Category Archives: Technology

First Impressions of Gist

Gist goes beyond aggregation to add value to contact information. Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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gReader Care and Feeding

I am a big fan of the Google Feed Reader.  I continue to fine tune how I use the tool as I learn more about it. For example, The Trends page lists how I consume feeds – and how I … Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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Cloud Services Fail, but Infrequently

Infrequent outages of cloud based web services cause less issue then traditional hosted solutions – you just hear about them more. Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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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. Continue reading

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Swedish video on Linux

“A program is like a recipe”,”imagine a world in which if you share a recipe they will put you in prison for sharing that recipe” Continue reading

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Penny Black Stamps

I am losing heart with the battle with spam. Incredibly, almost 90% of internet traffic is composed of spam with the number expected to hit 99% in the next few years. Efforts by AOL and Yahoo to charge for e-mail … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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