Monthly Archives: July 2016

 Macy’s On Call

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If you shop at a Macy’s in Bethesda, Md., Woodbridge, N.J., Portland, Ore; or Miami, Fla., you are in for a big surprise. These Macy’s locations will be giving out digital assistant gadgets to all customers so they can roam around on their own, without having to stop to ask questions from real live employees about “where certain departments are located” or “if a specific garment is in stock.” The gadgets will provide all the answers.  

All this might mean the end to live retail sales assistants (if you can find one), forever. If this pilot program works, Macy’s will be rolling it out across the country. The digital assistants are being powered by IBM Watson. 


 
I bet in a year or two, many more retailers will offer the digital tools as well. No more searching for someone to help you. You can now help yourself. 

 

Introducing Our Power Broker

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Our real estate broker, Howard Margolis, of Douglas Elliman, is definitely one of the top selling and best-known agents in NYC.  Our apartment is on the low-end of his listings. Howard and his team are famous for the magnificent properties they represent. 

That’s how we met. A number of years ago, I was looking for a fabulous event space for a press conference. He offered a sensational penthouse in Tudor City. We have been connected ever since.

I thought you would enjoy his recent listing. It was featured tonight on CBS. Click here to view it. 

Located in the Trump Tower on Central Park West, this 47th floor condo, with 6,500 sq. ft., is $40 million. It was just renovated for $10 million. Howard and his teammates already sold the penthouse in same building for $33 million.

Listen carefully to the interview. I’m sure I left out some glorious details. Click here.

Welcome to paradise.

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Making a grand entrance.

Fit for a CEO

Milions of dollars was poured into this room.

You feel like you are flying.

The most gorgeous bathroom you will ever see.

The best finishes money can buy.

The view of Central Park changes with the seasons

View of Columbus Circle

 

No Political Commentary This Morning …..I Posted This Instead   

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Please click here (not the arrow in the picture) for something you have never seen before. I know it’s silly but we can all use a little  silliness in our lives right now. 

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Thank you Andrew Schulz for sending me the photos you captured on a recent flight. These are remarkable digital photos.

 

Our condo

Our condo

Steve and Williams’ condo

Steve and Williams condo

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Cousins Brunch at Grand Banks, a Restaurant on a Schooner, Pier 25, on the Hudson River, NYC. The lobster roll and oysters, the best!!!


You Never Have To Buy Another E-Book Again

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I’m sure you don’t remember, but in December, 2012, I wrote about libraries across the nation going digital. Read that blog post here.

The other day, my daughter Whitney, emailed me a a story that said The New York Public Library created an app so that anyone with a library card can have access to 300,000 e-books. Yes, free. 

That’s such good news to all of us who love to read digital books. I tried to download a book but I’m not a library member so I was denied access. I’d better enroll this week. Remember, you are not buying, you are borrowing.

The app is called SimplyE and you can only read an Ebook on your smartphone.  Sooner or later, the books will be available on a Kindle.  

Libraries have really reinvented themselves. They refuse to go away. That’s good news for all of us.

Dear Lois, 

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Nice, South of France 

Image: Azamara Club Cruises

Image: Trip Advisor

 

I received an email yesterday from my friend Gary Arlen of Bethesda, Maryland. He is a well-known writer and analyst in the tech and media worlds. His biography is below. 

Gary got so emotional because of the interactive map the New York Times published of the route where the Nice massacre took place, he thought I should share it with DigiDame readers, especially if they never traveled to the South of France.  I’m sure many of you viewed this map the other day, but for those of you who didn’t, click here. 

July 15,2016
Dear Lois, 
The NYTimes’ Interactive graphics/maps are always impressive. I was particularly moved by today’s map (above) of the route of the deadly truck in Nice. I have walked and driven along that seaside promenade MANY times in the past 40+ years…. and it’s usually bright and beautiful as in this panoramic photo. But that deadly yellow line plus other pictures of the scene last night (which you can find elsewhere) create an entirely new memory of it (much different than when I watched a Mardi Gras parade along that route several February’s ago.) 

Gary

Gary Arlen

 
Gary Arlen is President of Arlen Communications Inc., a Bethesda, Maryland, research and consulting firm known for its insights into the converging and sometimes conflicting worlds of media, telecommunications and interactive program content.


Eliot and I were in the South of France last summer. We spent a day in Nice exactly where the tragedy took place. We never imagined that would be the location of such a horrific event. That’s not going to stop us from going back. 


