011-10-18T23:52:00.001-07:00

Advanced sound: Powered by BOSS’s custom-made new-generation processor and proprietary COSM sound-modeling method, the GT-10 ushers in a new era of audio quality for guitarists. BOSS’s legendary know-how of effects and sound modeling are fully integrated into this new flagship floorboard multi-FX unit. As a result, tone quality is significantly higher, and response to playing dynamics is much more natural and musical. And not just for the stage — the GT-10 is also great in the studio thanks to its USB capability and digital output.

EZ Tone Wizard: The GT-10 is a pro player’s dream, but it’s also friendly enough for first timers. The innovative EZ Tone wizard helps you create top-quality sounds quickly. It offers an intuitive approach to sound design based on graphical icons to quickly realize the sounds that guitarists are imaging. No more struggling with parameters on the LCD.

Truly Intutive Operation: In addition to EZ Tone, general operation of GT-10 is truly intuitive. The Effects Select buttons, for example, enable instant access to the essential parameters of each effect. The values of the parameters shown can be increased/decreased immediately by turning four rotary encoder knobs below the LCD. Operation is as easy as compact pedals on a pedalboard, as you can quickly jump from any effect to any effect.

More Flexibility and Creative Possibilities: GT-10’s Parallel Chain feature provides two separate effects paths, including COSM amp models for seamless switching from clean tone to lead and vice versa. The two channels can be used simultaneously, blended by expression pedal, or even switched based on your playing dynamics.

The GT-10 also comes equipped with Phrase Loop. This inspiring feature is great for idea sketching and practice as well as in performance with live sound-on-sound looping. You can place the Phrase Loop before or after the effects. Placing the Phrase Loop after the effects lets you achieve a rich variety of performances by combining different tones. Placing the Phrase Loop before the effects, you can apply the effects during loop play. This enables you to adjust effects or compare patch tones.

USB Connectivity: Connect the GT-10 to a wide range of external gear via its rear-panel USB port, where audio and MIDI data can be streamed digitally to computers, digital recorders, or other compatible devices. Safely transfer precious data to and from the GT-10 via USB as well.

Quality Construction: It’s a BOSS tradition to build gear that looks great, is friendly to use, and stands up to the rigors of the road. The GT-10 is no exception, with its strong, stylish design, and six dedicated footswitches plus built-in expression pedal. The high-contrast LCD and LED make using the GT-10 a breeze even on dark stages or in glaring sunlight.

Ibanez Joe Satriani Series

2011-07-21T01:15:00.000-07:00

"Maestro Joe Satriani's jaw-dropping skill on the guitar is only matched by the sheer beauty and artistry of his Signature instruments. Created in collaboration with Satch himself, these models are indeed an extension of his playing: finely nuanced yet capable of staggering heights of musicality."

- Joe Satriani -

New Gibson Firebird X

2011-07-14T22:07:00.000-07:00

BODY CONSTRUCTION

The guitar is made to be comfortable and amazingly easy to play. It features a lightweight body made from hand-sorted swamp ash, with a rock maple neck and curly maple fingure board. This construction not only makes it refreshingly light (allowing you to play for many hours without even noticing), but it also allows the guitar to achieve exceptional sustain and tonal range. Firebird X is capable of very resonant and acoustic-like voicing.

The guitar is a bit more than six pounds in total weight. Special resonant chambers not only decrease total weight, but also allow acoustic-like tones and increased overall sustain. The guitar is louder than a typical solid body with substantial tone from lowest bass note to highest treble note. To get more depth, we use a heavy bottom gauge of string with E being about "10" and low E about a "52" with a custom gauge insuring even, crisp tones for all six strings.

This guitar is clearly evolved from a Gibson Firebird, evocative of a rich history, but with contemporary features. With its hand-applied and unique high-end wood finish, the Firebird X is not unlike a cross between a vintage sports car and a modern sports racer. It is beautiful, historical and yet contemporary and unique. With a limited run of just 1,800 units, it is sure to become a collector classic.

Scarfs and large radius corners are everywhere the arm and body come into contact. It is smooth and comfortable, even when you are playing for hours. It's almost not there.

BALANCE – WITH STRAP AND SITTING

The balance point for the upper bout and the lower curve for placement on the leg are exceptionally balanced and comfortable. This is a guitar you can play for hours without soreness or fatigue.

We have developed a patent-pending strap that attaches at the upper bout with a single strap lock that comes with the guitar. That strap is much more comfortable, evenly distributing the lightweight beast and allowing complete freedom of motion. A simple adjustment allows you to adjust the hanging height on the fly. Both strap buttons are available if you desire a more traditional hang.

THE AESTHETICS – THE LOOK

The look builds on the Firebird's and Gibson's history. The wood grain is accentuated, so it "pops" with staining technique.

The fingerboard has character with a slightly burnt maple look. The neck inlays are tilted parallelograms, with a very dark wood. The headstock has a classic Gibson dove wing shape, which is bound, and a Firebird-style truss rod cover.

The look has a very classic fine furniture look with marquetry, elegant curves and smooth rounds. It is very appealing to a guitar player and non-guitar player alike.

NECK

The neck is thin, fast, and asymmetrical with a smooth, non-stick satin finish. A volute at the nut allows the hand to quickly find the first position and improves total sustain and strength. The neck joint is smoothly blended from neck to body with just a slight roundness, allowing maximum access to high register strings. The lower cut away cuts deeper, affording exceptional access to the high register.

