Data and Analytics Meet The Real World Eric Speeth is a brilliant guy. If you want to learn about how businesses are applying data analysis to online marketing, he’s your guy. And he’s right here in Tampa. Buy him a beer (a really good beer) and you’ll learn more than you ever will from some [...] Read More
"We have yet to be heard. This dispatch system will change or we will revolt. When United Cab has not one dime in their safe in the morning, they will know what is up" - United Cab Driver on 12-16-10.... Read More
Rob Searcy is one tough customer. He is the nicest guy you would want to meet, but when it comes to business he is as tough as nails. He told the 'angry mob' that he would not deal with United... Read More
The United taxi drivers knew that I was good in front of cameras and wanted me to represent them to the various media that came to the taxi protest. I did my best. This was a serious matter about a... Read More
(Wow, has it really been a month since the last spin around the Tampa blogosphere? Busy, busy, busy.)
Visit Tampa Bay has an update on MOSI’s Festival of Chocolate coming this January.
“Hey Tampa, Melissa here. Remember the Festival of Chocolate I was telling you guys about? You know the event this January at MOSI… their first [...] Read More
That was the headline on News Channel 10 tonight on the six o'clock news. There is a real labor dispute going on in the cab business in Tampa Bay at United Cab. Read More
Note: This video was shot using a Flip video MinoHD 8GB camcorder (Amazon affiliate link) and a Fat Gecko Double Knuckle Camera Mount (Amazon affiliate link). Boo-Yah! My Flip is awesome! Though I wish I had the 3rd generation version which includes image stabilization. The Fat Gecko is wicked. Use it in or out of [...] Read More
People standing on medians kind of freaks me out, so I’d be perfectly happy if Tampa didn’t allow any kind of solicitation from those medians or traffic islands.
However, I think Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe’s suggestion that we fine charitable souls who give money to panhandlers is absurd. Nor do I support banning street solicitations [...] Read More
I am a fifteen year veteran United Cab driver from Tampa Florida who likes his job. What could be simpler, someone calls or hails a cab, they get in and you take them to their destination. The best part is... Read More
In December 2007 Wayne Garcia (then politics editor at Creative Loafing) posted his call-to-action for Tampa. His recommendations are just as important today as they were three years ago.
1 End urban sprawl. I don’t want to hear any shit about “they’re moving to this area anyway, so we better get ready for them.” Hillsborough County [...] Read More
