Apple Store queueing & the Story of Dee

Apple Store queueing & the Story of Dee

If you're hoping for a MacBook Pro Retina review, this is not it. I didn't get it yet by the way, it is all part of Tim Cook's operational genius, where he ships directly from manufacturing in China, on-demand utilizing the cheaper costs of transportation nowadays. In economy, inventory days is: goods remain in inventory before being sold. If you're above the norm, something wrong with your sales forecasts (not generating enough demand), and if you're below the norm, you're losing potential customers. Apple breaks the norm by saying, "We never lose potential customers. They will come back and queue...

Day 1 WWDC 2012 Keynote Recap

Day 1 WWDC 2012 Keynote Recap

[This post is syndicated to DailySocial. Click ReadMore and scroll down to find the full post. Below is the first few paragraphs of the post] I’ve read from Twitter that people have been queuing since 12 midnight last night, but I thought they were just crazy. Confidently, today at 6.30am I started walking downhill towards Moscone West, hoping the queue won’t be really long. Oh how wrong I was! By the time I arrived before 7am, the queue already formed a wrap-around. Like a snake circling its prey, the queue was already 1 complete loop around the block! “At least...

Day 0 WWDC 2012 Recap

Day 0 WWDC 2012 Recap

So last night I slept at 4am, I think because of two reasons: Still having a bad jetlag My family & friends are iMessaging & Twittering me between the hours of 11pm - 3am :) Few hours later at 7am, I woke up and showered. Since I had a heavy Fish'n'Chips for dinner, I decided to skip breakfast and walk all the way downtown to the Moscone West. Moscone West Arrived at 8.30am, and yikes! There was already a crowd in front of the convention main entrance. Pulled out my iPad, and...no free WiFi yet :(  So there was nothing...