http://www.metafilter.com/tags/kiosk Posts tagged with 'kiosk' at MetaFilter. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:51:44 -0800 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:51:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/77092/Shalom%2DChristmas%2DShoppers <a href="http://www.careerjournal.com/article/SB122826483720274329.html">"We're not selling here -- we're hunting!"</a> The young man or woman at the mall kiosk who grabs your shoulder and says "Can I have twenty seconds of your time to show you something amazing?" might be a young Israeli saving up for a pre-army jaunt to Asia or South America. The U.S. kiosk trade has become popular enough in Israel to inspire <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cc55QnowDc">a folk-rock song</a> by musician and kiosk veteran Rami Feinstein. The Wall Street Journal offers a generally admiring profile of the Israeli <a href="http://www.careerjournal.com/article/SB122826483720274329.html">"natural-born closers."</a> The Capital Times, in Madison, WI, <a href="http://www.madison.com/tct/business/313887">wishes they'd buzz off.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.77092 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:51:44 -0800 israel israeli kiosk madison mall shopping shuk wallstreetjournal wisconsin escabeche http://www.metafilter.com/8901/ <a href="http://www.business2.com/ebusiness/2001/07/perfectbook_machine.htm">"When I first saw it, I knew it would be as important as Gutenberg." </a> Hyperbole aside, PerfectBook -- a machine that spits out a complete book from a digital file within minutes -- sounds intriguing. What's more, "a distracted teenager could run it." tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.8901 Mon, 09 Jul 2001 17:37:13 -0800 books brokenlink CNN kiosk machine MarshTechnologies Money PerfectBook printing PrintingPress PrintOnDemand publishing mw