Internet Business

The official category is electronic commerce.

A link to more good subject headings. These include information for people who want to find information on internet marketing and advertising as well.

Bonus: Great government report about size, growth and other stats about the internet sales.

A Critical View of The New Middle-Class Day Labor

The Baffler magazine has an essay entitled The Crowdsourcing Scam.

Crowdsourcing here means contract labor for the middle class: you know, Amazon or Uber or the like posts a lists of tasks and people bid on doing them. Right now these are data entry tasks and Uber car rides, but expect this to extend to everything....

Movie Box Office

Variety is one of the preeminent movie industry trade journals. It publishes entertainment news, articles about trends in the industry and box office results.

Current box office results are here .

More resources:

Try this link for current and historic (yes! older films) total Box Office takings

Always interesting to see what makes money (not what you think). Plus, shows you importance of international BO. PLUS, that you CAN make millions doing small movies.

This site also contains international results.
 
Here are some great stats from the National Theatre Owners' website: includes grosses and average ticket prices over time, among other things.

How To Browse Our Periodicals Online Part 1

Sometimes you just want to read all the articles in an issue of your favorite magazine, academic journal, or newspaper. See the video below. In upcoming part two we talk about Browzine

 

Ward's Automotive Yearbook

Here's a resource that has a lot of information you probably will find elsewhere.  Ward's Automotive Yearbook. It contains sales for different models of cars, not just the aggregate brand sales.  There also a lot of other interesting statistics in this book (like most popular options on cars, etc...). 

This is a print only reference source, but if you're trying to get some Automotive Data, I think you'll find it well worth your time.

Making Lists in Simply Map

Want to know where people by the most used SUVs?  Eat the most hot pockets?  This video will show you how to generate lists in Simply Map..

Book Review: The Presentation Secrets Of Steve Jobs

I can recommend wholeheartedly The Presentation Secrets Of Steve Jobs.

This book pretty much sums up the current cutting edge approach to presentations - honesty, passion and preparation.  External appearance doesn't matter so much as authenticity.

There are also tips on how to organize a presentation.  For example, define an enemy or problem and show the audience how your idea overcomes the problem.  Also create an a-ha moment that the audience can take home with them mentally.

Along the way, the book also discusses the correct use of slide images and text behind you and the correct use of props. Lots more in this one - check it out.