The fingerboard has low-profile, fretless wonder frets and a highly polished curly maple surface.

This allows fretting to have almost no impact on pitch (higher frets cause a slight pitch change when the finger depresses the string). Finally, the fretboard is extended to 23 frets, allowing the player to achieve a full, two-octave range with a bend.

The maple neck is hand-sorted and is exceptionally stable, allowing previously unachievable tolerances on our factory set up and maintaining this great set up over time.

PICKUPS

The Firebird X product uses three mini-humbuckers and a vastly improved hexaphonic piezo bridge pickup with an improved low noise, high dynamic-range preamplifier, making this a fully active guitar. The pickups are based on traditional Firebird designs, but have been significantly improved to provide more tonal range and to match the studio-grade preamplifier section. The result is that the signal dynamic analog dynamic range exceeds the specification of the high-end electronics — 110 dB.

Each coil of the electro-magnetic pickup is individually controlled, allowing each coil to be on, off, or on-reverse polarity. The guitar's presets use the best combinations to recreate the world's best tones and some great new tones. New combinations can be made using the Firebird X editor, giving you an unlimited sonic palette.

4 lead wire standard color code

Mini-humbucker side-by-side coils

Ceramic, Alnico II and Alnico V blade magnets

Solid chrome cover

Metalize plastic trim ring

Well-shielded and adjustable for max S/N

With 3 pickups, 6 coils

Can be used in any combination

Humbucking single coil modes

Alnico pickups have 8000 turns with the Ceramic having 7250 turns.

The piezo pickup has a new, sweet acoustic-like tone, allowing the guitar to replicate a true acoustic instrument.

All controls on the guitar feel like they come from very high-end professional equipment. The pots are silky smooth with just the right amount of friction. All switches feel crisp and final — no wobble. The surfaces are knurled or textured to allow use with sweaty hands.

ROBO-TUNERS

This guitar continues on a tradition of having electronic tuners, and a fourth generation of supporting hardware and software. What this means is that the guitar can change tuners even more quickly and accurately, with an even simpler way to get to multiple tunings.

The tuners can be used manually and have been enhanced to be more robust with a better feel when used manually.

Joe Satriani album “Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards”

2011-06-20T00:27:00.000-07:00

Satriani, one of rock music’s most renowned electric guitarists, has announced details of his highly anticipated 14th studio album, “Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards“. The album will be made available in the US on October 5 (one day earlier internationally) via Epic Records.

On “Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards”, Satriani’s classic sound is accompanied by a surprisingly rich new texture. The first single, “Light Years Away“, is destined to be a hit, alongside several other high energy offerings, like “Wormhole Wizards” and “Premonition“.

“Black Swans And Wormhole Wizards” track listing:

01. Premonition
02. Dream Song
03. Pyrrhic Victoria
04. Light Years Away
05. Solitude
06. Littlleworth Lane
07. The Golden Room
08. Two Sides To Every Story
09. Wormhole Wizards
10. Wind In The Trees
11. God Is Crying

Satriani joined with former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar, former bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ drummer Chad Smith to form the stand-out rock collaboration Chickenfoot. After a highly successful world tour, their self-titled debut album was certified gold in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments in excess of 500,000 copies.

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2011-02-17T00:00:00.000-08:00

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BOSS TYPE OD-3

2009-01-10T10:59:00.000-08:00

The OD-3 is the ultimate BOSS Overdrive unit, capable of producing the widest range of smoth overdrives tones with a dynamic response wich surpasses ony other overdrive pedal on the market. Based on a dual-stage overdrive circuit, the OD-3 sounds bigger and fuller than previous pedals. Sustain for days with a tone to die for … that’s the OD-3.

USING THE OD-3

For Fat, crunchy Start rhytems

This setting gives you those full, crunchy overdrive sounds that work so well with single-coil pickups. Tons of sustain, with that expressive soulful overdrive sound.

For a bluesy, wide-open sound

With this setting, the OD-3 will push your amp a little harder, producing a great natural overdriven blues sound. It preserves all of your guitar’s natural tone and dynamics while giving you some extra drive.

For big, fat solos

When you realy want your solos to punch through, crank the OD-3’s level and drive controls to three overdrive’clock. Then set the OD-3’s Tone control as desired to et a fat, round solo sound that’ll have ‘em begging for more!

Guitar Amp Settings

2008-12-23T12:42:00.000-08:00

For a clean sound

clean sound amplifier setting
Turn master up and use guitar’s VOLUME to get the level you want, always keeping it bellow overdrive thresholds.

For hard distortion

hard distortion amplifier setting
Turn MASTER up just a little, and gradually increase GAIN and VOLUME. When the distortion is at the level you want, adjust the overall sound level with MASTER.

For mild distortion

mild distortion amplifier setting
With GAIN set at center position, raise VOLUME for a mild, fat overdrive. When the level is where you want it, shape your tone as desired with BASS, MIDDLE and TREBLE Tone Controls.

Distortion varies depending on the type of guitar pickup

2008-12-19T13:08:00.000-08:00

There are two main types of guitar pickups, and they form basis an electric guitar’s sound.:

Single-coil pickup

single coil pickup Single-coil pickup are famous for their clear, biting tone. Some single coil pickups included a built-in battery for increase output.

Hambucking pickup

hambucking pickup Hambucking pickup are consist of two single coils align with opposing magnetic fields. This type of pickup provides higher output, more distortion, and a darker, fatter sound compared to single coils.

Some Basic for making the most of effect units

2008-12-19T13:04:00.000-08:00

Use these guideline when connecting effects pedals.

Effect unit that detect an envelope, such as auto wah and octave, should be connected close to the guitar. The wah pedal is generally connected before the distortion pedal so it can regulate the distortion, though hooking it up after the distortion still sounds good. The wah effect varies depending on whether it’s before or after the distortion in the signal chain. Try it both ways to see the difference.

Connect EQ after tyour distortion so you can totally shape your sound.
Connect reverb units toward the end of the chain maximum effect
Decide where to connect chorus/delay/reverb by careful monitoring of the resulting sound
Connect a volume pedal before delay effects so that the volume can be lowered without cutting off the reverberation. If connected before the distortion pedal, the volume pedal controls the distortion intensity.
Connect a noise suppressor to remove distortion and modulation noise.

Best Practical Tools

2008-12-19T12:44:00.000-08:00

The best practical equipment products in 2008 is the iPhone is a mobile phone production of Apple Inc.. The camera has a function, multimedia player, SMS, Voiscemail visual and can be connected to the Internet, for example, to send email, web browsing, and others. With the user interface is a multi-touch screen with virtual keyboard and buttons. iPhone began shipping the first generation on 29 June in the U.S. with a price of U.S. $ 499 for the 4 GB model and 599 for 8 GB. The next generation, which adds features and 3G A-GPS launched in various countries on 11 July 2008. iPhone change the way we think about how the media moving equipment we can use, we see and we feel.

The camera has mounted 2.0 megapixel resolution, but can not record video. In addition, this phone also has software that can mengunggah image. As the fifth generation iPod, iPhone can play video, so users can watch television or movies. IPhone operating system is a lightweight version of Mac OS X without the various components that are not needed. This operating system takes up space as much as 700 MB.

Starting from the education business

2008-12-19T12:43:00.000-08:00

Many complained that to open a business opportunity is not there. This is a classic complaint that can not be with us again. Indeed, to start a business we can do with a variety of ways, one with the education that we have. Jerry Yang and David Filo, the founders of Yahoo start a business with education. They are students from Stanford University. Yahoo started from the back parking lots is now growing rapidly. Jerry Yang and David Filo started the business from small and simple. Jerry Yang describes the discovery that Yahoo is "an accident" when he and Filo tesisnya complete. Filo and that this launch Yahoo when they sit in the universities, before they complete studies. They start doing business with the listing several web sites that they like and write some software that allows a website to get other web sites that will be placed on a web portal called. At the time established in 1994, named Terry's Guide To The World Wide Web. When they know that their sites visited by people from 90 countries, spontaneously say "Yahoo" and finally the words that are used to name their company. In 1999, Yahoo reach star status. Net income in quadruplicate fourth quarter of 57.6 million dollars, while revenue jump from 91 million dollars into 201 million dollars. Now, Yahoo is the best portal in 2002.

Kiichiro Toyoda is the son of the founder of the company Toyoda Spinning & Weaving Co., which moves in the field of automatic loom. After completing engineering studies, he decided to start a business with the company to change the car into production and change the company name from Toyoda become Toyota in the year 1936. Kiichiro Toyoda became President of the company's Toyota until 1950. The first car made the Model AA Model and the Crown. Overseas offices established in Taiwan is first and then Saudi Arabia. Company starters began to produce forklift trucks (vessel / trailer), which made the number one company in the world in this market. Trucks entering the United States market of 1958 and 1965 the UK market. But the Model Crown failed to enter the United States, because the car is designed for the Japanese market, are not designed for the roads free of the constraints in the United States. Finally, Toyota Corolla make in 1968 and achieve success so that they can shift Volkswagen as the number one imported car in the United States. Even penetrate the heart of the city United States by cooperating with General Motors to Toyota in the United States. Camry is a car with tersukses sales in the United States in 1997. Toyota is now reaching the business to other sectors, namely financial services, telecommunications, housing, machinery navy, recreational boats, the distribution of parts and flight services. Now Toyota is the number three car maker in the world after General Motors and Ford. Yoyota have to sell 5 million vehicles per year.

Pierre Omidyar started the business with a degree in computer science. He was interested in developing the technology for different products and consumers love the idea that he can take the concept with all the way through the delivery of products to consumers, and their reaction shows and changing them. Internet gives you a place to do it, because you can publish software quickly, you can get a reaction from your customers quickly and Andapun do know if the error quickly. He thinks, how the auction in Paris of participants do not go to Paris, but in their homes or offices in each. Finally Omidyar founded on the Internet auction company with the name eBay in 1995. Before Omidyar founded eBay with i establish eSharp, which provide experience as Entrepreneurs. eBay is a company that relies on trust. Imagine! People want to pay what dilelangkan with only see an image only. Without trust this company will not run. Net income more than three times reached 1.35 million dollars in the third quarter of 1999, with sales increased to 58.5 million dollars. The amount of that conduct registration on the site eBay increased from 5.6 million to be 7.7 million compared with the previous quarter and increased 1.3 million dollars in the same period the previous year. Penjulan value of the goods on the web site jump from 195 million dollars into 741 million dollars. eBay auction is the best company in the Internet in 2002, the magazine version of Yahoo.

