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Google Productivity Suite

Google,s Gmail and Contacts are now top notch tools. Too bad their Task tool didn’t get a similar buffing. My money is on that being there next frontier.

Broader Audience Less Satisfied with Kindle DX

Seth Godin points out flaws in a New York Times blog post about the Kindle – but the underlying message of the original article is interesting.

Rocky Mountain News Closes

Another newspaper has been shuttered – the Rocky Mountain News.

Is Satellite Radio Dying?

The economic downturn is lowering the economic tide for all companies, but some industries and companies are impacted more than others. Highly leveraged companies like Sirius XM are in great peril as their debt obligations come due and banks struggle to contain risk.

The End of a Good Thing – XM and Sirius Merge

The FTC and FCC will soon bless this marriage between XM and Sirius intended to keep the companies solvent. The result will not improve my world. I’m saddened to see my options limited and expect a price increase.

E-Mail is not the Problem

There are only a few types of email. Understanding and dealing with each appropriately will improve the quality of our communications – sparing our coworkers the burden of dealing with our mail that does not accomplish a purpose.

GTD from David Allen (via Google)

No time for the book? Google has made video of a session David Allen conducted with their staff. Listen to David Allen himself describe the Getting Things Done system. Now go get the book.

Patents and Consumer Choice

Verizon recently won a patent lawsuit against Vonage. The common wisdom in the industry is that it will have a chilling effect on the VOIP market. Again, companies should be rewarded for their patents – but patent law has not advanced with technology. Patent law is not being used to protect patent holders – it [...]

Biometrics is Snake Oil

This study pretty much debunks the value of biometrics to secure identify that’s all the rage these days.

Dysfunctional Mailbox

I have had so many people make the following claim to me that I now wonder whether I’m the victim of a mass lie. It is funny though that he would manufacture a lie to cover his own disfunction. Even better is that he now is being quoted on the web as having lied to [...]

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