Posted by Leonard Steinberg on March 7th, 2012 Remember when those sleek white APPLE ear-phones were all the rage? They defined what we SHOULD be using tech-wise. Now all of a sudden BEATS and other super-large 70’s style headphones are all the rage. In this lies a big message: fashions change fast and furiously, and… [Read More]
THE POST OFFICE FIGHTS EVOLUTION
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 28th, 2012 As I look out of my window in the distance I see a large U. S. Post Office facility and it reminds me of the on-going debacle that is the Post Office. I speak on this subject from a real estate perspective living in an area (West… [Read More]
IS THE ANSWER TO U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE NAME STEVE JOBS?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on October 6, 2011 With Steve Job’s passing, certainly one of the greatest losses of 2011, it may be a good time to look at his company as a case study for the future of other companies in the USA. I write this on a MAC, own an I-pad, I-pod and… [Read More]
SCREEN SOCIETY: IS THE i-HEAD NEXT?
Posted by Leonard Steinberg on January 20, 2011 As New York real estate brokers, we have become the SCREEN SOCIETY, our faces confronted by a screen/monitor literally all day long, either via a desktop computer, a laptop computer, an I-pad or a Blackberry/I-phone/cellphone. ….and then there is the TV, the TV monitor on the treadmill,… [Read More]
WE ENTER THE ERA OF THE FLASH-CRASH!
The recent equity market flash-crash was determined to be a product of the computer-run systems we rely so heavily on. The flash crash produced a 1000-plus point market drop. And worse, we should expect another flash-crash in the future. With our lives increasingly over-taken by computers, the FLASH CRASH could happen not only on Wall… [Read More]
BLACKPAD AND I-PAD: HOME AUTOMATION AND BROKERAGE CHANGE FOREVER:
With Research in Motion’s announcement today that they are developing a similar device to Apple’s I-Pad, we should feel certain that home automation and real estate brokerage will more than likely be entirely controlled by these devices going forward. And why not? Unlike cell phones, the larger screen is much easier to read, and much… [Read More]
THE TWO USA ECONOMIES: HERMES vs. H+M
In to-day’s New York Post, a story talks about the mounting evidence that there are two US economies operating side by side. They are correct. While Main Street consumers struggle with high unemployment and mainstream retailers are forced to mark down merchandise to spark even mid-single digit sales gains, the luxury market is enjoying flush… [Read More]