About what makes you great. What separates you and I made history as Entrepreneurs "said Anita Roddick. With the history of his love of the environment eventually make the concept of "natural", to make herb-pure ingredients, do not test on animals and friendly to the environment and indigenous population, where the herb-derived ingredients. With almost no advertising at all but with the publicity that is very passive, The Body Shop has become one of the legends of the world.

Ir. Ciputra start a business with the education field of architecture and properties, because it of Architecture faculty alumni ITB 1960. Ciputra now as the President Director of PT Ciputra Development (CD) and President Commissioner of PT Jaya Realty (JR) and the CEO off the public's best 1997 version Sembada Swa magazine.

Start a business from hobby

2008-12-19T12:42:00.000-08:00

Hobby is something that groove. You can start a business from hobby. Many successful entrepreneurs start of the hobby. The Psychology of success, 2,000 people from being successful, it is the 80 percent who liked what he did. Factors like to bring the energy of success that have thrust extraordinary. As Bill Gates; while still young and have a hobby computer to do with diligence, to become a successful business and the richest in the world.

Mooryati Soedibyo start a business from hobby. “As a daughter Palace since I familiar with herbal medicine and herbal medicine makes. I make herbal medicine health care for themselves and their families. I also helped friends make medicine for the day before the wedding, herbal medicine for before and after birth, and so forth. This is all I do in a family or social only. After moving to Jakarta, was still a lot of friends that I like to order medicine, and they provide the cost of replacement materials, the herbal medicine. “Said Mrs. Mooryati Soedibyo, Founder and owner of PT. Mustika Ratu. Initially, he made medicine for health care in the form of fresh water, such as kencur rice, turmeric acid, and so forth. And then create a new herbal medicine he others in accordance with the needs and requests. Now PT.Mustika Queen has helped reduce unemployment, with the recruitment of around 3,000 workers. Business is also a pride of Indonesia as one of the quality of the product-based, are made, and resources generated from Indonesia, which draws in the world.

Similarly, Martha Tilaar start a business from hobby. Martha Tilaar like a small child, because until the age of 40 years do not have children. Also encouraged because the 250-dollar scholarship per month to lecture at Indiana University, is not enough to live on. But Martha Tilaar open business where child care. Marketing is done with the attached announcement on the campus of Indiana University that its content “Baby Sitter I was, willing to accommodate infants and children.” The result came 13 foster children, from infants to have to sit in primary school. They leave their children, because the course. From this child care business, Martha Tilaar obtain her husband’s income exceeds the scholarship. From the results of this business, used to go to the Academy of Beauty Culture in Bloomington, Indiana. After graduating from beauty school, Martha Tilaar announced on the campus no longer as baby sitter, but as a beautician who are ready to be called to serve beauty. Calls flood of new business Martha Tilaar. In the year 1972, after the return from the United States, his parents garage narrow, converted to a beauty salon with the name Martha’s salons. Martha Tilaar introduce traditional herbal medicine mixed in own salon as he and rabbit experiment. In fact produce results. When he was awaiting the birth of her baby, partners working in cooperation to cancel a sudden, out of state to establish their own businesses. This bitter memories, making it grateful “Great God Almighty. I have a baby, but my business failed. ” But from this failure, Martha turning them into success like this. Even Matha Tilaar is the only U.S. woman in the book John Naisbitt “Megatrends Asia”.

Start a business from the work you’ve done.

2008-12-19T12:41:00.000-08:00

Apart from the education that you stretch, you can start a business from the job that you never do. Reuben Mattus start a business from the time he was still working children. He arrived in the United States from Poland in 1921. When the age of 8 years old and with his mother that a widow. To find the money, the mother Mattus sell ice lemon from the lemon is considered the fruit and Mattus victories. In the year 1932, he founded the company Senator Frozen Products in the Bronx and at the end of the 1950s to build the company’s ice cream ciro marketed through shops and wholesale stores beverages. Then it has to idea to enter supermarkets, but supermarkets ask for incentives that can not be filled by Ciro.s. Mattus is not easy to despair, and he created a brand of luxury ice cream made from native fruits, natural ingredients and marketed through the imaginative use of the name of Danish smelly “Haage-Dazs” as the perfect way to differentiate the brand with the newest competitors. Three sense of Haagen Dazs, which first emerged is a sense vanilli, chocolate and coffee and sold in the shops of New York food. Community welcomed the positive ice and only in a few weeks other shops across the United States to send orders on this new ice cream. From mouth to mouth marketing is enough to improve the distribution of this product to the urban centers and city universities in the area of the East Sea. People throughout the United States to send a letter asking how to get Haagen Dazs near them. Even a volunteer in distributing these products. Then the girls Mattus proposed the idea to open stores only sell brand Haagen Dazs. The first store opened in Brooklyn and open a new era for the brand and this was followed in major cities throughout the United States. In 1982, was mengekspansi to Canada and also in cooperation with the leading food companies and have to cross the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. The people of Europe welcomed the arrival of ice with enthusiasm.

