Sunday, March 26, 2023
Saturday, March 25, 2023
the most impressive company at Conexpo 23 was a tie between Caterpillar and Bobcat, they bot had extensive commitment to attendees, but Bobcat had more fun interactive things for attendees
the video screen was playing interesting marketing interviews with customers and how their businesses benefitted from using Bobcat products, but that wasn't as impressive as the commitment to get attendees involved in communicating with Bobcat:
photo op wall, with the display boards to the right
corresponding to this brilliant marketing idea of getting attendees to self identify as one of these categories, and when pushing the button, the display had a definition for each term, they were making me laugh
I think you'll agree, their marketing PR people are damn clever
if you've been to a convention you're familiar with the badge holders and how it's common for clever companies to give or sell you silk or satin ribbons that have adhesive on them so the colored ribbon hangs below your badge... and once you've selected your category/tribe/identity as an Innovator, Ground Breaker, Maker, Game Changer, Rule Breaker, Dreamer, or Doer... you could have one of the ribbons for your badge holder - and of course, choose the right sign to hold for your photo op wall picture
Hollywood actor/celeb Josh Duhamel
for interesting Bobcat stories: https://www.bobcat.com/na/en/company/news-media/bobcat-stories
the Bobcat booth was enormous, and had free coffee
and the had the Bobcat video game Groundbreaker that awards points for accomplishing construction work with a forklift, skidsteer, or loader
move stuff, avoid obstacles, etc https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp0YjyJJTu0/
Bobcat originated with a request by a turkey farmer to the Keller Bothers, to make a piece of loader equipment for him that would be light enough to operate on his 2nd story floor in his barn, what they made, was the original skidsteer loader
Friday, March 24, 2023
Australia-based company is sending low-cost drones made out of cardboard to Ukrainian forces.
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The ‘Corvo’ can still fly without the need for an operator. Although it uses GPS guidance, the drone’s control software is also able to guide it in the absence of the satellite system. This means that the equipment can perform missions even under conditions of complete electronic interference.
there were some good ideas
filling in all the empty spaces with balls that would float? Good idea. Balls filled with a gas that would extinguish fires? Good idea.
And some not so good idea
today's Google doodle celebrates Kitty O'Niel
O’Neil was born on this day in 1946 to a Cherokee Native American mother and Irish father in Corpus Christi, Texas.
In the late 70s, she made it onto the big screen as a stunt double for films and TV series including The Bionic Woman (1976), Wonder Woman (1977-1979), and The Blues Brothers (1980). .
In 1976, O’Neil was crowned “the fastest woman alive” after zooming across the Alvord Desert at 512.76 miles per hour! She drove a rocket-powered car called the Motivator and surpassed the previous women’s land-speed record by almost 200 mph.
In 1976, O’Neil was crowned “the fastest woman alive” after zooming across the Alvord Desert at 512.76 miles per hour! She drove a rocket-powered car called the Motivator and surpassed the previous women’s land-speed record by almost 200 mph.
Once she broke the women’s record by a landslide, it became evident that she could likely beat the men’s mark too. Unfortunately, her sponsors did not allow her to break the overall record as it threatened the status quo — they wanted to reserve the feat for a male driver.
Thursday, March 23, 2023
passed down in the family since 1935
When vanity plates were first introduced in Ohio, their grandfather went to the BMV and requested to have the lowest number, which just so happened to be 7, followed by the letters MV, for McVay— his wife's maiden name.
When he passed, his oldest son was gifted the plates, and when he passed, his was next in line to sport 7 MV.
Just before he passed he requested one thing: That the family keep the tradition of passing the plate on to another family member.
I wish I'd seen what this game was, but I came by the booth after they closed for the day
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Dick Van Dyke, is 97, and still driving
he was in the news today for sliding off a road because of the rainy conditions
really? Seriously?
I know a lot of younger people are not good at spelling, it seems it's not important since I graduated high school and spell check can be helpful, but really, it's pathetic for simple words to be spelled wrong, when it's obviously not a typo made by hitting a key next to the right key
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