We’re just getting around to clearing our desks of holiday cards – and there’s one we can’t bring ourselves to throw away.
Thanks to Denver law firm Moye White for the most entertaining card of the season. It wasn’t really a holiday card, but an announcement of the firm’s 30th anniversary.
Properly handled (we thought it was a party hat at first and almost broke it), the colorful, origami-style card displays Moye White’s name against artistic backdrops reflecting the groovy ’70s, ’80s pop, the techno ’90s and the firm’s current – and comparatively understated – design.
It would be way too complicated to explain here how to unfold (or is that open?) the card. Moye White mercifully provides animated directions on its website. Look for them at the bottom of www.moyewhite.com.
High-tech star power
How do you get attention when you’re in a crowd of 140,000 people and 2,700 companies?
Several exhibitors at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show, which starts Monday in Las Vegas, are betting on celebrities.
The high-tech bonanza will feature someone famous for everyone. NASCAR driver Kyle Busch will trumpet his sponsor, Delphi, a maker of mobile navigation and satellite-radio products, that has operated in bankruptcy since 2005. Buxom brunette model Teresa Noreen will mingle with techies checking out PowerBass USA’s subwoofers and amplifiers. Former Beach Boy Brian Wilson, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Al Jarreau and 3 Doors Down are sheduled to be among the musicians on tap. Basketball fans might enjoy seeing Clyde Drexler, George “The Iceman” Gervin and Dominique Wilkins.
For geeks more impressed by virtual than reality? Honda will encourage conference attendees to raise a lighter (or light up their cellphones) for Asimo The Humanoid Robot.
Find breaking coverage of the massive tech show this week at denverpost.com/business.
A Chinese Bill Gates?
Seattle produced technology great Bill Gates, but where will his successor come from? Not here, most Americans said in a recent survey.
Nearly half of Americans said that the next great technology leader will come from China or Japan, while just 1 in 5 believe he or she will hail from the United States. Thirteen percent think India will produce the next tech great.
Zogby International and 463 Communications released the survey, which polled 1,203 adults by telephone last month.
“The next Bill Gates has already been born, and time will tell what country is providing the environment of innovation, entrepreneurism and opportunity to enable him or her to flourish with the next great idea,” said 463 partner Tom Gavin.
The survey also showed that Americans overwhelmingly believe the average 12-year-old knows more about the World Wide Web than their congressman.
Two-thirds of Americans also believe the Internet will be accessible anywhere in the world in the next 10 years.
But for all the change the Internet has created and will create, only one-third of Americans said it’s a greater invention than the printing press.
Find your tattoo
Looking for the perfect tattoo for you?
TattooFinder.com, a Denver company boasting the largest compilation of tattoo designs online (14,000 ranging from angels to zodiac symbols), has linked hundreds of studios worldwide. The company says it receives 25,000 unique visitors to its website daily.
The most popular design theme sought from the company in 2006 was “Tribal,” a collection of traditional images from regions such as Africa and Polynesia. Such designs are typically solid black and arranged in repetitive sequences to create images on both inked and un-inked skin.
“The data we collect allows us to track the nuances of these trends,” said Lou Bardach, a managing partner of the website, in a statement. “We know exactly what people are looking for.”
But are employers looking for workers with tribal tattoos? The company doesn’t guarantee its work will help impress during job interviews.
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
