Discover P.J. Joseph's blog, your guide to colored gemstones, diamonds, watches, jewelry, art, design, luxury hotels, food, travel, and more. Based in South Asia, P.J. is a gemstone analyst, writer, and responsible foodie featured on Al Jazeera, BBC, CNN, and CNBC. Disclosure: All images are digitally created for educational and illustrative purposes. Portions of the blog were human-written and refined with AI to support educational goals.
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Sunday, June 13, 2010
Tiffany's iPhone Application
Tiffany's engagement ring finder via iPhone was a brilliant idea. Check it out. http://www.tiffany.com/Engagement/Browse.aspx
Conflict Gold: The New Blood Diamonds
Sasha Lezhnev viewpoints. It does make sense. The human devastation is real. www.enoughproject.org
The New Retail Consumer
Margo De Angelo/Phyllis Schiller's report in Rapaport about America's changing demographics and the impact was educational and insightful. Many thanks.
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Friday, June 11, 2010
Undead Jazz Fest 2010
Hats off to Brice Rosenbloom. Just do it. www.undeadjazzfest.com
Random Thoughts
When you put out something like this, there's going to be a lot of naysayers. But the people who really have good eyes in this field that I've shown the painting to, they've all agreed with me. With attributions, it's not the number of people who agree with you, it's the quality of their judgments.
- Everett Fahy
www.metmuseum.org
Spot on.
- Everett Fahy
www.metmuseum.org
Spot on.
Global Business BBC
Peter Day reviews the problems facing the press and the business press in particular. Check it out.
Useful links:
http://europe.wsj.com
www.c-changemedia.com
www.buzzmachine.com
http://journalism.nyu.edu
www.penenberg.com
Useful links:
http://europe.wsj.com
www.c-changemedia.com
www.buzzmachine.com
http://journalism.nyu.edu
www.penenberg.com
Rating Diamond Grading Labs
Rob Bates was spot on. There are no easy answers. If the industry can find a way to settle this, they would have a far more ethical industry, really.
Yair Shimansky Collection
Yair Shimansky has created the exquisite Diamond Soccer Ball. The unique diamond studded ball made from 6620 white and 2640 black round brilliant cut South African diamonds, weighing 3500 carats in totality, give this ball a total weight of 2.2kgs and a value of $2.5 million. Check it out. www.shimansky.co.za
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