Apart from the education that you stretch, you can start a business from the job that you never do. Reuben Mattus start a business from the time he was still working children. He arrived in the United States from Poland in Eugene Schueller also start a business from pekerjaanya as a chemist. As a chemist who is still young, he successfully created a formula that innovative hair coloring, which he called “auréole.” Schueller and then establish a company named “Franncaise Société de Teentures Inoffensives pour Cheveux” in the year of 1909, which eventually became “L’Oreal.” Schueller principles used to achieve success is research and innovation that focuses on beauty. Starting from a small company and as a member of his own chemistry, a new 11 years later to add 3 chemists and is now approaching 2,000 chemists employed. Schueller sell it initially to the hairdresser in Paris. Five years later, L’Oreal products have been found in the Netherlands, Austria and Italy. Several years later, through its representatives and agents to distribute to the United States, Russia and Asia. Now, L’Oreal products have been present in the world, and companies including L’Oreal, which is most impressive in France and ranked 23 of the world’s version of Fortune magazine.
From their jobs as teachers Vocational Technical High School on State Level 3 Canterbury, Mr. Tatang Marta from the village of Handapherang, Subdistrict Handapherang, Ciamis regency, West Java, started the business with waste wood to make a souvenir kind of party. Waste from mahogany, pine, Sonokeling Craft to stem the coconut can be a box watches, rods, small vases, wall clock shaped watches, jar, place lighter, bowl, spoon soup to a table where a pencil. He only wants to waste, waste wood, which is still being treated less well, can be more useful. Initially, Pak (Mr.) Tatang started this business about people abused by teachers and colleagues. Even when computed Requestor donations Pak Tatang search for remnants of wood from factory to factory and seen by quizzically and called “Anyway” by those factories. Once I know Tatang is a teacher, new people are apologize and replace it with a call “Mang (Brother)”. But the oldest and heaviest problems faced by Mr. Tatang problem is marketing. “Souvenir from the small village who want to buy?. Mau was brought to the city I have friends who have shops or showrooms I want their goods. The longer I might not jajakan circumference such as selling fish or vegetables “Tatang said Pak (Mr)”. He eventually follow the exhibition and leave the card in the name of fellow craftsmen / entrepreneurs are found in the exhibition. “Alhamdulillah, therefore buyers finally began as a way of escape from the problem of marketing” said Mr. Tatang. From just interested in the exhibition, eventually they invite cooperation and even eventually find agents that their goods abroad. That is the beginning of the most successful business, be ridiculed and ditatap with the cynical view. Now-made goods Pak Tatang interest not only in the country, but to other countries, such as the United States, Japan, Korea, Australia, Singapore and the Middle East.

I will complete my tasks at the end of the Faculty of Mathematics and natural science majors Physics, Gadjah Mada University, which calculates the phase angle collision with the atoms using numerical methods, then I work with computer assistance. From the work I do is create IMKI Computer Education Center in 1988. I start from one of my Apple computer credit. Every business there is always the obstacle, when for three months can not make an Apple computer, the computer that is drawn by the place I mengkredit. How do the students of the course. I say, “This week we learn the theory first, Allah next week we practice again.” That is the last weapon that I have to make students IMKI survive. Beginning from a business usually starts from the difficulties, threats and even the failure, but how to make and can become an opportunity to learn from the failure to achieve success in the future. Opportunities that arise when it is the Computer Professionals Program One Year, the first in Yogyakarta and early escape from the difficulties currently Computer Education Center already has 12 branches and has about 2,000 students students.

Tipping Point Strategy

2008-12-19T12:40:00.002-08:00

The success of a company depends on the strategies implemented, but sometimes seemed from the outside strategy from this small. Even things that are sometimes small changes can make a big accidentally. If this happens in the company, the company will be successful in sales. This incident occurred on the Wolverine, the manufacturer of shoes with the Hush Puppies brand. Classic suede shoes with the sole light of raw rubber is made in United States sales decreased sharply, to only 30,000 pairs per year and most of the shops or stalls, a simple outlet in a small town far from the crowd. Wolverine think even the company to stop production.

Suddenly, in late 1994 and early 1995 a miracle happened. In the event the opening of a branch of fashion houses, two executive Hush Puppies, Owen Baxter and Geoffrey Lewis met with a fashion designer from New York who relaxed in the discussion told them that the classic Hush Puppies suddenly popular in the hipster clubs and cafes in the center of the area Manhattan business. “Some shops of goods used in the Village and Soho sells shoes made us. Many of those who invade the small stores that buy everything “said Owen Baxter. “Isaac Mizrahi also wear Hush Puppies” said the fashion designer. For some of the old story, the story of Lewis Baxter and the only joke. For those not reasonable if the shoes are so behind the days suddenly become famous.

Fashion designer John Barlett, the use Hush Puppies in the Spring collection. Then followed, Anna Sui, which is used for the presentation of clothing. Jooel Fitzgerald make balloon and install a seven and a half meters in the form of soft furry dog children, short-legged and long-ear is a symbol of the Hush Puppies brand. Fitzgerald even install symbols on the roof of the store at Hollywood and clear in its art gallery to be a special boutique Hush Puppies. When it is paint and arrange the shelves, actors Pee-Wee Herman to come and ask a few pairs are provided. “Promotion of mouth to mouth, really powerful” said Joel Fitzgerald.

