Bob Cramer's Blog

This blogging thing takes too much time so here is Bob’s new five minute blog.  Yes, just write as fast as you can about the events of the day and see what happens.  So, on your mark….

 First observation: LaGuardia airport is a dump.  An embarrassment.  Traveling on the B concourse of the main terminal reminds me of a third world country (note: haven’t been to many but it must be like that).  The bathrooms, haha!!!

The Atlanta Public School scandal is also an embarrassment and is indicative of the way Atlanta does business.  It reflects poorly on former Mayor Shirley Franklin who continues to defend Beverly Hall.  My view:  The more we learn about the Franklin administration, the worse it gets.  (see link to Franklin’s defense of Beverly Hall http://bloggingwhileblue.blogspot.com/2011/06/thank-you-beverly-hall-atlanta-schools.html#more)

The AJC should be commended on its APS scandal reporting.  Local news and investigative reporting do matter.

The Braves are looking good.  Watch out when we get Prado back and Uggla starts hitting.  Iced coffee is the hot product of the summer.

I like this quote in today’s NYT: “The battle for the future of Web lies in the social experience,” says Gartner Research.  My company, ThePort (www.theport.com), “infuses” social technologies (I like this word “experiences”) into websites, CRM systems and business processes.  A Facebook spokesman seems to agree with Gartner says, “We’re in the early days of making the Web more social, and there are opportunities for innovation everywhere.” Now we’re talking.

Time is up.  See you tomorrow hopefully.