There was a mix of economic related news that populated my
twitter feed this week. First the good
news, where on a link from Conners Sales (@ConnersSales) any initial
fears about the awful housing starts number from last month were calmed. Basically the analyst called it “winter” and
said to wait another month. That’s good
enough for me. Then the bad news came up
via Ted Bleecker (@TedBleecker) with a story on the scary debt situation in
China. Surely one to continue to monitor
especially since it will have a massive effect on the world economy. Both items will be big drivers and bear
following along.
Elsewhere…
-- Quick family note… I'm absolutely thrilled about my nephew Josh joining on
with the fine folks at Pleotint. As any
reader of this blog knows I am huge proponent of dynamic glazing and its usage
and potential. Great to see Josh signing
on to that world and very excited to see what great things they do together.
-- Last week I posed two questions at the end of my blog… one
on the upcoming Apple Watch and one on ultra thin glass. I really was blown away at some of the
insights I received and learned a lot as well.
The great Chuck Knickerbocker of TGP educated me on a few things
including ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene) which is being used in glazing
areas on some really intense projects.
Overall on thin glass question, the issue of finding the sweet spot for
usage was the theme. As for the watch,
universally negative towards its success.
Apple has not failed with a product launch in a very long time, so we’ll
see if their winning streak is up or we’re all missing the boat here. Thanks again to all who responded!!
-- Congrats and good luck to Margaret Brune who recently joined
the tremendous team at SAAND as a rep in the Michigan market. Once again a good match of company and
salesperson. I’m glad I’m not involved
in sales anymore as back in the day I had to compete with Margaret and she
crushed me on a daily basis…
-- Over in England there’s a very strong daily blog called
Double Glazing Blogger (DGB) and he had a post last week that was very
interesting. The use of quadruple
glazing in China, combined with a video of a 57 story building in China going
up in just 19 days using the quad glazing system. Just crazy how things get
done over there… I wonder will the quadruple glazing run come this way? Given that triple glazing has not gained as
much market share in North America as the experts predicted, I’d guess this one
going mainstream is still far off.
-- And while on the subject of China (my gosh, 3 items related
to China this week and none featuring me ranting…odd) A good look here at two
all glass skyscrapers designed by SOM… the key?
Huge IGU’s but oriented a little differently than we are all used to.
-- Programming note- no post coming from me next week… unless
of course big news happens, which right now seems doubtful as its pretty quiet
out there. Next post coming first full
week of April!
LINKS of the WEEK
-- A 38-year-old man takes the AP High School history
test. Interesting read.
-- The selfie craze is annoying when people like to be a part
of a tragedy or major emergency event.
This one though turned out right if you are rooting for karma.
VIDEO of the WEEK
It is March Madness and the guys from CBS (network that
televises it all) had some fun this week making fun of each other and their
catch phrases and mannerisms.
1 comment:
Wow, 3 floors in 3 days. Amazing. Never going to happen here. Same with quadruple units. Could have replaced Britain with North America in the Double Glazing Blogger post and would have read the same. It's a shame.
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