I missed Srinivasan’s diatribe back in October 2013 and recently herd of it as the inertia builds among the newly rich people who build the stuff I sell. You can watch it here on YouTube I read a great article…
Terps win their final ACC regular season game – beating Virginia!
MARYLAND WINS MARYLAND WINS!!!!!!! Terps upset #5 Virginia in overtime! Final score 75-69. #GoTerps #ACCFarewellGame — Maryland Athletics (@umterps) March 9, 2014
Life with Windows 8.1 on a ThinkPad Ultrabook
My first foray into MS Windows in a few years after moving to Mac OSX both at home and work, has been interesting and frustrating. There are the old habits I have to get back such as memorizing rather than…
Carpe Diem: Take a Risk, Make a Friend
These are my friends George and Bill. George is a hitchhiker I picked up on Christmas Eve and Bill (or Billy) is his brother. I’m the absolute last one to advocate picking up hitch hikers and completely understand the risks…
Medical Specialist Costs Rising? – Obamacare Short Term Answer, Long Term Nightmare
Back in October ago I wrote a rant about deadlocked congress and the rising cost of medical bills and how the insurance industry is only half the answer. I see on EOB’s how much the doctors are charging, and my…
Why Apple broke iWork and made it free. How MS Office on Mac is Better and why Apple doesn’t care right now
My thoughts on no mail-merge in the new iWork, Free iWork for new users, where is iOS and OSX coming together, and how we work is different now than how we did when integrated office software was created. I recently…
#Thanksgivukkah – we did it in the mountains; a rare convergence of #Hanukkah and #Thanksgiving
A wonderful time in Murphy, NC at our friend’s cabin. It was a great get away where we celebrated three wonderful occasions. Daniel turned 17 just before we left, and Thanksgiving and Hanukah came at the same time! So we lit…
A few tidbits – #eBay simplifies Storefronts, #Snapchat turns down $3Billion, #Amazon.com and Drones – and we will all print in 3D someday
Interesting article about how Ebay is looking to go the other direction – physical storefronts to expand a company’s digital footprint. The company has always been helping businesses to connect with customers but this is a great example of expanding…
Opened Bank Accounts with @getMoven and @Simplify to see how they work web & #mobile – will see how #online #banking is useful here
Two new financial services entities have come into the market recently: Moven.com and Simple.com.Simple started out as a credit card based mobile solution while Moven was the creation by the now famous Brett King who drove us all to sell…
BOOK REVIEW: Greed was good – Relationships are better, and even more profitable in the long run
This is a repost of my Amazon Review of the book: The Human Brand by Chris Malone and Susan T. Fiske This is a great book about relationship management, marketing and business in today’s new multi-channel, multi-media world. But its so…