“CASSPER” Was GSK’s Friendly Ghostwriting Program on Paxil

On August 20, 2009

“CASSPER” Was GSK’s Friendly Ghostwriting Program on Paxil

GlaxoSmithKline had a ghostwriting program named CASSPER, the AP reports. Five journals -- including the American Journal of Psychiatry and the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry -- published papers written under the CASSPER program between 2000 and 2002.


On August 20, 2009

The Government’s Place in the Cloud

One of my predictions for 2009 was that many of the new Obama administration's initiatives would promote and accelerate the growth of Software as a Service and cloud computing. What I underestimated at that time was how quickly government itself would embrace SaaS and cloud computing to improve its own operations in today's tough economic climate.
On August 20, 2009

Building a Leak-Proof Sales Pipeline

In November 2008, Aberdeen published a study titled, "Lead Nurturing: The Secret to Successful Lead Generation." The survey captured the challenges and strategies from 213 organizations and found that on average, 16 percent of the total leads that are deemed "sales-ready opportunities" actually close. That's a fairly alarming number.
On August 20, 2009

Why Should We Be Offered the Cheapest Rail Fare?

The news that consumer watchdog Which? magazine has found rail operator ticket sales staff not quoting the cheapest fares probably won't surprise anyone. If the research is rigorous, which the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) says it is not, it shows a serious customer disservice on their part. Assuming Which?'s data is good, one question remains unanswered: is this an issue of laziness and ignorance, or is it a conscious policy to wring revenues out of passengers? Even at best, it's a customer service gaff on a fairly large scale. There are a few issues which may support the innocent mistake option: Rail tariffing is mind-bendingly complex, with every train operator given a relatively free hand to set fares however they like....
On August 20, 2009

Defense Job Cuts Begin To Add Up

The Obama Administration made the ending of several large acquisition programs the key to their 2010 budget proposal. Not only did they not ask for funding for these programs in next year's budget but in many cases they went ahead and terminated the contract already. While this will require some expenditure of funds to clean up there will be no more work carried out. This has led to some of the companies involved to begin laying off workers. Lockheed Martin was one of the first to do so as the VH-71 New Presidential Helicopter program ended. About eight hundred jobs were eliminated at their Owego, NY facility. Some of the workers were able to be placed on other contracts but...
On August 20, 2009

Interview with Founders of Envato Collis and Cyan

One of the best things about working here at Envato is that we have an awesome team of people building, managing, writing, reviewing and working on our sites. Yep, things have come a long way since the early days when there was just a few of us trying to do everything! Recently our awesome Tuts+ [...]
On August 20, 2009

Apple Seeding Netbook Plans

Apple may not introduce a tablet-like netbook this fall, but is quietly making long-range plans for a device that fits more neatly into its overall strategy. A recent survey of back-to-school plans shows that students are more inclined to buy low-cost netbooks than MacBooks, which is no surprise given the state of the economy. In a survey of 300 students headed back to school, Retrevo, an electronics product review search service, found 34 percent said they intend to buy a "small lightweight netbook," while 17 percent stated they will opt for an Apple MacBook. Most respondents intend to buy a full-sized, full-powered PC laptop, with 49 percent aligning with a more traditional Windows configuration. But cheap isn't where Apple lives...
On August 20, 2009

Flat World Knowledge: A Disruptive Business Model

It would be difficult to find a more ossified corner of the media industry than the college textbook publishing sector, which is essentially a monopoly controlled by three huge companies that no longer serve any of their constituencies particularly well. They overcharge a captive audience (students) for needlessly thick, poorly edited tomes. They pay the teams of academic authors whose work they word-loaf into the content of these textbooks next to nothing. They cause professors endless headaches by releasing new "editions," filled with unwanted bells and whistles, on a falsely sped-up publication cycle. Thankfully, there is now a viable alternative to these Pleistocene Epoch companies and their dinosaur-like business model. Flat World Knowledge, the largest commercial publisher of open-source...
On August 20, 2009

Scientists Deflated By Boring Mouse Genome Results

Scientists have admitted that they are 'deflated and disappointed' after four years' dull work to sequence the mouse genome came to boring fruition this week. Or at least that’s the story according to a recent article published on comedy web site Newbiscuit, a British version of The Onion.
On August 19, 2009

Give Yourself Permission To: “Dream Out Loud!”

Writing a book to encourage and inspire people about how to go for their dreams and goals has been a dream of mine for many years. I finally reached a time in my life when I gave myself permission to stop dreaming and start doing. In the process I lear...
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