Channel Conflict

General-Uncategorized and Public

• RT @dhgisme: 5 Online Sources for Local, Organic Food Delivery- Great list on @TreeHugger bit.ly/xxsJXx #foodtech
• Food-delivery startup offers hot deal- charges restaurants just $.10/ delivery bit.ly/xplGFp#foodtech #restaurant #nyctech
• RF-enabled app locates lost objects or children

Retail/CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods)

• Discussion around discounters here:ow.ly/8IKcI Delhaize, Save-A-Lot, Aldi
• RT @brandchannelhub: Brands Risk Consumer Fallout From Green Logo Overload:bit.ly/zFeToW Agreed
• RT @hayesminor: More local efforts to drive shopper traffic and build loyalty: Meijer’s in Michigan to offer local bit.ly/wj3GkL
• RT @i2packaging: Emphasis on ‘pure’, #green#labels and information on product origin in U.S. chocolate. industry. goo.gl/yXJYz
• Fancy Food show wrap-up article…so many small natural/organic food start-ups everywhere.ow.ly/8EKgj
• Great disccusion/comments on Target’s “Poor me…help!” letter to vendors:retailwire.com/discussion/157…via@retailwire
• RT @keith_rng: 7 Thing You Need to Know to Start Your Weekconnected.retailnetgroup.com/index.php/2012
• Showdown Over ‘Showrooming’: ow.ly/8D0EiRetailer vs Amazon…what would you do if you were a retailer? via@retailwire.

Training (run, ride, hike, alpine-telemark-XC ski, shooting, weightlifting, rock climb)/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

• Another Google Offer for lodging/lift tickets to Keystone…they must be hurting – lack of snow. in Colo. this year ow.ly/8IFV8
• RT @InStoreTrends: Competing with Amazonshar.es/fHNS9 #amazon #digital #retail#trends #connected cc: @keith_rng #li
• Google Offer: 50% off night skiing at Echo Mtn. Dunno if this is good deal – never skied at Echo, but close to Denver: ow.ly/8HfH0
• For those who get into the backcountry in Colorado, nice map of Berthoud Pass ski area in Colorado (closed). ow.ly/8EA7A
• Northern states of lower 48 have chance to see Aurora displays from recent solar flares:ow.ly/8DRiU
• High avalanche danger in all Colorado mtns but South San Juans: ow.ly/8C3o9 In backcountry? Be careful! (Inbounds ski resorts OK)
• Tree Wells: the Skier’s Deathtrap You’ve Never Heard Of

General Uncategorized

• This is interesting. 10 Words That Will Increase (or Decrease) Your Twitter CTR: ow.ly/7vGRMvia @mediatwit
• RT @i2packaging: RT @i2forestprod USPS ends 2011 w/ loss of $5.1B: bit.ly/t2J7jd How can you lose 5.1B?

Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods

• To all retail tweeps, I am looking for brokers/reps for convenience stores. Would appreciate any referrals. Thx.
• RT @dhgisme: Square launches app that allows smartphones to ‘talk’ to cashier while in your pocket bit.ly/ue5Qks Great idea.

Training/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

• For weather geeks (like me): ow.ly/7wQlAPost here about strong winds in Colorado last week.
• 113 mph wind gust…serious wind in Colorado on Saturday night. See image for highest recorded wind gusts. ow.ly/i/ldG4

Here’s the results:

• Rain:  9.41 inches
• Snow:  47.75 inches
• Total precipitation/water equivalent:  13.3 inches
• Average for Sedalia, CO:  18.25

We were only at around 72% of average, which actually is better than I thought because it seemed like it was a dryer year.  If you go 30 miles west of us, the mountains received record precipitation for the year due to the La Nina event.  And, if you go 50 miles north of us, they too, received above average precipitation.  We seemed to be just south of the dividing line for that above average moisture.

With La Nina returning this year, although not as strong as last year, according to early forecasts, we might have another dry year, but you never know.

Below are data graphs I’ve included.

• First, undo things in your life before you can serve God: 1 Peter 4:1-2:

Links and Social Stream Activity

General Uncategorized

• Email Marketing Content Ideas: http://j.mp/q6gQdh Some good ideas here.
• RT @RetailProphet: RT @Mgconslts: @RetailProphet My latest blog on 103 Ways to Use QR Codes http://bit.ly/nnsbZt #QR Nice list.
• Looks like a great app.  Official Google Blog: Start the conversation with Google Translate for Android
• These are some interesting ideas, but don’t see anyway they can be implemented given that certain special interest groups would not allow it. Good thoughts, though.  My Soapbox Advice to the OWS Movement and then some « blog maverick
• Highly recommended. Very customizable.  WordPress › Fast Secure Contact Form « WordPress Plugins

Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods

• RT @hayesminor: 73% of shoppers prefer to use their phone vs. asking an employee for help. Me: because you often can’t find an employee
• RT @InStoreTrends: Photos: In-Store Disruption Strategies #retail #trends #disruption #instore #shoppermarketing #lihttp://shar.es/b77vp
• RT @hayesminor: 60% of store traffic passes thru the produce section of retail @retailecologist #shopperexpo
• RT @RethinkRetail: Downsizing is inevitable in retail – But new opportunities emerge as retailers compete for loyaltyhttp://www.insideretailing.com.au/IR/IRNews/Downsizing-is-inevitable-in-retail-2805.aspx
•  Twenty Five Ways to Show Your Loyalty to Your Customers: http://j.mp/oLzAva Great list. Don’t remember show shared with me,but not my find  Twenty Five Ways to Show Your Loyalty to Your Customers | Wired and Dangerous

Books/E-Books/Publishing/Blogging

• Web-based Kindle format good for comics, kids’ books http://j.mp/qjltvU
• How Well Is My Book Selling? Now Authors Have More Answershttp://zite.to/oxmru2

Dogs

• RT @DawgBlogger: Must watch: The Hidden Inflammatory Condition That Threatens Your Pet’s Well-Being http://bit.ly/nAxzUyvia @drkarenbecker
• Alcohol Poisoning in Dogs: http://j.mp/ne17h1 It may not be from ingesting liquor.
• Is your dog suddenly afraid of familiar things? http://j.mp/nhF4QQ My latest post.
• Canine Supplements: Do Dogs Need Food Supplements?
• Home remedies for fleas on dogs
• Puppy mills leave lasting emotional scars, study finds

Training/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

• “Just say no” to 15 day forecasts (Tuesday, 10/18/2011)
• Great maps comparing La Nina, El Nino and normal flow patterns:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/hdX11Srh2oz
• I thought this was interesting. However, you don’t know the validity of the data collection – are they looking at natural disasters differently, are natural disasters being reported differently, etc. Natural Disasters in the United States, 1980 – 2011 | The Big Picture
•  I’m sick of seeing all those ski vids where people get good air, good lines and stick landings – do the rest of us ski like that? I don’t think so. This video is more my style…taking hard diggers, sometimes spending more time sliding down a slope on your butt and certainly not doing it with any elegance.  Mt. Baker Blocks Webisode “Crash Reel” Episode 2
• In Colorado, Arapahoe Basin ski resort opened today and Loveland opens tomorrow. Wolf Creek is open on weekends. Best deal I’ve seen, other than a season pass (like the Epic pass – if you plan to ski a fair amount) is the 4 ticket deal at Loveland for $130 – no restrictions.
• Interesting article. I use to take lots of vitamins but then developed sensitivities to almost every vitamin supplement. I now only take code liver oil and magnesium and eat really well.  More Evidence Against Vitamin Use

Jesus Christ/Christianity

None posted

My Posts

• Snow Mountain Trail Hike
• A simple and elegant way to figuring out how to succeed in a business
• Do what is in your heart – my take on Romans 12:2-3
• Is that what I really want from God? Luke 8:36-37

Links and Social Stream Activity

General Uncategorized

• RT @HarvardBiz: Where Top-Line Growth Really Comes Fromhttp://s.hbr.org/mQ2B79

Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods

• I’ve made plans for Naturally Boulder Networking Eventhttp://planca.st/14c3
  

Books/E-Books/Publishing/Blogging

• None posted
  

Dogs

• None posted

Training/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

• I see that Wolf Creek Pass in southwestern Colorado received 36 inches and is opening tomorrow. See webcams at link below.  Web Cam – Wolf Creek Ski Area

Jesus Christ/Christianity

• None posted

• Naming your product: some guidelines I used from doing this recently: http://bit.ly/nQFuhT
• 25 start-ups present at #PitchSlam-my summary and winners:http://bit.ly/njvOUt #G
• Recent Ride, Hike and Barn Teardown

Links and Social Stream Activity

General Uncategorized

• RT @gratzo: What a night in Boulder! Here’s what you missed (pics): http://ow.ly/6ztke
• RT @donmilleris: RT @MichaelHyatt: Must read: “Fact Check: Are rich taxed less than secretaries?” | http://mhyatt.us/pGlabz (via Forbes)
• Some pretty impressive new G+ handout features rolled out:http://bit.ly/riBfWk #G+NC
• RT @netgarden: Moral Compass, Anyone? “The Great Bank Robbery” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb,Mark Spitznagelhttp://bit.ly/r3ywFO #G+NC
• Awesome pic here. New Aurora Pictures: Sun Storms Trigger Sky Shows: http://bit.ly/ojcL3H
• Resources for Using G+:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/d281XpW1zNa
• I drive a 1994 Ford Explorer that is in great shape and it turned 200,000 miles on Sunday. https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/LkmKFgm1Gn2

Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods

• RT @RetailProphet: mobile/retail collision. http://bit.ly/mZ5QhY I have not listened to this yet, but sounds interesting.
• RT @brandchannelhub: Starbucks Plots Global Grocery Domination http://bit.ly/qsR7vB Makes sense given huge retail footprint

Books/E-Books/Publishing/Blogging
None at this time

Dogs

• What causes our strong connection to dogs? 
• My wife saw this. My wife is not this bad, but she’s in the ballpark: All dog lovers will understand-http://bit.ly/ntRllb #Dogs

Training/Outdoors/Health/Food/Weather/GPS

• RT @outsidemagazine: What’s the best #survival food for cold weather? http://bit.ly/rgJYsM

Jesus Christ/Christianity

• Great sermon by Lee Strobel on the proof of Jesus’ resurrection at@rockchurchco: Download from this page: http://bit.ly/oaqLyu#Christ
• Great truth. RT @LeadingTheWay: Whenever God calls us to a task, He will equip us and enable us to complete that task.

