Archive for the 'Technology' Category


Google/Groupon

When Google starts from scratch, it’s a disaster.  Like Google TV, Dead On Arrival, have you been reading the reviews, even the tech superstars can’t figure it out and Sony’s already lowered the price! Then there’s Google Wave… But when they acquire a company, watch out. Look at YouTube.  A category killer as well as […]

Mailbag+

DON’T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ But read this: "Global superstar or massive PR hoax?" __________________________________________ FOOD TRUCKS Read this article re Heavenly Ski Resort utilizing trucks to promote the ski area: Marketers Discover Trucks Can Deliver More Than Food And don’t skip over this just because you don’t like skiing.  The point of the article […]

Customer Care

Do I have iWork? I’m the type of guy who needs everything to run right.  Yup, I go to the dealer and carefully delineate every flaw in my automobile.  That’s one reason I’m never going to buy another German car, not unless I get really rich, I took my machine to the Subaru dealer for […]

The Death Of RIM

If one function devices could continue to triumph, the iPod would not be supplanted by the iPhone. A friend just asked me if I was on BBM.  That’s BlackBerry Messenger for the uninitiated.  And many may never be initiated, because BlackBerry is so 2001.  Or 5.  Or maybe even 6 or 7, but certainly not […]