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Apple to Print Money with iPhones big brother....iPad. Here's Why and How!

Morning Folks!!

I have a confession to make. I own about 6 iphones. I'll spare you the details of why, but by the end of this post you will figure it out and understand. You will also understand my excitement about the iPad. Apple is printing money when it comes to iphones big brother, iPad. 

First we have to rewind to June 30, 2007 when the iphone came out.Hard to believe it was nearly 3 years ago!  I said it was a game changer in that blog post and then expanded on that with the #3 comment on that post. I know a sure thing when I see it. I repeated my thoughts often since then. Not everyone agreed. It was. It is. 10 billion downloads proves it in the app store and we are just starting. So all that time I had a wish because I loved the iphone so much. I wish they would make one bigger.  Almost the size of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. If they did that, I could see many more uses and applications. The genie must have heard me and others and so Steve the Wonder Jobs is about to release the iPad. Now there is controversy here.  Some think no big deal. But many of those thought the same way about the iPhone and frankly, they were wrong then, they are wrong now. Tomorrow they start printing money. Each one they sell will be revenue they never had before. It will also increase the sale of the apps because many will work better on the ipad. They will be measuring sales of this new item in the billions and it won't hurt the rest of their line, it will enhance it.

I will be buying several. Not sure just how many. One for the cocktail table. One for the bedroom. One for the bathroom. But forget about me, I see UPS getting rid of their clunky piece of crap that they use all day and replace with this. I see many companies adapting a system of ipads based on a single app that changes how they do business. I see this as a computer with no lid. I see this as a remote control to control more things than I have even thought about. I see one of these being built in to every room in every new home to REALLY make a "Smart House" that you can really control from anywhere and do it for  fraction of the cost today. One app will change how we view the ipad. One use. One idea. It says it won’t take phone calls, but let me predict, there will be an app for that, or as we know, there already is.

Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz

PS: What folks don't get about the iPhone and now the iPad is the number of people switching ALL their computers from IBM based to Mac. Apple is eating at all those companies and there ain't much they can do about it. Apple is going to keep grabbing market share for many years to come. Every point they pick up is not only an incredible number, it is an incredible feat. For those that remember VHS vs Beta. This is like Beta coming back and winning. Apple is set to dominate the computer market. While the other companies battle for their shrinking share, it will be Apple that thrives the most while the others battle each other to death with one hand and try and battle off Apple with the other. 

Up From the Canvas. Mom fights Back Again.

Morning Folks!

I watched  a health Care system up close. They already have death panels. It comes in the form of non caring doctors and an overworked system. Fall thru the cracks? That is what a hospital is today. A lot of cracks. Shortages and uninvolved folks all controlled by a central authority. Actually, there is no central authority Nobody whatsoever is in control. Nobody.

This picture taken yesterday. The system would have rather buried her!

So once we hired our own nurse, we began to take control instead of the broken system being in control. Given to the system, it was hopeless. I had to intimidate them just to do their job. Just to care. Just to be scared that my will was going to destroy their lives if they did not get with the program. 

Today, we had our second Sunday breakfast. The nurse still is with her around the clock, but I am hoping this will be the last week and then just have someone with her during the days. Pretty tough couple months but she is coming back slowly and luckily have had no set backs. Will she return to her pre cruise health? We don’t know. But she is about 75% there from as close to 0% just 5 weeks ago. The woman the doctors left to die could be your mom someday. So TRUST, but VERIFY and let them bastards know YOU are watching.

Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz 

What, ME Worry?? I Worry for a Living.

Morning Folks!!

I am a worrier. I worry about this and I worry about that. But worry is also my greatest single motivator. The fear of failure. The fear of losing. The fear of things not going properly. That fear is my motivation. It’s almost like a self contained energy and power plant. Fear leads to worry and worry leads to motivation. Motivation leads to paying particular attention to all the small details because the fear of failure makes me worry and the worry makes me pay acute attention to the smallest of details and paying attention to details lead to an increased chance of success.

So I love times like this. I am more worried than normal. But that worry is my energy plant and as long as I am worried, life is just dandy! But there is a negative biproduct of all this. People think I am controlling. But is that really the right word? As a worrier, I see failure or those things that slip thru the cracks that may lead to failure when many others don’t. So I have the choice. Standby and watching things go south, or not. If I am not involved, well maybe no need to care. But if I am on the ship, I am going down too, so I do worry. I do take control when I see that stuff fall thru the cracks. That is how I am wired. We are all wired a bit different. So we all need to identify and celebrate our strengths and weaknesses because we never know which weakness is actually our greatest strength.

Have a GRAT Day!
Rick Schwartz

Screwing with Success Rewind. A Stupid & Epic Business Decision

Morning Folks!!

To understand this post you need to read this one that I wrote in May first or it will have no value and why waste your time?

http://www.ricksblog.com/my_weblog/2009/05/screwing-with-success-a-change-more-important-than-the-presidency.html

So we have the 15 second SuperBowl commercial with Jay, Dave and Oprah and nobody can get the right answer so I will publish it here so they get it. If  Burger King went out of business would McDonalds double their business? The answer is no. If the Tonight Show has a weak host does that help Letterman? The answer is no.

Now without even knowing the real numbers I can tell you that Conan did not help Dave. My guess is Letterman’s audience is getting smaller. He has weak competition and that means the overall INTEREST LEVEL is much lower and at 11:30 folks are looking for a new home. I like “Forensic Files”. So a splintered audience is hurting Dave and will hurt Jay. So, just like Ali/Frazier brought the game of boxing to new highs, so will this. Two Titans back fighting it out for America’s favorite? Not exactly. Here is what I see and why they would both did this. They are both in trouble. They are both scared. The 11:30 slot has been the prize of TV for my entire lifetime. But is it today?

Folks change habits over 7 months. This was a big habit to break. Many broke it.  I just believe they are working with a smaller audience overall and that hurts their pocketbook. This change could even collapse one or the other. See the equation is no longer the same. Damage has been done. NBC looks like a bunch of fools and Dave has plenty of baggage these days.

So while I was pretty certain about the post I made back in May that pretty much unfolded as predicted, this one is much more murky. I don’t have a clear vision of the overall outcome. It could go either way. My point is while I explained in that last post about why this was related to domains and honing your skills, this one is the opposite. The other was clear and that presents a great opportunity. This one is not so clear and so it is an opportunity worth walking away from. It is more of a gamble. The outcome can go many different ways. So this is how I pick what business to get into, what domains to buy, what real estate to choose. Clarity of how things will unfold. Then just get to where the masses go before they even know they want to go there. 

Have a GREAT Day!
Rick Schwartz