When it comes to giving birth, you deserve luxury. I well-remember my 12 hours of, ahem, delightful experiencing the Natural Way (it redefined my future labor plans to include three words, drugs drugs drugs!)…anything that would have alleviated it would have been a godsend to me.
Well! Today’s affluent folk can certainly take advantage of incredible LDR resources. To wit:
Yes, it’s probably true
when you think of the future of the Internet and Web 3.0, you think of extending the semantic web concept, weaving together technologies and creating the ultimate user experience.
Well, WRONGO!!! :) Okay, perhaps not wrong, but have you instead considered that Web 3.0 will really center up (drumroll please):
Social Shopping!
Yes, it’s true - forget about following what fashion analysts say online or TV. Instead, you’re going to become a fearless leader of lemmings (or perhaps a gung-ho lemming yourself) and first see what others are buying online before bravely making that critical fashion choice yourself. To wit:
…What happens when following the fashion herd becomes wisdom of the masses? When everyone can become his or her own fashion editor? When “citizen” journalists replace glossy magazines as oracles of fashion?
The next big thing in fashion is not a hot young designer or a new label but an online evolution driven by peer-to-peer recommendation and consumers who want what they see others are buying online – in short, a new kind of conspicuous cyber consumption.
“It’s what I call Web 3.0,” explains Dawn Bebe, managing director of the UK’s first social shopping site for women, Osoyou.com. While the Web 2.0 label is used to refer to the current interactive phase of internet development, defined by blogging, social networking and “wiki” sites built with user-generated content, Bebe believes, “The next evolution for the web is social networks that have a purpose – vertical social networks…. This is where social shopping comes in. The thing that bonds these people is shopping and fashion.”
“We believe that peer-to-peer recommendation is already essential in e-commerce because shopping is a social and emotionally driven experience,” says Malte Goesche, chief executive and co-founder of iliketotallyloveit.com, a social shopping site based in Germany and named after a phrase used by Paris Hilton. “Recommendations by friends help you to discover products you weren’t aware of and didn’t know you needed ….MORE….
Love that line…"didn’t know you needed." 
Remember, you’ve heard it here first! When 3.0 comes roaring in like a freight train, daintily refer people to:
You’ll definitely, like, make an impression.
ThankYouVeryMuch!
Owlbert
ps - and if you’re looking for designer fashion you can, like, totally love:
American Express gold cards
are no longer the ultimate. Did you know that? So if you truly want to impress your clientèle with your spending ability, discard that boring old piece of plastic and instead, apply for a Centurion card.
It’s not that (cough) difficult, you understand:
Before you can apply to obtain a Centurion card, you first need an American Express credit card. It does not matter which card you have (blue, blue cash, blue sky, gold, platinum…), you just need a decent limit.
Once you have a credit card, you need to spend a minimum of $250,000 within 1 year, which sounds hard, but if you have a business it is not too difficult because you put all your expenses on a credit card. Basically, if you spend a lot on entertainment or marketing, just charge it to your Amex card. If you have employees to pay each month, pay a payroll company through your credit card, which would in return pay your employees through checks.
The main problem that most individuals or companies run into with the $250,000 yearly spend is that they spend at least that amount but their credit limit with American Express is not $20,833.33 a month ($250,000 divided by 12 months). In this case what you do is write American Express a check at the beginning of month to cover all your credit card expenditures for the month. For example, if your credit card limit is $10,000 a month and you figure that you will spend $25,000 this month, write American Express a check for $15,000 ($25,000 - $10,000 = $15,000) before the month begins.
After you have spent $250,000 in a year, call up American Express and request a Centurion card. Most people claim that it is invite only, but the reality is they are not too hard to get if you spend $250,000 a year…..MORE….
Believe it or not, there are several resources online dedicated to this source of wealth-spending, including:
It gives luxury a whole new name.
ThankYouVeryMuch!
Owlbert
ps - and if a Centurion Black card is a bit out of reach, consider instead:
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