When you think of the perfect family vacation, the first word that comes to mind has to be Disney. Whether it be Disneyland or Disneyworld, the Disney theme park experience is unrivaled. For over half a century now, Disneyland has been operating in Anaheim, California, giving parents and children family vacations that they will never ...

The online world is constantly changing and evolving, thanks to the advance of technology and the development of various online services, tools and software. Take, for example websites. They are now more interactive than ever, providing users with rich multimedia content that is tailored to their needs. This is in contrast to 15 years ago, ...

It's been the Summer of streaming music services, but all has been (mostly) quite on the Vimeo front, the "upscale" (for lack of a better word) streaming video site. Now it looks like a Vimeo Music Store is in the works ... but it might not be what you initially think. It's a good idea though. ...

In the President’s speech to Congress on Thursday, Sep 8, he referenced a new program that he would initiate to assist homeowners with their housing woes. Details of the proposal have not been released, but it is known that a draft of a proposal has been circulating in Washington. (The draft is by Alan Boyce, ...

If you’re old enough to remember the 1980s, you’ve undoubtedly heard the conventional wisdom about retirement investing from one financial advisor or another. Here’s how it goes: Invest in stocks through quality mutual funds, diversify properly relative to your risk tolerance, hang in there for the long-term… and everything will work out fine… you’ll achieve your ...

Higher education marketing: when marketers are a problem, not a solution Just back on Wednesday from our fifth annual Customer Carewords partners meeting in Dublin, with Gerry McGovern and partners from Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, United Kingdom and of course, Ireland. Always a special two days. The focus this year was on the growing importance of ...

I've written before about Arizona's new and dangerous "empowerment savings accounts," which put money for children's education into individual "savings accounts" -- a ploy Republican legislators hope will get around the problem vouchers have had in the courts. By my lights, it is the most dangerous incarnation I have seen of the voucher idea, for ...

The Technology for Transparency Initiative, together with New Tactics in Human Rights, invites you to join an online dialogue on ‘Using Technology to Promote Transparency', starting today. There has been an expanding and increasingly global movement of technology and digital media projects aimed at promoting government transparency, accountability, and public participation in political processes. After documenting dozens of cases around ...

In a speech at the American Mortgage Conference in Raleigh, NC this week, the director of the FHFA, Edward DeMarco,  elevated Fannie and Freddie from mere GSE’s (government sponsored entities) to Enterprises.  I could not help but picture a large Starfleet orbitting the planet and beaming up mortgage backed securities.    The cost of intergallactic transport is about to ...

Remember Enron? When this huge company went belly up because of mismanagement, misrepresentation and criminal intent the Bush administration was put through years of screaming headlines, congressional investigations and dubious investigative specials on the wall-to-wall talking heads of the cable news channels. In the end there was no connection found between the Bush administration and the leaders at Enron ...