SWC’s Fast Five
March 18, 2022
You can help those helping Ukraine. The Fed looks to rein in inflation while avoiding an economic slowdown. Mass transit is back in favor, regaining passenger traffic lost in the pandemic. Starbucks wants you to fill ‘er up and not just your coffee cup. Supply chain gets an innovation – accordion-style collapsible containers
SWC’s Fast Five
March 11, 2022
Three-quarters of U.S. citizens never tweet and fewer than 1 percent of us watch primetime Fox News or MSNBC so IRL we Americans are much nicer than all those bloviators would have you believe. Phew. In more good news, the VW bus is back, EVs are potential power backup for our homes, lame interview questions are out the door and your darling floof not only is your boon companion but get this, can help treat and prevent cancer. Wow!
SWC’s Fast Five
February 25, 2022
Fast Five is not talking about THAT, but is about bugs, because we need them and it will take your mind off of THAT, as will something interesting but not scary that China is doing – bossing AI so companies can’t use personal info to offer users different prices for the same product of service. Also, why RTO RT ain’t, how the four-day work week has arrived and the real deal on home office pajama wear
SWC’s Fast Five
February 18, 2022
So, Disappointment(s) of the Week – chances are grim of finding a rental home or buying a garage door. Very specific we know but if you are in those markets, bummer! Redeeming News of the Week – there are ways to promote your brand online that sidestep the noxious humble brag syndrome, headlight technology is coming that doesn’t blind you so others can see the road and, eggs, did you know they are fighting for your attention?
SWC’s Fast Five
February 11, 2022
It’s an existential journey in today’s Fast Five with 10-year-olds calling it quits, great work being the *new* metric darling, emoji colors sparking debate, iPhones conducting even more business and, satisfaction, how are you doing at getting some of that?
SWC’s Fast Five
February 4, 2022
The population available to work is on a long-term downward trend, which gets us more robots, pizza joints paying us to pick the pie up ourselves and meds zipping to your doorstep via drones. If you are in the workforce, here are some tips for sorting out what it really would be like to work for Company X. For cool news – an electrified roadway to keep your EV charged. So would you just wave your credit card out the window?
SWC’s Fast Five
January 28, 2022
There might be some goodies lurking in your spam folder, not a bad idea to take a squint, and to do also with your recovery email addresses. When is the last time you checked those? Resumes are still a thing but no one is putting “manager” goals on there. And if you are among those bringing back in-store shopping, retailers are working on your care and comfort.
SWC’s Fast Five
January 21, 2022
Is this new 3D tech the answer to bringing cheap manufacturing back to the U.S.? It’s happier tech news than that of AT&T/Verizon jolting air traffic due to its genius 5G handling. Other tech goodies – laptops are cool again, Ford and ADT got your back in theft prevention and, in analog news, find out what the fastest growing gigs are for us working stiffs.
SWC’s Fast Five
January 14, 2022
Is this new to you - “phygital”? Hear all about it today along with slow email, tech to fight the great resignation, non-creepy stuff about air tags and self-driving cars aren’t really going to be all that.