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Why e-commerce and online advertising have still so much room to grow - and how the US is falling behind in the digital experience


Today, US E-commerce is ~$450 billion per year - out of $5 Trillion in US retail spending (or only just about 10%) which is just a fraction of the $12 trillion per year US consumer spending - so which sectors are up next for transformation (hint: restaurants, groceries, insurance, etc.). With 10% of e-commerce vs. total retail consumer spending, the US trails China, South Korea and even the UK with multiples...

Online advertising is worth $220 billion today, reaching ~40% of ad budgets, but there is another $500 billion left globally in the non-advertising marketing spend (direct marketing, product placement, events, etc).

Asia now generates more mobile data than North + South America plus all of Europe together... indicative of their spending power. Click here to read more »

Looking for an iTunes Lyrics Grabber which automatically fills in sing-s-long song texts in your library ?

Yes - I finally found an elegant Windows program which adds the lyrics to my thousands of iTunes songs - read-on ! Click here to read more »

I want one: Kitty Hawk Flyer (Thank you, Larry Page)


Your own personal aircraft. Euh boat. Or rather helicopter. Actually all three. Click here to read more »

Dallas Half Marathon March 25, 2018

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My 2nd Dallas Half Marathon... and definitely better than the first one I ran last year. Click here to read more »

Merry Christmas 2017 - Welcome 2018

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