Sentences to ponder by Chris Blattman.
From the post:
Walmart reported brisk traffic overnight. The retailer, based in Bentonville, Ark., said that 22 million shoppers streamed through stores across the country on Thanksgiving Day. That is more than the number of people who visit Disney’s Magic Kingdom in an entire year.
A blog at the Wall Street Journal suggests the numbers are even better than those reported by Chris:
Wal-Mart said it had more than 22 million customers at its stores between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Thursday, similar to its numbers a year ago.
In four (4) hours WalMart has more customers than visit Disney’s Magic Kingdom in a year.
Granting as of October 31, 2014, WalMart has forty-nine hundred and eighty-seven (4987) locations in the United States, that remains an impressive number.
Suffice it to say the number of people actively using topic maps is substantially less than the Thankgiving customer numbers for Walmart.
I don’t have the answer to the title question.
Asking you to ponder it as you do holiday shopping.
What is different about your experience in online or offline shopping that makes it different from your experience with topic maps? Or pre- or post-shopping experience that is different?
I will take this question up again after the first of 2015 so be working on your thoughts and suggestions over the holiday season.
Thanks!