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Winners and Losers In The Last-Second Economy (forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin)
2 points by blurpin on Dec 14, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



"I finished my second meeting of the day in Jackson Square and needed to get over to the Financial District. So I pressed the button on my phone and the app informed me it would be six minutes. Just then, I got a text from my wife asking where we were meeting for our date night. Argggh! This critical fact had escaped my mind, and I needed to immediately book a restaurant reservation. I pulled up my Open Table app, booked a table for 6:45 pm at a great spot in the Mission called Range. I matter-of-factly returned her text with our plans for the night. Just then my ride pulled up.

We are increasingly living in a last-second economy."

Well, he is. Having to keep track of that kind of dynamic activity would drive me nuts. Which is why I'm in my current circumstances and not his. Still, it's not necessarily "we."




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