Smear on a Little Snake Oil – Part 1
OK, so Apple has done a number, Ok a BIG number, of amazing things. Enough to almost make me forget a out the oft used VHS vs Beta conflagration or the Blu-ray vs HDDVD shipwreck analogies when comparing the Big A to the Big MS… Almost. For sure the guys and hmmm…word choice dilemma here…women [...]
Nah, You Don’t Want That, You Want THIS!
Ever wonder why the search engines keep getting better at guessing what they think you’re looking for? This vid on the Semantic Web is a year old, but still interesting viewing. Web 3.0 from Kate Ray on Vimeo.
So, About this iOS5, Savior Needed – Apply Within
I just got an email from Twitter reminding me how they’ve optimized sharing for iOS5® platforms. I’m sure they have a zillion ways to know that many times every week, my Twitter activities happen with my iPad®. BUT, I have NOT upgraded my iPad to iOS5. Why? Several weeks ago, I had a four-day nightmare [...]
Could it Be They’re Asking the Wrong Questions?
This is a tiny post today in response to a recent article in wired magazine about why eBooks “Aren’t There Yet.” There has been a lot of discussion in my LinkedIn Digital Publications Group about what the article says, and doesn’t say. The thing is, maybe they aren’t asking the right questions. Maybe they are [...]
Avoid the Subscription Blues
The beginning of a new year is always a good time to think about ways to save some money on your annual subscriptions for a lot of software packages, primarily security and financial software. A few examples: Security Software: This is software for internet security, firewalls, anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc. Most of these packages, whether [...]
Nix the extended warranty
Black Friday is nearly upon us, and one question that will be asked between 50 million and 100 million times this weekend it “do you want the service plan?” Financial people all over the place recommend that you don’t get them, but supposed there is another option to “just say no”. Say instead “Hmmm… how [...]
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