Here’s a slideshow from a recent hike we did at Snow Mountain Ranch, Tabernash, CO



No posts this week

Links and Social Stream Activity

No Category/General Posts

• RT @richmeyer: Generation X: Reality Bites – Businessweek:http://me.lt/8I4eS
• If you have funds exposed to Europe debt (could include money market funds), you might want to move your money. Things are getting ugly.
• Looks likely that La Nina is returning this winter – means more snow for us in central & northern Colorado mountains: http://j.mp/qAQhda
• People do not care about your brand: http://j.mp/oKxriH. This article is very true, in my experience.
• Own a domain? Pre-register your company names/brands to block someone from registering it for use on the XXX domain
• G+ re-share  metric tool:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/hLbjoJAxXx5
• Google Maps +snippets feature:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/jHmB6YEp8fV
• Image of the Aurora Australis – the southern lights:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/7MbzczoRL2s
• Google+ Circle Policy:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/9sw54drpMct

Retail/CPG

• #FF - For CPG/Retail: @InStoreTrends, @brandchannelhub,@RetailProphet, @keith_rng, @retailigence
• Investing In Sustainable Food & Agriculture: http://j.mp/oqolrW Decent article worth re-posting. My comment in here as well.
• Nice summary article about food prices: http://j.mp/nVfbUK CPG’s I work with have not passed on price increases, yet.

Books, E-Books and Publishing

No links

Dogs

• Is my dog being “dominant”? https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/UTwsvq3Fkfs
• Evolution Explains: Why Dogs Eat Poop:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/gBwhNCm3DBe
• Your pet?s bad breath may be sign of dental disease:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/H9J1Cc7KdCD

Activities and Other Personal Interests

• Attending event 9/29 at American Mountaineering Museum-mainly to see Solitaire ski film, which is suppose to be good:http://bit.ly/qvw3pq
• Great outdoor sports videos here: http://j.mp/oHm2Vr. I caught up on some of my online video entertainment last night
• Hotspots and Blisters: Foot Care Tips for the Trail:  https://plus.google.com/113284824893630591242/posts/cu2H7BZSpyD

Jesus

• I recommend two sermons I heard at my church. http://j.mp/pC0qVNLife in 4G Part 2 talks about money and wealth; Part 3 talks about trials.

No posts last week – took some vacation time.

Links and Selected Social Stream Activity

CPG/Retail

• Good article from @instoretrends about developments around in-store advertising and some of my thoughts about this: http://j.mp/oRADV6
• New app that gives shoppers access to real-time inventory at the store nearest them, and benefits to retailer: http://j.mp/r4LHtD
• This is a decent article with marketing and distribution strategies, both domestic and international. http://j.mp/qtTJ5g
• Secrets of the Top 10 Most Powerful Retailers: http://j.mp/roYFaY Great summary data on retailer sales/sq. ft and why they do so well.

Publishing

• RT @steverubel: Amazon launches @author to connect Kindle readers and writers through Twitter via the device itself tip http://j.mp/om4jRP

Other Business Articles

• The secret that every marketer seems to ignore: http://j.mp/nncbfR by @richmeyer via @johndep
• RT @RetailProphet: RT @GuyKawasaki: Why your customers really leave http://j.mp/njSw6m
• RT @netgarden: XLNT: The Future of Groupon’s Business Model by @felixsalmon (read the comment thread, too) http://reut.rs/nj4Apu
• Is 384 people sample size sufficient when doing survey work? Read here for more: http://j.mp/oFy6Ge
• Good article about large companies evolving with technology change: http://j.mp/pRCk4D
• Seth Godin: Quality, price, marginal cost and the open door: http://j.mp/pOcK88 Books and digital content – he is unfortunately correct

Mobile

• RT @REI: Popular New Apps for Hikers http://bit.ly/oKUKiX #REIBlog
• Vail Resorts expanding upon use of social media, mobile devices and outdoor activities: http://j.mp/rkr6xb

Other

• Natural Cleaning With Things You Already Have at Home: http://j.mp/mQzIVN Great article.
• RT @The5iveSolas: Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once and He volunteered. – RC Sproul

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Our dry spell continues, however.  No rain in more than a month now after an already dry summer.  I am dragging a hose every day to put on the trees we have around the house.  I hope we have a decent winter with snow, but from what I have read, that may not be the case with the La Nina weather pattern we are currently experiencing. See below for La Nina weather impacts.