In 1995, Hush Puppies sold 430,000 pairs of next year and can sell four times in 1997 and sold more of the Hush Puppies ultimately strengthen itself as a fashion trend completions youth in the United States. Hush Puppies Cool Street also won the award best from the Council of Fashion Designers in a reception dinner at Lincoln Center and president of the company’s board stage with Calvin Klein and Donna Karan to receive the award on the cut Hush Puppies.
Successful sale of Hush Puppies shoes, only because teenagers who accidentally in the East Village and Soho that only a handful only. Teenagers are, whoever they do not intend promote. They put on shoes is merely just want to appear different. However, somehow something that is not intentionally spread to other teenagers until finally there was the two-mode use commodities to offer them another. These shoes appear on the surface because the accident. Shoes reaches certain point because of the popularity of Hush Puppies is said by Malcolm Gladwell reached tipping point. Prayer can change something that is not possible, something that becomes extraordinary. Prayer is followed by a hard business that can make the tipping point.

In 1995, Hush Puppies sold 430,000 pairs of next year and can sell four times in 1997 and sold more of the Hush Puppies ultimately strengthen itself as a fashion trend completions youth in the United States. Hush Puppies Cool Street also won the award best from the Council of Fashion Designers in a reception dinner at Lincoln Center and president of the company’s board stage with Calvin Klein and Donna Karan to receive the award on the cut Hush Puppies.
Successful sale of Hush Puppies shoes, only because teenagers who accidentally in the East Village and Soho that only a handful only. Teenagers are, whoever they do not intend promote. They put on shoes is merely just want to appear different. However, somehow something that is not intentionally spread to other teenagers until finally there was the two-mode use commodities to offer them another. These shoes appear on the surface because the accident. Shoes reaches certain point of popularity because it is not accidental, according to Malcolm Gladwell said reaching tipping point. Prayer can change something that is not possible, something that becomes extraordinary. Prayer is followed by a hard business that can make the tipping point.

Learning from Mark Zuckerberg

2008-12-19T12:40:00.001-08:00

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is a young Entrepreneurs ranked first in the world under the age of 30 years and is the latest technology, the golden child who was born on 14 May 1984 in White Plains, New York from the United States-Jewish ancestry and grew up in Dobbs Ferry, New York.

Now living in Palo Alto, California. He is the son of a dentist and schools in Ardsley High School and then at Philips Exeter Academy and towards the finish recruited by Microsoft and AOL to a project-hacking. In 2006, he received at Harvard University. At Harvard, as a computer programmers, he continued to create projects that the first "Coursmatch" that allow students to see the list of students in one class the same. Next project, Facemash.com which is a specific picture rating site similar to the Harvard Hot or Not. The site online for four hours before Zuckerberg internet access revoked by the office of the administration. Computer services department to bring before the Administrative Board of Harvard University, he allegedly violated computer security and violate privacy rules and intellectual property rights.

Zuckerberg launched Facebook from space asramanya Harvard on 15 February 2004 and assisted Harvarda Andrew McCollum success at Harvard and 2 / 3 of students to become members in the first two weeks. Zuckerberg then decided to expand to other universities, and assisted friends sekamarnya Dustin Moskovitz and Hughes Crish expand to Stanford University, Columbia University and Yale University, and other Ivy League colleges and universities in Boston. In early summer, Facebook has diluncurka at 55 universities.

At the end of October 2007, Microsoft purchased 1.6% share price by $ 240 million, the estimated wealth Facebook reached $ 1.5 billion. Some analysts and investors, a small part of Facebook estimate that the value of the company's far lower than that diperkirakan.Pada 6 November 2007, Zuckerberg announced that the social system of advertising in a new activity in New York and given the name of Beacon, which allows people to share information with Facebook, based on i browsing activity on other sites. EBay and the seller Fundango join to sell their products through Facebook. I let them know what they are selling through the Facebook news feed as a list of products sold. On December 1, 2007, the credibility of the Facebook Beacon program further tested when fed by The New York Times "basic accusations" the lie to Mark Zuckerberg newspaper pullout and the Coca-Cola with the same impression. On 5 December 2007, Zuckerberg wrote a blog news on the Facebook Beacon to apologize and provide convenience to users to determine the exit from the service ..

Facebook currently has more active users from 66 million and sales growth is estimated to reach $ 150 million. Zuckerberg is the origin of the United States businessman who became wealthy in a relatively young age because they successfully establish and develop a social network site Facebook with the help of a friend Harvard Andrew McCollum, and this time he served as founder and CEO of Facebook. Forbes billionaire as of the record, on their own business and not because of heritage, which was recorded in history. Its riches is about one half billion U.S. dollars.

(Why) Expensive Internet Access in Hotels

2008-12-19T12:38:00.000-08:00

Last week I was invited to give presentations in Yogyakarta. The venue was in a 5-star hotel. The hotel and the event was great, but ... my (biggest) complaint is internet access.

Internet access in this hotel was expensive. For 24-hour access, it costs US$16. Okay, to some of you this might be acceptable but not for me. Not far from the hotel, on the street outside the hotel area, there were internet cafes. Internet access there was much cheaper. I think this situation is not unique to Yogyakarta. It happens in all parts of the world.

I still don't understand why hotels charge an arm and a leg for internet access. They are not in the business of making money from telecommunication, right? If they are, then they should open game center or internet cafe (with lots of computers). They should offer free internet access as part of their service. Focus on the service.

Many friends told me that I should get 3G/3.5G/UMTS access (from cellular companies) instead of relying on hotel services. It is cheaper and more predictable. Maybe they are right.

Jumping Into Energy Bandwagon

2008-12-19T12:34:00.000-08:00

I read this yesterday, “How Tech Titans Became Energy Entrepreneurs.” Quite an interesting article. The timing is so acurate. It is interesting to see that the there is a trend to start energy company in Silicon Valley.

