Which Products Debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

The CES 2012 quickly approaches. With more than four decades of success, the International Consumer Electronics Show reaches across global markets, connects the industry and enables CE innovations to grow and thrive. There is no better place to meet CE executives if your are in the sales profession.

The following is a list of products that debuted at the CES over the years:

Videocassette Recorder (VCR), 1970
Laser-disc Player, 1974
Camcorder, 1981
Compact Disc Player, 1981
Digital Audio Technology, 1990
Compact Disc - Interactive, 1991
Mini Disc, 1993
Radio Data System, 1993
Digital Satellite System, 1994
Digital Versatile Disk (DVD), 1996
High Definition Television (HDTV), 1998 Hard-disc VCR (PVR), 1999
Digital Audio Radio (DAR), 2000
Microsoft Xbox, 2001
Plasma TV, 2001
Home Media Server, 2002
HD Radio, 2003
Blu-Ray DVD, 2003
HDTV PVR, 2003
HD Radio, 2004
IP TV, 2005
An explosion of digital content services, 2006
New convergence of content and technology, 2007
OLED TV, 2008
3D HDTV, 2009
Tablets, Netbooks and Android Devices, 2010
Connected TV, Smart Appliances, Android Honeycomb, Ford’s Electric Focus, Motorola Atrix, Microsoft Avatar Kinect, 2011

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Why Smart People Defend Bad Ideas - Berkun

[We all know someone who’s intelligent, but who occasionally defends obviously bad ideas. Why does this happen? How can smart people take up positions that defy any reasonable logic? Having spent many years working with smart people I’ve cataloged many of the ways this happens, and I have advice on what to do about it. I feel qualified to write this essay as I’m a recovering smart person myself and I’ve defended several very bad ideas. So if nothing else this essay serves as a kind of personal therapy session. However, I fully suspect you’ll get more than just entertainment value (“Look, Scott is more stupid than we thought!”) out of what I have to say on this topic.]

This is a post that I came across from Scott Berkun when doing some research for my sales training classes. Sales people are particularly impressionable when they join a new company. Given that most companies have a horrendous on-boarding program, often new sales people are drawn to these types of people, and fail. I think you will enjoy Scott's serious but humorous thoughts on this and other topics related to "creativity, management and a fun mix of everything else."

Enjoy it.

http://www.scottberkun.com/essays/40-why-smart-people-defend-bad-ideas/