Are Businesses Just Glorified Pimps?

February 26, 2010

I went to a meeting yesterday where they were talking about some of the changes in SharePoint 2010. Two things really stood out to me, and neither of them had much to do with SharePoint.
The first thing was when the presenter was describing how often company website structures model their business hierarchy instead of focusing [...]

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Will People Copy the Windows 7 Phone?

February 16, 2010

I had an interesting conversation at work yesterday. A lot of news was coming out about the new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system and someone mentioned that they were surprised that we won’t start seeing the phones until around the end of this year.
“Doesn’t that give competitors a chance to copy what they are doing?”
I said [...]

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How Good Is Linchpin?

February 13, 2010

I just posted a review of Seth Godin’s new book on Amazon, but thought I would also post it here with a few extra thoughts.
I, like several others people, donated some money to a charity and was able to read an early release of this book. Seth is a brilliant and creative marketer. Why send [...]

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We Care

February 1, 2010

I love it when the United States Postal Service delivers mail in a plastic bag with “We Care” printed on it. I always have to laugh because it’s like they are trying to distract me from the fact that they just completely mutilated my mail.
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!” To be [...]

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What’s so great about the iPad?

January 28, 2010

I have to admit that I was looking forward to the announcement of the iPad. After Apple completely changed the way we think of mobile phones I was curious to see if they how they might reinvent the tablet. Unfortunately, I was greatly disappointed.
What is this better than?
Surfing the web?
Apple claims this is “the best way [...]

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Meet Joe, The Linchpin

January 17, 2010

I’ve been reading Seth Godin’s new book, Linchpin, which should be available on January 26th in the event that you are curious enough to take a look. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I donated some money to the Acumen Fund, and in response, Seth mailed me his book a few weeks early so I could [...]

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Don’t Save Trees

January 12, 2010

My car broke down recently so I started looking around for a mechanic and came upon National Pride Auto. They had a decent website and made some good claims so I decided to give them a shot. Plus, they had a coupon on their website for free towing if your repairs cost more than $250.
Overall [...]

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AT&T to Verizon: Put up your dukes

December 7, 2009

I was glad to see that AT&T finally dropped their lawsuit against Verizon although I did find the whole thing pretty entertaining. It seemed to me that the suit felt a lot like when a basketball team loses a game and then whines about the refs. Let’s face it. You weren’t good enough. Accept it, [...]

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Reviewing Seth Godin’s New Book

December 4, 2009

Seth Godin posted a request on his blog for people interested in reading his new book, Linchpin. If we made a donation of $30 or more to the Acumen Fund, he would send us a copy of the book three weeks before they go on sale.
It sounded like a great deal to me. I got to help [...]

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“On Brand”

August 10, 2009

The other day a coworker mentioned that he would buy an iPhone if he didn’t have to work with AT&T. He had a bad experience with them and doesn’t care how great the iPhone is if buying one means dealing with AT&T.
AT&T has obviously spent a ton of money on their image—polished logo, defined [...]

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