My World Café – insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life.
Business & Career Mentor, Photographer, Aviator
The post-covid Identity Crisis of the Hospitality Industry: "Staff Shortages", "Tip-flation" and ever less Value for Money. Read about good and bad Examples. It borders on absurdity: A section of a pub is closed, due to "staff shortage". Then I endure an endless wait for my food. And finally, the debit-machine gives me a choice… Continue reading Hospitality is in Crisis – Value for Money has almost become the Exception
Not only will AI-Art and "conventional" Art coexist, they will cross-pollinate All Photos and AI-Prompts are mine. Photography became its own Art Form, as did Digital Photography Photography was all new in the 18-hundreds. Cumbersome, low quality, expensive and exclusive at first. Many traditional artists must have considered it a threat at the time, just… Continue reading Why AI-generated Art will enhance Art as we know it
(Title photo: Ice Dragon Teeth. Ice stalagmites and - stalactites forming teeth-like ice sculptures. Close-up taken along the Yukon River in Whitehorse.) It could all be so warm and fuzzy I read a love story generated by AI. Not more shallow than any of today's junk-books. Authentic enough and quite sweet. My wife read an… Continue reading Sinister Perils are looming behind today’s AI-Hype. Don’t become an “AI-Lemming”!
An Essay with Photos (all my own) Our Statistics of cultural and culinary Immersion After 16 museums, 7 concerts, 3 palaces, 2 temples, 450km of walking, and numerous encounters with cool Koreans, we gained some meaningful insights. And despite enjoying so many Korean delicacies, we lost a few pounds! Mecenatpolis Shopping Mall in Hapjeong, Mapo-gu,… Continue reading Reflections from eight Weeks in Korea – Part 1: The State of Korean Society
Bears and People The number of bears and people in the Yukon is about the same - roughly 37,000 - in a space about the size of Spain! About 85% are black bears, 15% are grizzlies plus a few polar bears. Most people live in the capital Whitehorse (27,000). Dispelling some Myths about the Yukon… Continue reading Canada’s Yukon – Things You Never Knew
I am sick of covid as an Excuse for bad Service We're currently travelling in the Okanagan, a premier wine region in British Columbia. It is truly amazing how covid splits prevailing attitudes: Many are slacking off, hiding behind covid; while others go the extra mile and perform at their best. They both still have… Continue reading Covid – an Excuse for everything or an Incentive to do better?
A Rainy Day Fund Anyone? It is important these days to distinguish the truly distressed from the whiners. Many will have to close their business permanently and look for entry-level employment. When 911 hit, we had to close our air charter and tour business, and I had to start off washing cars (later becoming the… Continue reading Saving our Way through this Crisis
Bad News first Printing Money has a huge delayed Cost Governments' massive stimulus packages will eventually have to be paid for. But how and by whom? One undesirable scenario is hyperinflation - inflating the debt away. With the incredible amounts of money being printed now, inflation is kept artificially low. The other - more likely… Continue reading Our post-Corona Future
Today’s Anti-Heroes Media people who use the crisis for self-aggrandizing, with voices that portray themselves as the victims. Their alarmist and sensational language makes them energy-vampires. Telecoms who try to push through new subsidies, disguised as help for customers in crisis. Price-gougers Today’s Heroes Dr. Brian Goldman (White Coat - Black Art radio show): This… Continue reading About Self-reliance, Common Sense and Hope
The Seoul Metropolitan Government has created a network of startup support facilities across the city. The epicentre is the Seoul Startup Hub, which boasts 150 resident startups and huge co-working spaces. The atmosphere is - well - entrepreneurial 🙂 These people do not want to be compliant corporate soldiers at a Chaebol. These family-run conglomerates… Continue reading Seoul Startup Hub – WOW!
My World Café - insights & experiences from my travels, café visits and daily life. 