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GM - To Bailout or Not To Bailout? - The take from West MI

jafoca | November 19, 2008

Michigan is an automotive state.  Our economy statewide is married to the industry, as much as I wish it were not.  And now it seems that a long time of trouble for the US automakers has become so critical that the “Small Three” have been begging like paupers for the past two weeks trying to get a government funded bailout for the industry.

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green google \\ the search giant is in tune with environmental causes

jafoca | October 2, 2008

croppercapture45 green google \\ the search giant is in tune with environmental causesOne of the larger aspects of my work at Blue Sky Sessions is google.  As a local web firm dedicated to providing quality online marketing solutions and SEM, I must closely watch the search engine to find out how to use search results and paid advertising to leverage our client’s online presence.

Just today there was some news from the goog that was a bit unusual — google has published its green energy manifesto.

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Rain rain and more rain

jafoca | September 15, 2008

Sometimes you need some rain to really enjoy the sunshine.  This weekend was one of those times for me, and wow did it ever rain!

This morning, however, on my commute to work through downtown Grand Rapids, the sun started to poke through and it was amazing.  The beams seemed to target specifically the new buildings on the medical mile, and they glistened.

Made me wish I was a better photographer, or at least could do basic HDR processing….

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China fakes Olympics - again and again and…

jafoca | August 21, 2008

I have really enjoyed watching the Olympics this summer.  The opening ceremony was spectacular, world records are being

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broken almost every day, and Michael Phelps has just been a phenom in the pool - which is great.

However, I can’t help but feeling that there is something of a taint over the games this time around.  Amid accusations of doping it is hard enough to enjoy sports that have lost some levels of legitimacy (at least I am confident that Phelps is not doping…), yet China has been cheating the Olympics in another way - repeatedly.

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Calling out Mr. Jobs - Apple had better deliver soon

jafoca | August 19, 2008

apple-logo1-150x150 Calling out Mr. Jobs - Apple had better deliver soonApple currently holds the number 1 position when it comes to luxury laptop computer sales.  It isn’t hard to see why either, the computers are almost literally seamless and the operating system works without nearly as many compromises as windows machines require.  OSX has all the shine of Vista without any of the nightmares.  Apple is just on top of things at them moment, with their market share “exceeding that of google” (via slashdot).

There is one looming issue however - Apple has yet to release a successor to the MacBook Pro, or even an update to the recently launched Intel Centrino 2 architecture.

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