George Dearing

Dearing Group LLC. - I share tidbits on media, technology, marketing & sustainability [http://georgedearing.com]
Some perspective on the real impact of #IT on economic growth. | http://www.economist.com/blogs...
Good analysis -> "Fossil industry is the subprime danger of this cycle" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance...
"Defenders of industrial agriculture should stop characterizing the organic movement as elitist and inefficient" http://www.cornucopia.org/2014...
"Disruption is often invoked by consultants and soundbite gurus to explain why these entities fail" /cc: @lance_io http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article...
A different real estate strategy..adding in fake homeowners before the sale. http://www.tampabay.com/news...
RT @ACORE: $7.9M paid yearly to people hosting #wind turbines on their land is giving new life to our rural areas" http://cjonline.com/opinion...
“N.R.D.C. is crafting regulatory policy for the E.P.A" | #winning http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014...
RT @RicohTweets: Insights from @GeorgeDearing: Apple v. Google – Are standards possible for the internet of things? http://www.workintelligent.ly/technol...
"some 60 U.S. Co's have chosen the never-here or inversion route..others are lining up to leave" #taxdodging http://fortune.com/2014...
Quote of the day "Everglades probably has a ton of oil & natural gas. Don't let it just sit there. Our kids need it" http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#sectio...
"Urban decay becomes a set piece to be remodeled or romanticised. This is hipster economics" http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth...
Libertarian's credo / "Eat like a caveman so you can live long enough to become a robot." [WaPo] http://m.washingtonpost.com/lifesty...
Bad design RT @OECD: Game consoles use 80% electricity just to maintain network connectivity http://www.iea.org/publica... / https://twitter.com/OECD...
$10 for Hank Jr. back in '80 #fb https://twitter.com/GeorgeD...
RT @nyshepa: Proposed FDA label change sparks strong dissent from deep pocketed Big Sugar. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs... https://twitter.com/washing...
Awful food RT @CSPI: 1 of saltiest meals in America: @Chilis Crispy Honey-Chipotle Chicken Crispers w:5430 mg #sodium https://twitter.com/CSPI...
[Revenues still comparatively low].."On-demand streaming continued boom, soaring 42% to 70.3 million streams" #music http://variety.com/2014...
Could be more than 200k EVs on the road by next month. / http://m.washingtonpost.com/cars...
New piece on standards and the internet of things..big players are making moves. | http://www.workintelligent.ly/technol... | #iot
Cheap imports FTW >“Stanley Furniture misjudged willingness of Americans to pay more for domestically produced goods" http://online.wsj.com/article...
Car ownership too - "socializing at malls has also been displaced, in part, by social media." #deadmalls http://www.bloombergview.com/article...
In better news, a solar company tells me it just installed a 5kW system for under $8K after Fed rebates. 2K sq.ft house in Houston. #fb
Chart from @WSJ says a lot..rent / income going in different directions. https://twitter.com/GeorgeD...
“We spend hundreds of thousands for our homes and can't even water the grass” http://online.wsj.com/article... | #drought #gonative [WSJ]
RT @fmlappe: "Added Sugar, Subtracted Science" Union of Concerned Scientists | how industry hides sugar, hurts health http://www.ucsusa.org/center-...
RT @KyleTucker_CJ: Tim Howard never buys another drink. #fb
NYT on oil boom's have & have-nots."TX is not a good place to be poor..there is little political appetite for change” http://www.nytimes.com/2014...
Good question from James Surowiecki: Why Are the Super-Rich So Angry? [@NewYorker] http://www.newyorker.com/talk...
Study: more than 1/2 of U.S. homebuilders could offer #solar PV systems as an option by 2016. http://www.eenews.net/stories...
"Unless it can find a way to get more water..Vegas is out of business. Yet they’re still building, which is stupid” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
"44-year history of the Clean Air Act shows again and again that reducing pollution is good economics." http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs...