Archive for July 12th, 2008
Tom writes ‘iHate My iPhone Because its iDead’
Tom Cross, a TMCnet blogger, is not happy about his iDead iPhone. He’s lost all his iPhone songs, contact information, favorites, vmail and everything else. AT&T couldn’t even recover his voicemail password, thus he was forced to wipe all of his current voicemails and start from scratch. Ouch! And don’t forget all the iPhone outage issues and activation problems. Maybe it was a good idea I decided to skip the iPhonemania yesterday and wait till things die down a little....
F|R: The 9 Signs of a One-hit Wonder
Many entrepreneurs fear being a flash-in-the-pan success — achieving an exit once, but never again. (Some might call this being lucky rather than good.) But while the allure of success inspires us to do great things, achieving it can have an ugly aftereffect: complacency. Vigilance, my friends, is the only path to serial-founder bliss. Here, in descending order, I offer nine leading indicators that you’re headed for one-hit wonderdom. 9. You went and got all tricked out. I mean with yo...
The Week That Was
For anyone who reads this blog on a regular or semi-regular basis, it goes without saying it was an All-iPhone-All-The-Time week given the launch of the greatest thing sliced bread (aka the 3G iPhone). Clearly, I got carried away but Rogers did a bad job with its ridiculous iPhone packages that it was hard not to wade into the fray. As a result, my most popular posts this week were: - Rogers’ Blackberry Customers Should be Upset, comparing iPhone and Blackberry data/voice prices. - Rogers:...
Joe Climan demonstrates Fingerboarding:
While visiting Jackson Hole, WY I had a chance to catch up with Joe Climan. Joe gave me a personal demonstration of an emerging sport known as Fingerboarding: Tags: Joe Climan, fingerboarding, Yellowood, Winkler, Flatface, Wheelz, deck, FBS, Jeff Pulver ...
In a Web 2.0 World, It’s All Direct Response Advertising
That’s the message of Brand Rant blog author Sean Duffy in his post, “All advertising is now direct response.” Duffy’s message is that because people can go to your website anytime and anywhere, everywhere that you’re communicating your message — print, TV, radio, trade shows, speeches — is direct response. The logical extension is that website design should start with the rules of direct response advertising: AIDA — attention, interest, desire,...
Tour the Homes of the Future (Jet Packs Not Included)
When I told my colleague Stacey that I was going on a tour of Netgear’s home of the future setup, she asked if I would grab her a jet pack. Much to her (and my) disappointment neither Netgear nor HP’s “house of tomorrow”-type setups included personal flying transportation. What they did offer, however, was a glimpse into the future of home entertainment. Brian Burch, HP’s director of marketing for connected entertainment, took me on a tour of the HP Smart Home, a...
Is VoIP Really Happening?
I’ve cited Carl Weinschenk’s IT-Finance Connection portal a few times, and his latest post on Wednesday caught my eye. Titled “The Case Against VoIP”, Carl asks some basic, but important questions that help explain why VoIP hasn’t yet taken over the world - at least in the business market. His focus is on IT departments and the things they need to take into account when considering VoIP. While his points are basic, they are critical elements and stark reminders tha...
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