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CNET Tweeted 

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getgeeked Barry Myers Makes A Point  

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Childhood Friend Spent Married Life In Israel And Now Lives In Delray

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Former HWH AE Is Now A Major Singing Star  

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Beautiful, Both Inside, And Out 

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The Filmmaker Daughter Of My Guatemalan Girlfriend Ana 

Launching A Celebrity Auction

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Auction Begins July 15 at http://www.AuctionCause.com

Today is the day. We are launching the Waterpik® celebrity auction to support Hope Lives. The charity provides those touched by breast cancer, the support, knowledge, and care needed to complement their medical treatment. 

Waterpik® has provided celebrities a Waterpik® Designer Series Water Flosser to decorate in their own unique style for an online auction to raise money for this important cause. 

Our PR agency created the idea and is now responsible for making it a success. We could use your help just by participating in the online auction.

Each month Waterpik® will auction off a different Waterpik® Water Flosser, designed and personalized by popular celebrities. One hundred percent of the auction proceeds will benefit Hope Lives.

The first piece to be auctioned off is designed by Tim Allen, one of America’s great actors and comedians. The auction begins July 15, 2016, and bids will be taken for ten days. In addition to the decorated and signed Waterpik® Water Flosser, Tim Allen is including two signed headshots and two limited-edition Tim Allen Tool Kits for the lucky winner. 

 During the month of August, the Waterpik® Charity Auction features a piece designed by the four-time Emmy-nominated Mayim Bialik, best known for her lead role in the NBC show Blossom and more recently as Amy Farrah Fowler in the CBS hit comedy The Big Bang Theory.

 Suzanne Carranza, Senior Marketing Manager for Waterpik® Consumer Oral Health said, “Hope Lives is an amazing charitable organization in Colorado where Waterpik® is headquartered. The charity does so much for women in Colorado, providing not only emotional support, but a full complementary care program to help breast cancer survivors manage their daily routines. Waterpik® supports Hope Lives throughout the year through sales of our Pink Designer Series Water Flossers. This celebrity auction is one more way for us to do our part to help.” 

Waterpik® has partnered with Auction Cause, the leader in cause marketing campaigns, branding, and fundraising which utilizes the eBay platform to run and manage auctions. Auction Cause is an eBay partner and the leader in charity auctions featured on eBay. More information about the Waterpik® auctions can be found at http://www.auctioncause.com.

 

About Water Pik, Inc.

Water Pik, Inc. is a leading developer, manufacturer, and marketer of innovative personal healthcare products sold under the Waterpik® name. The company has developed and introduced many products that are considered the first of their kind and have led to the formation of new markets, including the Water Flosser, and the pulsating shower massage. The Waterpik® brand is one of the most trusted oral health brands of dental professionals throughout the world. The company’s products are sold through a variety of channels, including mass merchandisers, drug store chains, and specialty retailers. Headquartered in Fort Collins, CO, the company operates facilities in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

About Hope Lives
Hope Lives, The Lydia Dody Breast Cancer Support Center, was founded in 2001 by Lydia Dody, a Fort Collins, CO businesswoman who had battled breast cancer. After her recovery, Lydia wanted to ensure that the women in Larimer County and Windsor, CO diagnosed each year receive complete post-diagnosis support and care. http://www.hopelives.org. 

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“Nobody in the way stood a chance.”

Please Empty Your Bladder Before Watching This Video  

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXSdWvqNqwk&sns=em

The last line is hysterical

If You Want To See What We Have Done To The Earth, click here. 

DigiDame Now Featured In Leisure World 

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I received an email a few weeks ago from Jim Breen, editor of The Golden Rain News in Seal Beach, California. He said he was interested in using DigiDame for the newspaper in Leisure World. The weekly paper is for a senior community of 10,000 people and is operated by ex-newspaper and PR folks.

Leisure World Seal Beach is located on over 542 park-like acres. It offers co-ops and condos for resort style living for those 55 and over. They say they have all of the amenities of small town living while giving close freeway access to all of the entertainment and shops of Los Angeles and Orange County.

I guess DigiDame has gone Hollywood. See second page.

Here we again….much easier this time 


Bikes And Kites

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This is one way to promote riding bikes and flying kites. A Baltimore bike shop, Twenty20 Cycling Company, made this video to generate sales.  If you want to see something unique, watch the video. It makes you want to have bike and kite fun too. 

Just To Fill Up Some Space