what’s next from google.
Google today announced that they’ll be offering a suite of applications for office workers for only $50 per user a year. These applications, basically an alternative to Microsoft Office, today cost about $150 a user not counting the IT help and hardware to run them. It’s a big deal, but also widely expected. I don’t think […]
why i love nyc.
In NYC this week for work. The frosty mix of weather this morning reminded one of the reasons why I love this place so much. It can’t be stopped, only slowed. Despite gobs of snow and sleet heavily falling, the city soldiers on. At first I admired how workgoers still packed the streets despite the […]
GUEST BLOG ENTRY: Climate Change Counter-Point
The topic of climate change is hot right now with the release of the new UN report. I believe that climate change is occurring. Mainly because we consume like drunken sailors and leave so much behind. All that byproduct of manufacturing, cars, etc is unnatural and can’t be good. This week as I watched coverage […]
oh, the horror. (and lack of shock)
At least we’re consistent. Via Jeff Jarvis, I found this article contrasting media coverage of the Anna Nicole Smith death versus coverage of Iraq. This echoes coverage of the Natalee Holloway ordeal. The numbers are quite staggering: On CNN there were 141 references to Anna Nicole and 27 to Iraq. FOX NEWS weighed in at 112 to 33. […]
gm & marketing. marketing? what’s that?
I preface this post with the caveat that we’re a huge GM family – both of my cars to date have been GM and almost everyone in my family buys American/GM. So this post is dripping with Love. GM’s marketing “strategy” makes me want to bang my head into a wall. Strategy is in quotes, […]
enough! who is this guy?
Based on what I’ve read about Joe Biden, I wanted to give him a chance. Then, last year he decided to tell the world that “you cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” You can’t make this stuff up. Hmmph. Not so impressive […]