Here, in Indonesia, there is a heating debate about whether we should have a Nuclear Power Plant or not. We are in the brink of energy crissis. Our current power plants cannot deliver enough electrical energy to the people. It should be noted that average electrical house hold consumption in Indonesia is very low compared to Americans, for example. And yet, our electric company cannot deliver. Thus, Nuclear Power Plant idea seems viable.

Now, the question is … Is there an opportunity to create a new energy company, just like in Silicon Valley? I am not too sure. Things that are related to public needs - I think electricity is one of them - used to be owned by state only. There is no room for private companies. However, there was some attempts to privatise many state-owned companies. This should (have?) change.

This energy problem is not limitted to Indonesia. I would assume that this is a bigger problem in India and China, where tech companies are booming.

A few years ago, I was invited as part of IBM Deep Dive session in New Delhi. One of the topics we discussed was exactly this, energy! (I think it was reported in their GIO book. I lost my copy.) I am going to keep my eyes open (and perhaps starting-up again?) watching this energy bandwagon.

Spiritual Leaders in Business

2008-12-19T12:32:00.000-08:00

In the book, SQ: Spiritual Intelligence-The Ultimate Intelligence, Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall told about a businessman from the United States and Mexico fishermen. Employers praised the United States that the fishermen and asked how long the time needed for catching it. Mexican fishermen said, “Only a moment.” American businessman was asked “Why do not you stay at sea longer to get more fish?”. “Fishing is already sufficient to meet the needs of my family” responsibility of the fishermen. “But, what you do with the rest?” Ask the United States businessmen. Mexican fishermen said “I sleep soluble, while fishing, playing with my children, sleep with my wife, walking to the village every night to sip wine and play guitar with my friends. I have a life full and busy, and Senior. ” American businessman is mocking, “I am a Harvard MBA graduates and can help you. You should use the time to catch more fish. With profits from there, you can buy a larger boat. Results from a larger boat you can buy some of the boat again. In the end, you will have a fleet of fishing boats. Rather than sell the catch to the middleman, you can sell directly to the fish-processing factory, and finally, you can open your own canning business. You will control the product, processing and distribution. Later, you must leave the small coastal village and move to Mexico City, then to Los Angeles, and finally, to New York, and you will run the company’s own growing. “Then the Mexican fishermen said that” Senior However, how long the time needed for this? “. American businessman said “Fifteen to twenty-five years.”

According to Danah Venus and Ian Marshall, American businessman in the story is stupid in the spiritual, while Mexican fishermen is intelligent in the spiritual. The fishermen have the understanding that the purpose of intelligent life on their own, which deems important, motivasinya own in the most. He was a lifestyle that can meet the needs of himself and his family, he was taking time for things that are meaningful for him, he felt peaceful, he concentrated. In the United States businessmen, children from the culture stupid in the spiritual, ambitious, he must achieve something for the achievement itself, with motivation gives life a deep, he has ambitions to absorb the meaning, only the ideals that he learned at Harvard. Fishermen that will likely be long and died with a peaceful, while the businessmen will be affected by heart attacks, died with the blues, because they do not successfully reach the factory that was converted.

The level of spiritual intelligence of Mexican fishermen are the new lowest levels of spiritual intelligence, that is meaningful nautical himself and his family. Levels of intelligence is both the spiritual meaning for the community and the highest mean for God, life is solely for worship to God. Prophet Mohamed divide time into three parts. One third for the Lord, one third for the community and one third for the family. Ite r.a. said, “The existence of the Prophet s.a.w. awake nights praying to split his feet, then I thought: Why do so when God forgive the sins of the past and the future? “Answer the Prophet” is not for me to be a servant grateful to Him. ”

In leading the Prophet Muhammad is beloved friend. God made him a leader in those tools and those past. He makes his friends as well as the friends of the Prophet. “The best of my Ummah is the people who love you, and you love them. And a bad my Ummah is the people hate you, and you hate them “Messenger of heat. Speech last before the funeral was “my Ummah ….. my Ummah” because he is his love.

Rasululah s.a.w. eager to invite joke with his wife and the way they thought accordance with the degrees of their intellect and morals in the act. Messenger s.a.w. love their children, often greet them when on the road and play with them. Grandson Hasan and Husin often climb back when the Prophet and the Prophet prayer is not disturbed children who are skittish. Most of the grandson of Prophet smell. In the household of Prophet said “My home like heaven for me.”

Dr Dobb's Journal

2008-12-19T12:31:00.000-08:00

Since 1976, Dr. Dobb’s has led the computer press in covering practical technology. Unlike many magazines and web sites that focus exclusively on a single platform, language, or even a single development tool, Dr. Dobb’s has 30 years of experience covering all languages, platforms, and tools. Our authors, like our readers, are professional software developers and architects who want to explore new technologies, argue over programming style, share tricks of the trade, and build world-class systems worldwide. www.ddj.com

Web Design Opportunity

2008-12-19T12:28:00.000-08:00

If you’re in business today, a website is as important as an ad in the Yellow Pages. With a Web presence, you’ve got access to millions of potential customers around the world–it’s like rolling out a major advertising supplement, marketing brochure and mail order catalog in one easily updated package.

And all without printing, postage or phone costs! The problem is that for most people, designing a website is on a par with building your own TV set–a major mystery best left unexplored. But if you can unlock the secrets of HTML and you’ve got a flair for graphics and copywriting, then Website design could be the business for you. The advantages to this business are that it’s creative, you can start part-time on a minimal budget, and even if you don’t already know HTML, it’s not difficult to learn once you set your mind to it. And you can deal with clients in any geographic region without leaving your computer. You should have a good rapport with your computer and have mastered the basic skills to get around in cyberspace. You’ll also need a talent for graphics and copywriting because your goal for each client will be not only to get the website up and running but to design one that’s easy to navigate through, visually appealing, and clearly yet cleverly worded. Get started by designing a few sample sites to showcase your talents, and be sure to mix up your sample work to include e-commerce, information portal, and so on.

The Market

Your clients will be businesses–you can target everything from SOHOs to nonprofit organizations to professional associations to government agencies. Choose a geographic or specialty area to start with–say, small businesses in your community or real estate agencies–then send direct-mail pieces explaining the values of a website and your services. Put up your own website both to attract business and to serve as a sample of your work, and establish links with other internet sites so potential clients can find you through as many paths as possible.

Needed Equipment

As a Website designer, your most important tool will be, of course, your computer; make sure yours has a fast internet connection. You’ll also need a scanner (inexpensive is OK), Web page creation software, and a graphic design package. If your Web page software doesn’t have the oomph to upload files to the internet service provider, you’ll want a program to carry out this task.

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Source : Entrepreneur.com

strategy to create a vision

2008-12-19T12:24:00.000-08:00

According to Peter F. Drucker, the foundation of effective leadership is thinking vision and mission of the organization, study. Leaders set goals, determine priorities, and set and monitor standards.

Meanwhile, according to Tony Buzan in the book The Power of Spiritual Intelegence, vision is defined as the ability to think or plan the future with the wise and imaginative, using a mental picture of the situation that can and may occur in the future. The company's vision is the desire of companies that are ideal of carefully formulated, which determine the direction or future circumstances. The researchers see the vision as very important for the leadership, the implementation of the strategy and change (Doz & Prahalad, 1987; Hunt, 1991; Kotter, 1990; Robbins & Duncan, 1988; Sashkin, 1988).

Thus, the vision is the starting point of fact the next day a company. Vision, which is a very powerful ideas that can make the leap into the future beginning with the rally all the resources to realize the vision. Vision has the right lure and cause other people to make a commitment, generate energy and enthusiasm, to create meaning for the life of the company, to create standards that can be used to measure the success of the company, can be used outside people (customers) to measure the benefits for the company, a The main bridge between what is done now with companies that want the company in the future, is a major prerequisite for the moment and is the strategic basis for formulating the company's mission. Intel has a vision of encouraging ongoing innovation boundaries so that people can make life more fervent, more fulfilled and easier to manage. Intel's strong commitment to drive technology to make future has been the transformation of the world with a leap and bound. Intel is a company that always move in the circumstances, coal, creating an industry that never rest. Intel responses partner to develop innovative products and services, rally to support the industry can provide solutions with better resolution with collectively provide greater benefits and more quickly.

Bill Gates at the beginning of the founding of Microsoft, has the vision of "A computer on every desk in every home, running the Microsoft device." But after Bill Gates created the MS-DOS, it makes the Windows operating system as well as home use window (window) that caused Bill Gates to become Entrepreneurs richest in the world. It is not true is true that Bill Gates is merely a role in putting the PC in the office and at home in the world, but Bill Gates has the vision to see what is possible and the desire to change the vision into reality.

Thomas Watson Sr.. change the company name Computing Tabulating Recording Company became International Business Machine (IBM), even when not operate internationally, but Thomas Watson has a vision that the company later became the company that operates internationally. When Watson called the International Business Machine (IBM) many people when it smileing. Even if there is a name that Watson is too grown-blown company. But now IBM is a modern company and the manajer become role models by setting the white shirt, plain tie, the spirit of selling out. In 2003 this company was selected as the IBM computer that the world's most spectacular version of Fortune magazine.

Jeff Bezos is the founder of Amazon.com, which initially only a bookstore .. Why does he call the company with Amazon. Because "the Amazon river is the largest river in the world" said Jeff Bezos. How the river Nile. River Nile is the longest river in the world, if compared with the volume of the water Amazon River is the only child the Amazon river. Amazon river contains 20% water world, then Jeff Bezos has on the company soon became the company which controlled 20% of the world market. Amazon.com to open the site E-Commers in July 1995, the beginning of the book store and then spread to the compact disk (CD) and then to auction, and now thousands of different products and different traders. In 1996, to sell 15.7 million dollars and jumped into 600 million dollars in 1998. Amazon.com reported on November 1, through December 23, 2002, consumers who do order in the world 56 million items to become the best online stores 2002 version of Yahoo magazine.

John F. Welch, Jr. (former CEO) of General Electric stated: "We use the three principles set the atmosphere for the operation and behavior at General Electric: no border in all our behavior, speed in everything we do in each of the targets that we set" . Behavior without border rally twelve global business major, each number one or number two in the market, to a laboratory in the area of the product is a new idea, along with the general commitment to disseminate the company's history. Speed is something that does not usually found in the company of General Electric, General Electric, but in the form found in the speed of product development, design re-recycling (from order to delivery), set back the ability to reduce investment and factory equipment.